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Animals are obviously impacted by the damage on the continent. Koalas, kangaroos, wombats and wallabies are some of the wildlife most impacted. But the ecosystem as a whole could not be ready for wildlife again for a while.
“I have seen reports worried about the koala population and if they can even exist in the wild after this,” Dr. Julie Jedlicka, an associate professor of biology at Missouri Western State University. “As ecologists, for birds we are worried about them losing nesting sites and food availability in the fires. I don’t think we won’t see truly how bad these fires are for a while now.”
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