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Re:In memory of the Christmas Island shrew by culi on Saturday October 25, 2025 @10:27PM (#45708663)
Well it sounds like they replaced their native habitat with a phosphate mine. Seems like a wholesale displacement. Hard to imagine surviving not just your population hit but your entire ecosystem
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Re:In memory of the Christmas Island shrew by wartijn_ on Sunday October 26, 2025 @04:55AM (#45710166)
You’re either severely overestimating the size of the mines or underestimating the size of Christmas Island. On satellite images[0]you can see where there has been phosphate mining, but it’s also very clear that it hasn’t replaced the habitat of the shrew.

[0] https://maps.app.goo.gl/3e55Y1Q3AvMSuccz6?g_st=ic

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