Re: "The Trek: An Epic of Survival (The Darwin's World Series)" by Jack L Knapp

On 12/21/2024 11:47 AM, Paul S Person wrote:

On Sat, 21 Dec 2024 14:10:30 +1300, Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> wrote:
 

On 21/12/24 04:43, Bobbie Sellers wrote:

On 12/20/24 06:40, Tony Nance wrote:

On 12/20/24 9:24 AM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:

In article <6We9P.32715$Uup4.9647@fx10.iad>,
Scott Lurndal <slp53@pacbell.net> wrote:

Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> writes:

On 20/12/24 15:55, Scott Dorsey wrote:

Robert Carnegie  <rja.carnegie@gmail.com> wrote:

On 17/12/2024 16:57, Paul S Person wrote:

I haven't seen a bunny for a long time now. But once they were,
if not
common, then not rare sights. Some of them white, others brown.

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My sister lives in rural Scotland.  She used to
see a rabbit, from time to time, being carried
cross-country in the jaws of the family cat.
I mean, probably several different rabbits.

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Rabbits are evil animals that eat my vegetables.  They eat my
oregano,
they even ate my feijoa seedling.  They must die.  Cats like this
should be supported.
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I think later, the household budget for pet food
improved.
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If you have the money, you can buy rabbit in
tin cans, to have later.

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Years ago I dated someone with a crossbow who would hunt them in my
yard (as firearms are not legal to use within the city limits here).
I got kind of tired of lapin au moutarde but since then I have
learned
how to cook them szechuan style.
--scott

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Rabbits are a massive problem in the dry Central Otago area of the
South
Island of New Zealand where they decimate crops and grass leaving
barren
soil. An introduced species with no natural predators, with large and
frequent litters, they have successfully defied attempts of
eradication.

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Time to introduce the coyote to the rabbits?

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That's a super-genius idea!
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     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl1uFDiDoQc

 One of the best WE Coyote cartoons. And maybe the only one with a
Bunny in it.
 The sequence (several cartoons) involving the catapult is my favorite.

Perfect!!
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     Good luck with Coyotes but why does not the Dingo
make inroards into the lapin cuisine?

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The Dingo would make no distinction between rabbit and lapin but resides
in Australia where it is no threat to the New Zealand bunny which has no
predators other than humans.

 This may come as a shock to you, but, in theory, I would think dingoes
could be imported from Australia to take care of the rabbits. Provided
they like rabbit, of course.
 Of course, there might be problems with what /else/ they decide to go
after. But that is true of all predators.

The very last thing New Zealand needs is more mammalian predators.
Until human settlement, less than 1000 years ago, the only non-marine
mammals were bats. As a result, many ground-dwelling birds evolved,
including the iconic kiwi.
Tha Maori introduced dogs and rats, and later European settlers many
more species, which are devastating the native population.
There's currently a project underway to free NZ from mammalian
predators by 2050. They don't need new ones.
Myxomatosis isn't a poison - its a disease which was rapidly
fatal in rabbits, though now, in Australia, resistant animals
are appearing.
pt