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

On 12/21/2024 7:30 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:

On 12/21/24 08:47, Paul S Person wrote:

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

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One of the best WE Coyote cartoons. And maybe the only one with a
Bunny in it.
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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.

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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.
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Of course, there might be problems with what /else/ they decide to go
after. But that is true of all predators.

      No whatever predatory species is chosen should all be sterilized. I am sure that the North American Coyote will enjoy
rabbit for a long time. Unless you have some ground dwelling
creature that is easier to catch and more delicious.
This will afford a continuing market for sterilized predators.

NZ is chock-full of 'ground dwelling creatures that are easier to catch
and more delicious".
Until human settlement less than 1000  years, ago, the only native
land mammals were bats. As a result, there are a large number of
native ground-dwelling, flightless birds, such as the kiwi.
Eliminating ground dwelling non-human mammals altogether is an
ongoing project.
pt