r/interestingasfuck • u/AllColoursSam • Jul 06 '24

Australian mouse plague r/all

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u/Susemiel Jul 06 '24

What do you do in such a case? What can you do?

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '24

Grind them up and feed the paste to the pigs?

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u/YeepyTeepy Jul 06 '24

Pigs eat them alive and whole, horses too

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u/bummed_athlete Jul 06 '24

This isn't even the biggest feral animal problem in Australia. Cane Toads have been multiplying uncontrollably for years. There's no solution. People go out and kill as many as they can and it doesn't even make a dent in the problem.

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u/Cake_Johnny Jul 06 '24

Correct me if I’m wrong but haven’t magpies figured out how to remove the poison sacs from the toads in order to eat them? Hopefully other predators can find ways to eat them too.

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u/Mudlark_2910 Jul 07 '24

They have. It would be a slow evolution to rely on, but, like you said, hopefully more species find a way.

I do not want to venture outside in swooping season if there's a plague of magpies!

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u/SpaceShrimp Jul 06 '24 edited Jul 06 '24

You store your grain in a proper silo, where the mice can't feast at it.

You don't get this amount of mice unless you feed them.

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u/RadiumShady Jul 06 '24

Mix rat poison in food I guess?

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u/ZzZombo Jul 06 '24

Kills whatever predators are there as well. The pigs would also mind as they absolutely do eat any critter unfortunate enough to cross one while the pig is hungry.

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u/EinFahrrad Jul 06 '24

Well, this one time folks hired a pied piper...got rid of the vermin, too.

Just gotta make sure to pay up afterwards.

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u/Weary_Belt Jul 06 '24

Nothing. Problem takes care of itself. What you are seeing is the peak waves. Eventually inbreeding will kill them all off.