How do wildfires start?

Alaka'i Hennings

February 5,2020

Carreira

Period 2

A billion animals caught in Australia's fires; some may go extinct

In the article that I read, it is about how wildlife is affected by wildfires. The article especially talks about a rare mammal, the Dunnart, is severally effected by the wildfires in Australia. The Dunnart is already a very rare mammal that is rarely ever been spotted. The only place currently known that Dunnarts still exist was scorched on the 1,7000-square-mile island of Kangaroo Island. These small rat-like mammals are not the only ones that are being severally affected by these wildfires, the millions of insects and plants that help feed the local populations of Australia's wildlife is being affected. The article also states that even though animals like the Koala, Platypus, and Kangaroo's are becoming the symbols of the wildfires victims, they do are not on the edge of extinction. Many species of animals and plants that are found no where else in the world have been critically or even been announced as extincted will be wiped off the face of the planet. On a personal level, this effects me a lot. I love animals and knowing that many are critically endangered or might even go extinct is heartbreaking. I have just been fascinated with wildlife and been watching shows about wildlife like the new series just aired a couple weeks, or even 2 weeks, ago called Seven Worlds, One Planet, Blue Planet II, etc. 

Wildfires blazing through lands in Australia!