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Nearly wiped out a country's invasive species

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Nearly wiped out a country's invasive species

Mention of this wild rabbit believes that no country is more resentful than Australia, this is almost eliminated with biological weapons, the global population is only 7 billion, but the country's rabbit flood once reached 10 billion. The 150-year-old human-rabbit war has made Australians have no compassion for this docile little animal, as the saying goes, Australia has no rabbit Europe to help, take six at a time, and since then the disaster has been permanent

Rabbits spread throughout Australia in 1907, and in 1926 there were 10 billion rabbits in Australia. But why are tiny rabbits so proliferated in Australia? Scientists analyze the main points of 3 points, the first lack of natural enemies, after all, Australia's only thylacine from 1888 to 1908, 20 years almost because of the nine-dollar reward was slaughtered. In 1936, a thylacine named "Ben" was also killed by exposure to the sun due to the negligence of the animal administrator, and the rabbit was raised without a natural enemy

Nearly wiped out a country's invasive species

Third: tailor-made living environment, Australia belongs to the soil is soft, suitable climate and excellent water quality suitable for rabbit breeding. So Australia is a country that rides on the back of a sheep, and there are actually more rabbits than sheep. In the face of such a situation, is Australia sitting still? In 1901, they would build a rabbit fence, and the longest fence could even reach 1800 kilometers. However, they made a mistake and forgot that the rabbit is best at punching holes

Physics does not work to introduce the "fox" of heaven and earth, well, the fox is also flooded. Catching a fox while catching a rabbit, the Australian government finally couldn't bear it and used the killer "virus", that is, the myxoma virus. The harmlessness of humans and animals to rabbits of this virus is indeed fatal, and the effect is immediate, and in just two years 90% of rabbits have fallen under this virus. Excited as if Australia foresaw a future rabbit-free situation, the hare army made a comeback in 1990

It turns out that the virus has caused many hares to produce antibodies to reduce the fatality rate, and no one has been able to successfully eliminate these black sheep. The local government has also repeatedly sent bombers to besiege it, but it has always had little effect. The historical rabbit vs. The Australians lost a lot, because Australia is a rare rabbit scene in the world, but also attracted a large number of foreigners to visit, the local tourism industry has developed rapidly, and in this regard, because of the loss caused by the rabbit flood, tourism can make up for the tip of the iceberg. So some netizens proposed to send a Sichuan person in the past must be in place, after all, the spicy rabbit head tempting rabbit legs can be arranged, it is really a selfish desire to carry the rabbit cub, and the care is not strict into a disaster. Urgent need for capable people to provide good advice, expel the small beast no longer come, see here do not know what you have for the Australian hare, welcome to leave a message in the comment area Oh

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Nearly wiped out a country's invasive species