This outback property is home to 37 species found nowhere else

June 15, 2024 4:18 AM

This outback property is home to 37 species found nowhere else in the world, many hiding in springs for millennia. Unique species of fish, snails, and crustaceans have existed on this isolated property in Western Queensland since the dinosaur age when it was deep under water as part of the Eromanga Sea.
posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries (2 comments total)

ecologically amazing
posted by HearHere at 6:24 AM on June 15 [1 favorite]

The dozens of springs bubbling up through the cracked claypan on Edgbaston Reserve delight ecologists.

I’m delighted by their delight.
posted by GenjiandProust at 7:38 AM on June 15 [1 favorite]