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2020-10-07 Down Under

Tasmanian Devils set paw on mainland Australia after 3,000 years

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Posted by Fred 2020-10-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 The first thing they did was go after wabbits.

Posted by Chesing Slavinter3713 2020-10-07 02:40|| 2020-10-07 02:40|| Front Page Top

#2 What is the apex predator supposed to eat in order to restore the ecosystem(s)?
Rabbits would be a good start.
But if wild dogs--feral for tens of thousands of years--can drive out, out-eat, and kill the devil, why do they need the devils?
And if wild dogs--mammals are generally smarter than marsupials--can't get a handle on the rabbits, why this?
Nope. We'll see the devils as protected critters who eat your dachshund when it goes out to pee.

Posted by Richard Aubrey 2020-10-07 07:50|| 2020-10-07 07:50|| Front Page Top

#3 I seen dis movie! The newly-released devils wander into a toxic waste dump and mutate into horrific flesh-hungry monsters. Good times!

An excellent point about what the new apex predators are going to eat. I suspect it will be endangered birds.

Posted by SteveS 2020-10-07 12:39|| 2020-10-07 12:39|| Front Page Top

#4 Thus outperforming the New Jersey Devils in the playoffs.

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-10-07 15:45|| 2020-10-07 15:45|| Front Page Top

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