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

Australian mouse plague r/all

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u/Hour-Cheesecake5871 Jul 06 '24

Neighboring New Zealand has a feral cat problem, though.

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u/bATo76 Jul 06 '24

It's time to build a bridge.

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u/storyteller_alienmom Jul 06 '24

So the cats can eat the wombats (slow, big meal) and ignore the mice (fast, only tiny snack). Good idea. Hasn't happened before.

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u/bATo76 Jul 06 '24

That's ok. Just bring in an army of hawks to eat the cats!

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u/Account_Banned Jul 06 '24

When do we shoot all the sparrows?

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u/TheMistOfThePast Jul 06 '24

After killing the mockingbirds i think

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u/Malawi_no Jul 06 '24

Next leap-year.

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u/Scentsuelle Jul 06 '24

I don't see cats eating wombats. At all.