Another ironic and easily doable scenario would be introducing the Falklands wolf into Antarctica. The biggest penguins might even go extinct.
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Another ironic and easily doable scenario would be introducing the Falklands wolf into Antarctica. The biggest penguins might even go extinct.
NothingNow
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Only locally, since the Warrah would realistically be limited to places like South Georgia, the Antarctic Peninsula, and Kerguelen.
But atleast the mice would be under control, If that's any small consolation
Rats are the bigger Problem.
then the Nene Population would still suffer.
NothingNow
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Yeah, but not as much, since Burrowing owls tend more towards invertebrates and small mammals, so things like nestlings are normally less then a percent of their diet.
Lost the game
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TZETZE (or TSETSE) FLY, n. An African insect (Glossina morsitans) whose bite is commonly regarded as nature's most efficacious remedy for insomnia, though some patients prefer that of the American novelist (Mendax interminabilis). Gotta love the Devil's Dictionary
.Back on topic, how about macaques?
Cook
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How in the fuck did wolves get to the Falklands in the first place? That has got to be the most unlikely rafting scenario imaginable.
How in the fuck did wolves get to the Falklands in the first place? That has got to be the most unlikely rafting scenario imaginable.
apparently it was before the last Ice age.
granted, they went extinct in 1876 so.....
No, it is because of the palability of New Zealand forest species- they have radically altered forest composition in many regions. Even in Australia they have no real competition, aside from Koalas in some areas. Though it doesn't help that they have no real predators in New Zealand either.
Arboreal folivores (leaf eaters) are not actually common in the world, especially outside of tropical areas, mostly because you need to eat a lot of leaves to get much nutrition from them and eating lots doesn't go well with climbing trees. I wonder if brush-tailed possums could have done well in Europe or North America... They do reasonably well in urban areas.
Red Foxes would probably not do as well in New Zealand as they have done in Australia, because they are primarily mammal predators. New Zealand has a lot of introduced mammals such as rats, ferrets, possums and rabbits, but these are much harder to hunt than things like mice, voles, lizards and small terrestrial marsupials of Australia.
I actually think that African Elephants could have done reasonably well in Australia- though its not the sort of thing that would sneak onto and off a ship- someone would have to deliberately introduce them.
Sea snakes could have been introduced to the Mediterranean Sea.
Wallabies may do well in much of Europe- they already live in places in the UK, as mentioned by another poster.
There is a multitude of possible weed species that could have major ecological impacts around the world.
Sea snakes could have been introduced to the Mediterranean Sea.
Wallabies may do well in much of Europe- they already live in places in the UK, as mentioned by another poster.
There is a multitude of possible weed species that could have major ecological impacts around the world.
Cook
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That’s my point; they are not competing with a mammalian rival. Marsupials haven’t got a good track record in competition with their mammalian equivalents. Granted, Possums are a lot smarter and more adaptable than most animals though.