As an Australian, involved in agriculture and as someone whom has been involved in a emu cull, i would love for you all to realise that 1. Emu's are Australian natives, 2. Kangaroos decimate more cropping and grazing country than Emu's, 3. neither of these animals are considered pest species, although since the introduction of European farming, grazing and water harvesting and storage practices for livestock both species have grown in number to the point that they can not sustain them selves in drought times so both have become a commodity and are harvested commercially. The Cane toads have spread across the top end, but now some native species of birds and some mammals have now evolved to be able to eat them. The Rabbit Population across Australia has massively decreased since the introduction of the recent strain of Colici Virus much faster spreading than Mixo as Colici is spread by Fly populations in spring and early summer. Also worthy of note is that Feral Cat's are the number 1 public enemy of Australian pest species and are responsible for the extinction of at-least 2 native species. Get your facts correct, you can find all the current information through our State and national environment and water government departments, whom i work closely with.
Random fact: Cane Toads in Australia are one of the fastest evolving animals with toads in the West having longer legs than those in the East as they have gotten longer as they hopped their way across the country
Everyone likes to make fun of the Australians for losing, but nobody wants to acknowledge the fact that the Emus are not abiding by the Geneva Conventions. It’s unfair.
As an Australian I can confirm this is true. Soldiers coming back with PTSD from the 150-year Animal War is one of the biggest problems in our society. Thank you for bringing light to this situation.
Many years ago I went to the Ontario Science Centre. Of all the exhibits the one that impressed me most was an 8X8" black and white photo showing a rabbit fence with hundreds of rabbits on one side denuded of vegetation and the other with vegetation of all kinds and no rabbits. Like in Newfoundland where a few moose were introduced for hunting and now there are thousands of animals there.
I actually did a promotional study on a relevant subject. We were studying whether lowering the capture/hunt of muskrats would have any negative effects at all, because theoretically, removing a certain amount of individuals would simply let the remaining ones thrive, unless you remove a LOT of them.
Just a little footnote.
If only the Dodo was discovered by the Australians instead of the Dutch....
As an Australian, involved in agriculture and as someone whom has been involved in a emu cull, i would love for you all to realise that 1. Emu's are Australian natives, 2. Kangaroos decimate more cropping and grazing country than Emu's, 3. neither of these animals are considered pest species, although since the introduction of European farming, grazing and water harvesting and storage practices for livestock both species have grown in number to the point that they can not sustain them selves in drought times so both have become a commodity and are harvested commercially. The Cane toads have spread across the top end, but now some native species of birds and some mammals have now evolved to be able to eat them. The Rabbit Population across Australia has massively decreased since the introduction of the recent strain of Colici Virus much faster spreading than Mixo as Colici is spread by Fly populations in spring and early summer. Also worthy of note is that Feral Cat's are the number 1 public enemy of Australian pest species and are responsible for the extinction of at-least 2 native species. Get your facts correct, you can find all the current information through our State and national environment and water government departments, whom i work closely with.
"My national bird is the emu, and it's a pest. Also bloody delicious."
They lost the war against toads and rabbits clearly because they didn't have 3 dudes in a truck with a machine gun actively hunting them down
Emus aren’t invasive since they’re native. Cane toads and rabbits are though
Random fact: Cane Toads in Australia are one of the fastest evolving animals with toads in the West having longer legs than those in the East as they have gotten longer as they hopped their way across the country
Emus arnt invasive to aus, they’re native, they’re just not so loved
Everyone likes to make fun of the Australians for losing, but nobody wants to acknowledge the fact that the Emus are not abiding by the Geneva Conventions. It’s unfair.
Rabbits are eatable right? so why don't they eat them
As an Australian I can confirm this is true. Soldiers coming back with PTSD from the 150-year Animal War is one of the biggest problems in our society. Thank you for bringing light to this situation.
Australians surrounded by poisonous and venomous animals: This is fine
"Target spotted!"
“What doesn’t kill you, is probably not native to Australia”
The whole Emu bounty thing also backfired as farmers started to breed emus to make ends meet
So in the middle of a food shortage, you have this GIANT chicken running around and the solution is ...let's call the army?
Many years ago I went to the Ontario Science Centre. Of all the exhibits the one that impressed me most was an 8X8" black and white photo showing a rabbit fence with hundreds of rabbits on one side denuded of vegetation and the other with vegetation of all kinds and no rabbits. Like in Newfoundland where a few moose were introduced for hunting and now there are thousands of animals there.
"Emus are just birds that can't fly" - Beta Human
I actually did a promotional study on a relevant subject. We were studying whether lowering the capture/hunt of muskrats would have any negative effects at all, because theoretically, removing a certain amount of individuals would simply let the remaining ones thrive, unless you remove a LOT of them.
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