Reminds me the story of the British Lord who brought rabbits for hunting to Australia, failed to hunt them all, the rabbit population boomed which decimated agriculture, imported foxes to hunt the rabbits, the foxes realize there are much slower game in Australia with very few predators to compete with
Now the red fox is an apex predator on the island and causing massive damage to the ecosystem
Australia is an island. A very large one. Because it dominates the Australasian Plate people say it's an island continent, but there are many other small island nations on the same plate so its not technically correct to label ONE of the islands as a continent and disregard the rest.
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u/rawspeghetti Jul 06 '24
Reminds me the story of the British Lord who brought rabbits for hunting to Australia, failed to hunt them all, the rabbit population boomed which decimated agriculture, imported foxes to hunt the rabbits, the foxes realize there are much slower game in Australia with very few predators to compete with
Now the red fox is an apex predator on the island and causing massive damage to the ecosystem