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Invasive species in Australia

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In Australia we definitely have our fair share of invasive species and the main problem is that we are such a huge land mass with such a small population. The population of Australia is concentrated mainly around the city areas along the coast and many invasive species have been able to spread with ease.

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Extinction Week on 10,000 Birds

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They all went extinct since 1500 and they are only eight of the nearly two hundred species that have blinked out since then. Keep cats outdoors? Sure, we try not to introduce snakes, rats, cats, goats, pigs, and a host of other creatures to isolated islands. The eight species above still exist. Ascencion Crake.

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Extinction Week Recap

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We nature lovers, celebrants of life in all its exquisite multiformity, feel more keenly than most the loss of even the most undifferentiated species. It’s when we lost the mammoths, the sabre-tooth cats, the giant ground sloths, the elephant birds, the marsupial lions, and other iconic giants. Thought To Be Extinct For 100 Years.