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Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏

@drdunnart.bsky.social
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Dr Dunnart! Research Associate @UniMelb Fat-tailed dunnarts. Carnivorous marsupials/ Dasyurids, conservation, captive management, reintroduction ecology, behaviour, skull morphology.

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Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏 @drdunnart.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
🏆 #Animalwelfare Award for my continued commitment to improving welfare for our #fattaileddunnarts. #Captivemanagement of animals is a privilege, and every animal life is valued and respected. My efforts are supported by my incredible manager Andrew Pask and Colossal Biosciences.
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Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏 @drdunnart.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Years ago a couple of our #dunnarts got #trichobezoars (hairballs) so preventative protocols were developed. 2000+ animals later, we haven't seen any more hairballs, so I helped #veterinarians publish this result, highlighting our commitment to our animals' health and #welfare 🙏
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Australian Mammal Society @ausmammals.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
#mammalfashion post two - this time the outfits and accessories- absolutely on point! 🐾🦇🐭 so many mammalogists shopping at #princesshighway and #dangerfield!
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Australian Mammal Society @ausmammals.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Fashion off the field! The final day bought a gaggle of gliders with three of our fabulous mammalogists wearing various iterations! #mammalfashion #ausmamsoc25 #dangerfield #princesshighway #greaterglider
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Australian Mammal Society @ausmammals.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Snorkelling dunnarts and toasty pookilas- great talks this morning from @drdunnart.bsky.social and Phoebe Burns on two of our smaller critters 🐭🐾 #ausmamsoc25
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Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏 @drdunnart.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
First ever poster #presentation at #ICCB2025! Fat-tailed #dunnarts of the Victorian #grasslands are #threatened with #extinction Sheep farming landscapes ✅️ Cropped landscapes ❌️ #climatechange is forcing Victorian farmers toward cropping = less #habitat for #native #fauna
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Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏 @drdunnart.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Recent #research we #published! In non-fancy terms, this represents the first step for developing #marsupial IVF; working out how to collect high-quality eggs from female fat-tailed #dunnarts ✅ #assistedreproduction #reproduction
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Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏 @drdunnart.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Fresh #research paper out today! Long-term impacts of #captivity on #skull #morphology and #endocranial volume in fat-tailed #dunnarts 💀🐭 Captive skulls = significantly shorter basal + upper molar lengths, broader zygomatic widths and longer palate and toothrow lengths, compared with wild dunnarts.
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Australian Mammal Society @ausmammals.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Less than a week to get your abstracts in for the 71st Annual Australian Mammal Society meeting! Get cracking - deadline Friday 2nd May!
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Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏 @drdunnart.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Calperum Station #floodplains; "dig in" day is done! Fingers crossed for dunnarts, planigale and amazing reptiles 🤞 #pitfalls #pitfalltrapping #surveying #ecology
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Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏 @drdunnart.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
FRONT COVER of February Dev. Dynamics! 📸Caleb McElrea "Breeding fat-tailed #dunnarts in #captivity: Revised practices to minimize stress whilst maintaining considerations of wild biology": anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #scientist #research #wildlife #womeninstem
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Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏 @drdunnart.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Nice size #easternbrownsnake skin in my tile grid today. Did you know you can sometimes identify a #snake to species based on its shed? EBs have 17 dorsal rows and a divided anal scale. Though I wouldn't suggest counting the anal scales on a live one 🤷‍♀️ 🐍 #fieldwork #ecology #grassland #womeninSTEM
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Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏 @drdunnart.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Forgot to get a card? I got you covered! Show your loved one you care with one of my widely applicable and not-at-all-niche Valentine's messages 🥰💝💘 #fattaileddunnart #dunnart #marsupial #threatenedspecies #ValentinesDay #Valentines
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Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏 @drdunnart.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
This is just awesome 😍 #criticallyendangered #plainswanderer found in the western #basaltgrasslands for the first time in 30 years... a #habitat with <1% of original extent remaining (and the same #ecosystem #fattaileddunnarts call home! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Like finding gold’: plains-wanderers spotted in Melbourne’s west for first time in 30 years with help of AI
Critically endangered bird detected after analysis of tens of thousands of hours of song meter recordings
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Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏 @drdunnart.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Today is International Day of Women and Girls in #Science; adopted by the United Nations General Assembly to promote equal participation of #womeninSTEM. Grateful for my manager Prof. Andrew Pask, and all other mentors who provide a supportive and inclusive workplace for ALL #scientists.
