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		<title>Biggest Loser Week 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[William weighed in this week and tipped the scales at &#8230;. 93.9g! Keepers turned the temperature down to 8 ◦C during the past week, and the possums are beginning to think about going into torpor&#8230;  But so far, William is still enjoying his dinner every night! Mountain Pygmy Possum Quiz Question: 1.    Australia’s Mountain Pygmy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fighting Extinction is Common Cents</title>
		<description><![CDATA[All it takes to help support Zoos Victoria fight extinction for the Eastern Barred Bandicoot is your common cents. Victoria&#8217;s grasslands are one of Australia&#8217;s most threatened ecosystems with less than 0.1% remaining. Sadly these shrinking grasslands are also home to some of Victoria&#8217;s most precious animals. The Eastern Barred Bandicoot is a master of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biggest Loser – William&#8217;s Weekly Weigh In</title>
		<description><![CDATA[William polishing off some peanut butter Join us as we follow William’s journey into his winter sleep&#8230; The time is approaching when the Mountain Pygmy Possums at Healesville Sanctuary will begin their extreme weight-loss program. Mountain Pygmy Possums are Australia’s only true hibernating species, and before going into torpor for the winter they gain an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tenkile Spotted!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Zoos Victoria’s priority international conservation partnership with the Tenkile Conservation Alliance (TCA) continues to deliver amazing results in the field with the Critically Endangered Scott&#8217;s Tree Kangaroo (Dendrolagus Scottae) being caught on camera! Camera traps funded by the United Nations Development Program and set up by local research teams revealed images of the elusive Tree Kangaroo locally known [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Alycia&#8221; the Tarantula breaks free!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A spider moulting is one of nature&#8217;s remarkable events. These time-lapse photographs are of our Brazilian Salmon Tarantula ( Lasiodora parahybana ). Her name is Alycia and she is in our Invertebrate Quarantine Facility at Melbourne Zoo. The photographs were taken by our very talented keeper, Damian Goodall. Using time-lapse photography Damian was able to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What are the 5 main global threats to endangered species? Which is most important to address?</title>
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		<title>The challenges of saving Gorillas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes when I think about some of the places where Zoos Victoria is Fighting Extinction, it is difficult to imagine a more challenging place than the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Zoos Victoria is working with the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) in eastern DRC to establish community wildlife reserves that will help to protect greater [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.actwild.org.au/feed/the-challenges-of-saving-gorillas/</link>
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		<title>The biggest gainer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Mountain Pygmy Possums at Healesville Sanctuary are eating their way into larger and larger sizes&#8230; But that’s OK, because these tiny creatures are preparing for hibernation, and need to gain as much weight as they can before winter.  Some will expand from their normal weight of around 40g to more than double this! Mountain [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.actwild.org.au/feed/the-biggest-gainer/</link>
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		<title>Wildlife in Melako</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My biggest adventure with wildlife in Melako Conservancy in Kenya usually involves a hyena- I seem to attract them like flies. And yes at first you only think how unattractive they are, until you see them hunting or spending time on the edge of camp and you can’t help but gain an appreciation for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discovering Cambodia&#8217;s Amazing Wildlife</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Zoos Victoria is well on its way to Fighting extinction for some of our most endangered local species, but it&#8217;s also great to keep up with our International programs which are located in some really challenging  environments. One of Zoos Victoria’s most interesting international partnerships is with Flora Fauna International in the Phnom Samkos Sanctuary [...]]]></description>
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