A few days ago, they were saying 500 million plants and animals are affected, so that includes things like birds that flew away and will come back once the fire

A few days ago, they were saying 500 million plants and animals are affected, so that includes things like birds that flew away and will come back once the fire is gone. Not sure which source is more reliable. It looks like the 1 billion number also includes invertabrates, so I guess things like bugs. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/australia-wildfires-animals-plants-glaciers-sydney-koalas-nsw-a9267316.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/austral...