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Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏 @drdunnart.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Fresh publication alert! 🔥 "Breeding #fattaileddunnarts in #captivity: revised practices to minimise #stress whilst maintaining considerations of wild #biology". #glucocorticoids #endocrinology #captivemanagement #marsupials doi.org/10.1002/dvdy...
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Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏 @drdunnart.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Where are our Australian #invasivespecies specialists at? Who works on #redfoxes and #feralcats? Got any references for evidence of #fox and #cat prey-caching behaviour for me? Are they likely to cache some items more than others? Thank you! 🦊🐱
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Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏 @drdunnart.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
In a lab of ~70 people, I was absolutely chuffed to be voted 'Most Likely to Brighten your Day' and in recognition of my 'Ethical Compliance' 🥹🙏 #ethics #ethical #science #research
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Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏 @drdunnart.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
In absolute awe of my little brother Lockie, who is about to set sail on a ~45 day trip to #Antarctica. He'll be working for 12+ months at Mawson #Scientific #Research Station, with the Australian #Antarctic Division. Follow him on insta and tiktok! (@scic.travels)
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Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏 @drdunnart.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Slender-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis murina) #science #ecology #fieldwork #dunnart #calperum #carnivorousmarsupial #dasyurids #WildOz #ausmammals #research #womeninstem #womeninwildlife #womeninscience
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Justine E. Hausheer @justinehausheer.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Squealing over my first fat-tailed dunnart with — who else? — @drdunnart.bsky.social, plus thylacine bones in the Tiegs Museum
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Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏 @drdunnart.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
A couple gems of the #mallee. #spinytailedgecko #growlinggrassfrog #commonscalyfoot #redtailedwormlizard #coralsnake #snake #gecko #herpetology #WildOz #WomenInSTEM #fieldwork #ecology #science
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Heather Neilly @heatherneilly.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Catch of the day: double dunnies! Common dunnart (Sminthopsis murina) lucky @drdunnart.bsky.social is here #calperum
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Heather Neilly @heatherneilly.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Final catch of the day, what a beauty! The apex predator Burton’s legless lizard (Lialis burtonis) wrapping up an amazing week, many thanks to @harrison-kent.bsky.social @hannah-churches.bsky.social @rebeccaarnold.bsky.social and the formidable @drdunnart.bsky.social and her team of legends!
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Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏 @drdunnart.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Today's #dasyurids... Southern #ningaui (Ningaui yvonneae) and slender-tailed #dunnart (Sminthopsis murina) #womeninscience #ecology #fieldwork #science @heatherneilly.bsky.social
Slender-tailed dunnart and Southern ningauiReleasing a slender-tailed dunnart Slender-tailed dunnartSouthern ningaui
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Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏 @drdunnart.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Common dunnart (Sminthopsis murina) Bolam's mouse (Pseudomys bolami) Desert skink (Liopholis inornata) #dunnart #skink #calperum @heatherneilly.bsky.social #science #ecology #fieldwork #reptiles #WildOz #ausmammals #womeninstem #womeninscience #research
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Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏 @drdunnart.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
🦎🦎🦎 Calperum Station, SA #womeninscience #womeninSTEM #mallee #science #ecology #reptiles
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Heather Neilly @heatherneilly.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Catch of the day Ctenophorus spinodomus x 3 #calperum
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