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Zoo uses thermal cameras to monitor hibernating possums
- Healesville Sanctuary uses thermal cameras to monitor critically endangered mountain pygmy-possums without disturbing them during hibernation.
- The mountain pygmy-possum, Australia's only hibernating marsupial, hibernates under snow for up to seven months in Victoria's alpine zone.
- Fewer than 2,000 mountain pygmy-possums are believed to exist in the wild, classifying them as critically endangered.
- Thermal imaging helps check possums' temperatures during hibernation without disturbing these nocturnal animals.
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