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WARNING: photo may be too graphic for some folkshttp://grist.org/list/australia-has-been-invaded-by-giant-feral-cats/
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Man, the Australian ecosystem doesnt do anything by halves. Everything is either the weirdest, most poisonous, or straight-up biggest version of itself. Right now theyre battling feral cats, but of course they cant just be normal feral cats they have to be 45-pound feral cats that can only be eradicated by specially trained dogs.
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Somebody help me here. Does anyone know if this truly is so, or is this all satire? or the picture is just a Photoshop?
If there really are such huge cats like that Down Under, maybe we could ask them to capture them and send them into our inner city subways to get rid of the giant rats.
kiva
(4,373 posts)post a fucking warning. You talk about cats, we expect to see live cats not dead. Better yet, delete it.
n/t
csziggy
(34,136 posts)From the link in the OP: "A researcher said that the stomach of one contained the remains of two sugar gliders, a velvet gecko, a bird, and some insects thats just one cat, over one day. There were also some beer cans, a Maryland license plate, and a small wooden puppet who goes by the name of Pinocchio." {Emphasis added}
SwissTony
(2,560 posts)Two sugar gliders? Yep, try catching them, puddy. Beer cans with stomach acid? Puddy's not going to feel too well. Also, extemely hot. And a Maryland plate? give me a break.
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)especially the "Our Farms, Our Future" one.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)easychoice
(1,043 posts)westerebus
(2,976 posts)easychoice
(1,043 posts)funny but true I hear.
westerebus
(2,976 posts)Great fun, but, the hang over might kill ya.
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)Laughed so hard I would get numb. Had to limit my reading to a couple pages/night. But no way in hell I visit that place. Can't help but wonder how anybody survives there. Gaaah!!!!
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)Have you read "A Walk in the Woods"? It's about his attempt to hike the Appalachian Trail.
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)I need to check out some more of his writing. Unfortunately, A Walk in the Woods was all the local library has. And the librarian whine about how sexist he is when I checked it out. I think I'll have to head to the bigger city libraries next