1/2 Ever wondered what 1,000 slaters in a jar looks like?
These tiny isopods were once abundant near Marree, south of Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre in South Australia.
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Katherine Oestmann
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Evolutionary biology HDR student. Loves the unloved critters. She/her 🏳🌈
![Photographer's description: These three [numbat] siblings are only a few days outside their burrow, taking in the smells and calls of the woodland. Over their first few months, they are very vulnerable to predation and stay under mum’s care. Poignantly, the one in the middle didn’t make it to dispersal stage.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mvt7sdszbmm24jhmkibcotfa/bafkreidj35aw7e5njd6fa5xmsedzgpeqxlic3adugoixkecay3bspu22hy)
