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The news of the flood of hares, wild cats, wild goats and other animals in Australia can be said to be unusual.
But can you believe it?
In Australia, camels are also overrun......
In order to eradicate the flooded camels, helicopters are not only used to hunt them.
He relied on "spies" to expose the location of the camel herd, and eliminated 160,000 camels in 4 years.
Helicopter camel hunting
So, how did camels become so widespread in Australia, and was it necessary to go out of such a way to eradicate camels?
Flooded camels
There were no camels in Australia at first, and the reason why camels appeared in Australia was due to human beings.
Back in the 19th century, after the British colonized Australia, they found a large number of precious resources in the area, and in order to develop and transport the local resources, these colonists planned to build railways.
However, it was difficult to build a railway by manpower, so he thought of camels, hoping to use hard-working camels as a means of transportation to transport the heavy building materials.
In this way, the first camels were introduced to Australia by the British colonists.
As it turned out, the appearance of camels did help the British colonists solve big problems, these camels were more efficient than cows, horses, and donkeys, and they had little to worry about their diet, some camels even only needed to eat one meal a day and drink water only once a few days.
However, with the construction of railways and other facilities, the camels sent to Australia have lost their jobs.
In gratitude for these camels, the British colonists did not send them back to their "homeland", but simply released them on the spot.
After being released on the spot, the camel can be said to enter heaven.
Australia's abundant water and grass and suitable climate mean that camels don't have to worry about life at all, and more importantly, there are almost no natural predators for camels, so they have quickly multiplied and grown......
By the 20th century, the number of camels in Australia had increased from a few hundred to millions.
Camels are larger than goats, and when natural conditions permit, they eat more than goats, so they can nibble at the local grass almost everywhere they go, seriously damaging the local ecological environment.
By the time Australians noticed this, it was too late, as the camel population had grown so much that it would be difficult to eradicate them.
Distribution of camels in Australia
Australian camel fights
In order to eradicate these camels, the Australians can be described as painstaking,
They did not hesitate to send out helicopters to search the herd of camels all over the ground, and when they found the herd, they would shoot at them with guns.
Due to the large size of the camels, this is usually very effective, which is much easier than exterminating hares, but the problem is that it is too financially intensive.
Helicopters fly to find camels, and the bullets that kill them are money, and the cost of destroying millions of camels throughout Australia is simply incalculable, and even if the capitalists come, they have to shake their heads into dice.
Therefore, the method of shooting camels in helicopters can only solve the immediate needs, but cannot eradicate them......
Clever Australians later came up with a good idea, though.
Camels are social animals, it is difficult to find lone camels in nature, generally they appear in groups, and those lone camels will also take the initiative to look for the camel herd.
Taking advantage of this characteristic of camels, Australians came up with the idea of planting "spy" camels in the herd.
Spy Camel
They will find a camel first, install a positioning device on it, and then they will be able to keep track of its whereabouts wherever the camel goes.
After some time passed, the camel found the herd, and they would send out a helicopter and shoot the whole herd.
Spy Camel
It is worth mentioning that the camel with the positioning device on its body is not within their shooting range, and after the camel herd is solved, only the camel equipped with the positioning device is left behind, and it is allowed to find a new camel herd on its own, and so on.
For camels, this method is too cruel, but for Australians, it works very well.
Since the adoption of this method in 2009, 160,000 camels have been killed in Australia in just four years, which has not only improved the efficiency of camel hunting, but also critically saved the Australian government a lot of money.
Why don't Australians choose to eat camels?
In addition to being used as a laborer in the world, camels are also a rare delicacy, so seeing the flooding of Australian camels, many netizens can't sit still, hoping to help Australians solve their problems by eating.
But the question is, Australians don't choose to eat camels, what is going on?
When it comes to invasive alien species, Australians rarely choose to eat them, just like hares.
The reason for this is that the locals are worried that these organisms may carry a large number of germs in their bodies, which is not good for human health.
Another reason is that Australia's food culture is different, unlike our country, where a rabbit can make dozens of different flavors, which makes people eat for a month without getting tired.
Speaking of which, the locals in Australia don't eat it, but they can think differently and export these killed rampant animals to other countries for people from other countries to eat.
Not only does this greatly avoid waste, but it also brings Australia an objective income, the best of both worlds.
What do you think about this?