Huge cat slowly destroying the ecosystem of Australia

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Australia is full of creepy creatures, for example, can be found off the coast of great white sharks, sea snakes Belcher, and on the Continent - funnel web. But, oddly enough, for the nature of Australia's more dangerous invasive species - common domestic pigs, goats and rabbits. And the most dangerous animal - the domestic cat.

You would think that stretching on your couch a little furry animal is safe? Whatever the case. This is it safe for you, and for smaller animals - very even. Cats were brought to Australia in about 1804, and 15 years later is already homeless cats wandered around Sydney. By the end of the century they spread across the continent.

Australia has been isolated from the rest of the world for millions of years, and the continent there is a specific ecosystem with harmless mammals. This means that the cat is not there natural enemies, except, perhaps, the dingo (too invasive species) and the wedge-tailed eagle. According to the Government, from 18 million homeless cats die every day around 75-million wild animals. It is believed that cats are to blame for the complete disappearance of several species.





It seems that the problem is unsolvable: the feral cats careful and subtle. And the worst part is that the Australian fur seals are gradually increasing - the largest specimens weigh about 20 kg. A cat caught in Gippsland, reached half a meter in length. Photos, though, no, but to the witnesses can be taken with a grain of salt, but the wilderness is really hefty roaming cats. Black cats sometimes mistaken for panthers.

via factroom.ru

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