Sciq With Jayde Lovell

Now, humans have killed off many mammal species before, including: TASMANIAN TIGER:  HUNTINGWESTERN BLACK RHINO: POACHINGVAKIDA - OVERFISHINGYANGTZE DOLPHIN: POLLUTIONSOUTH CHINA TIGER: POACHING SAUDI GAZELLE: HUNTINGAnd CHRISTMAS ISLAND SHREW (thanks to the INTRODUCED SPECIES yellow crazy ant - and yes - those ants are deadset mental)But the Bramble Cay Melomys is the FIRST mammal to die out due to climate change.  Ummm, Congrats Australia?So, how exactly did the adorable rat-like Bramble Cay succumb to climate change?Was it that, it didn’t have adequate access to food, unlike the pizza rat? Nope.Was it that it looked like a rat, and it basically was a rat, so no one gave a rats arse? Kinda, Basically. Yeah.Scientists and the conservation community knew the Melomys was critically endangered – for a while. They believe the last melomys may have drowned in a storm surge that, because of rising sea levels caused by climate change, flooded the entire island.  But It was only when so