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Attempt to Control Invasive Species Backfires Spectacularly on An Antarctic Island


Offbeat  (tags: off-beat, feral cats, birds, rats, rabbits, invasive species, control )

Beatrice
- 1554 days ago - blogs.discovermagazine.com
The cats ate the birds until the humans killed the cats, but now the rabbits are out of control. That's the sad state of affairs on Macquarie Island, an island near Antarctica that was declared a world heritage site in 1997 due to its status as the sol



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Electra Cy (1020)
Monday February 16, 2009, 4:45 am
Amazing!
 
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