Researchers Find A Tiny Baby Animal And Realize There's More

The researchers working for the Australian Wildlife Conservancy were recently able to come across something rather amazing. They were inspecting some animal nest boxes in the North Head Sanctuary with the hope of finding something inside them. Inside one of these boxes, they discovered a tiny creature that was smaller than a pinky finger. The researchers were taken by surprise since the animal only weighed 7 grams.

According to Dr. Viyanna Leo, one of the researchers, "It's always a nice surprise finding a mum at home with new juveniles during our nest box checks." Apparently, the eastern pygmy possums observed in the sanctuary are a reintroduced population. Therefore, encountering new juveniles is an indication that the creatures are happily breeding and adding to their numbers.