Cute doesn’t mean safe.
Popular doesn’t mean protected.
Speciologie highlights the thin line between almost extinct and gone—before today’s animals become tomorrow’s museum labels.
More than one million animal species are in danger of disappearing forever, many of them fading away quietly without most of us noticing. One of them is the South Eastern Striped Bandicoot. Small, shy, and active at night, this cute little marsupial plays an important role in its ecosystem and is now struggling to survive as its habitat disappears. Today's post is about the Bandicoot's story- why animals like the bandicoot matter, what is putting them at risk, and how small, everyday actions can still help protect endangered species before they are gone.