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Australia carefully shake a leg on the same rake — the importation of animals from other continents. Every time this is done with good intentions. And every time turns out to be evil...

I made a little tour of this "Australian rake".

Europeans discovered Australia in the XVII century. One of the many disasters of the local population in connection with the appearance of their strangers, then became a violation of the ecological balance of the continent.



 
Rabbits were brought to Australia by the colonists in 1859 for slaughter for meat. Its triumphal March long-eared animals began with the South-Eastern part of the continent. For 50 years the rabbits bred in incredible quantities, mainly due to the extraordinary fertility and the almost complete absence of predators that would have hunted. The consequences were very disastrous. Rabbits eat vegetation, which feed on local fauna. The fault of the rabbits, Australia has lost many of the local species of fauna. In addition, these pests are responsible for the disappearance of the forests by eating young shoots, so when Mature trees die from a forest and leaves only a wasteland.

Where rabbits are settled before 1900 have become extinct several species of kangaroo. Why?! Yes, because the rabbits could feed on the sparse pastures. Kangaroo food was scarce, and rabbits very enough. Fertile pastures began to turn into desert, the people of Western Australia have started to take action: they decided to fence off the West of the continent fence.

Fence # 1 for protection from rabbits built 400 people from 1901 to 1907. Turned out he length is 3253 km Wire mesh fence stretched between wooden poles, rabbits can't jump. "But" they are perfectly able to dig under it moves. And then the Fence No. 1 steel patrol: paved along the gravel road and began to go through it in a gig, drawn by camels. Saw the patrol rabbit opened fire. Saw the patrol St. — immediately buried her, brought down, destroyed in any way.

The problem with rabbits is reflected in contemporary Australian law. For example, for maintenance, sale or released into the wild rabbit will have to pay a fine of 40 000 Australian dollars (about 1 200 000 RUB).



 
In addition to rabbits, animals-pest for the Australian ecosystem is also about a million head of feral camels. The ones that were drawn gig in the paragraph above. Of course, brought them from India and Afghanistan, too, from very noble motives and only a few thousand, since 1840: because of its stamina the camels are perfectly coped with loads during the construction of Railways and roads, and their construction with transportation of goods over long distances.

So, the camels began to replace cars on them and traveled along the wall. And... camels were released. History repeated itself, and camels competed with Australian animals is not worse than rabbits. When each well has been collected up to 200 camels, Australians again sounded the alarm. Where is held the herd there was not a kangaroo or vegetation. A kangaroo, though, and move quickly, but for a long time can not stand. Camels will devour everything, and more, haven't gnawed their areas. And kangaroos die of starvation. Rabbits, however, remain.

The Australians began to shoot camels from helicopters. So still and shoot. Only camels are intelligent, they have a large, sophisticated brain. They began to run away as soon as they hear the noise of the engine, and heard a helicopter, depending on conditions, for 2 or 4 hours before his appearance. So the Australians behind them, still chasing. And along the Fence # 1 for protection from rabbits ride on cars.





There is in Australia and another fence... It is not against rabbits, and dogs Dingo. Nice, cute dog! Shaggy such, the size of a small wolf. Very strong, hardy, running. When they were brought to Australia is unknown. Assuming that 30 thousand years ago, but there is a version that 4, 3 or 2.5 thousand: the Australian aborigines and the crews of the Malay boats. In General, nobody knows when it appeared in the Australian Dingo. It is well known that after their appearance in Australia disappeared marsupial predators.

Why Dingo destroyed marsupial predators?! And he had them and destroyed, he was forced out. Where well fed Dingo, not enough fodder for more stupid and less moving marsupials. Normal competition.

When the European settlers brought to Australia of sheep, dingoes were very happy. According to some, their number within a few decades, has increased by about 100 times. Some farmers are not from good life moved on to breeding cattle: cows Dingo couldn't just cope. Other scattered poisoned bait and shot wild dogs. Others began to enclose their holdings with wire mesh. By the end of the XIX century to South-West Australia were along and across the tightened wire netting, along which walked or rode horses sullen guys with a shotgun.





These concerns Australians was not enough, and recently there appeared a South American huge toad. These toads do not eat none of the predator – poisonous, but they eat the local small animals. They decided to deliver, to rescue the young shoots. This amphibian is a real giant, its length more than 25 cm In recent decades, the population of this poisonous creature has reached such gigantic proportions that is beginning to pose a threat to many wild and domestic animals of Australia. On the sides of the cane toad is a large gland that produces venom such concentration that the South American natives use it for coating the arrowheads. Even the crocodile, for which she will be dinner, live then only for 15 minutes.

By the way, is alien to Australia, the insect species is also tentatively brought the Europeans. They did not deliver, of course, specially. But many insects have been found in the folds of clothing, in things, in the ship space. Particularly devastating was for the continent some new species of beetles, which was chosen shoots of sugar cane and sweet potato. At first they just enjoyed, but over time, it is multiplied, began to devour the crop whole acres. Attempts were made to poison bugs with chemicals, but those were soon developed resistance to poisons, so-called resistant. And here were made another mistake — to deal with them brought the frogs... because of them, in Australia there was another new problem. Before a particularly breed rodents did not give here large serpents, to which they were a delicious treat. But suddenly appeared on the mainland fatty delicious frogs attracted snakes even more. Of course, among the reptile immediately began a massive die-off. And rodents, on the contrary, began to multiply, causing farmers ' crops giant damage.

Soon hate giant toads beekeepers. The fact is that, were bees to AG — favorite food. AGI is eaten by bees in large numbers. Then the local beekeepers began to establish hives between 15 and 20 cm above, it would seem, inaccessible to poisonous amphibians high. But this measure helped for a while. Amphibians wise soon realized that you can get to each other on the back, gramzdas until then, until you reach the entrance of the hive.

AGI sweeping up everything. They eat cockroaches, centipedes, ants, crabs, snails, lizards, and even small animals. If food problems and eating leftovers, do not disdain even the fallen animals.

With plants, the Australians, too. There was a time when brought here the prickly pear cactus has captivated the entire country. To solve the situation helped caterpillar...

I wonder what "step on the rake" will be next? published

 

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