#Conservation Success: For the first time an #InvasiveSpecies was completely removed from a large island https://www.indianapoliszoo.com/gcss/blog/conservation-lessons-from-japan/

"the Japanese Ministry of the Environment declared the eradication of an invasive species from #Amami-Oshima... The #mongooses attacked the Endangered #AmamiRabbit – a species only found in #Japan and a natural treasure of the country."

Endangered #Amami rabbit disperses seeds for non-photosynthetic plant https://phys.org/news/2023-01-endangered-amami-rabbit-disperses-seeds.html

Researchers had previously been puzzled about how the seeds of the #Balanophora #plants, with some of the smallest fruits among angiosperms, were dispersed. B. yuwanensis is a host-specific obligate parasite. Efficient seed transportation likely requires the seed to be deposited near the roots of a host. The #AmamiRabbit may facilitate this through digging, defecating underground in burrows.