Marsupial of the year heats up as koala and glider take on animal that mates itself to death
by Rafqa Touma from Environment | The Guardian on (#6QM9B)
The Project hopes competition will raise big money for underfunded organisations working to protect beloved species
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Tense competition is brewing between the greater glider and the koala in Australia's marsupial of the year vote but there are hopes a silky tailed species that mates themselves to death" could win over voters and maybe even save it from heading towards extinction.
Network Ten's The Project launched the competition in collaboration with organisations and charities that work with or help preserve the habitat of marsupials, many of them endangered, in a bid to raise funds for them.
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