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WhoCares? - the-philosopher.co.uk  Australia, a kind of vast 'Sanctuary Island' has more than twice the number of ... per cent of flowering plants, 84 per cent of mammals, more than 45 per cent of birds, ... extinct worldwide in historical times were in Oz. In total, 126 species of plants .... Prior to this,they were killed for the bounty being offered by farmers and the...
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Emu War - Wikipedia  The unsuccessful attempts to curb the population of emus, a large flightless bird indigenous to Australia, employed soldiers armed with Lewis gunsleading the...
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The Great Emu War: In which some large, flightless birds unwittingly ...  Aug 4, 2014 ... I have to admit it  that's some real Australian behaviour going on up there. ... lugs fool you - they once brought the Australian Army to its knees. ****. "If we had a military division with the bullet-carrying capacity of these birds it would face ... flattening crops, eating them down to a stub - that they were officially...
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We Fought the Emus (and the Emus Won) - Modern Farmer  Apr 21, 2014 ... In October of 1932, two Australian soldiers went to war. ... After breeding season, Australia's largest native bird migrated to the coast, but they were flightless, and ... This aviary enemy was destroying valuable crops. ... an ambush, but the emus, which can run up to 40 miles per hour, once again scattered.
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Invasive species in Australia - Wikipedia  Invasive species are a serious threat to the native biodiversity of Australia and are an ongoing ... Invasive diseases, fungi, and parasites in Australia affect many native plants ... They can be categorised in the following ways: .... weeds (under legislation) were introduced deliberately, one third of these as garden ornamentals.
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Hercules' Sixth Labor: the Stymphalian Birds  For the sixth Labor, Hercules was to drive away an enormous flock of birds which ... the krotala loudly, scaring the birds out of the trees, then shot them with bow and ... These fly against those who come to hunt them, wounding and killing them...
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The American Chestnut: "The Giant that Once Lived in the Woods of ...  Jul 28, 2015 ... The tree was so ubiquitous that it is estimated that one out of every four ... Settlers harvested the nut crop and sold it to farmers who fed it to their livestock. ... The blight swept across the growing region, killing trees at a rate of 50 ... a fungus-resistant American chestnut by breeding the Chinese ... Back to Top.
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Conservation in the Australian Outback | Travel + Leisure  A small group of guests and I, led by a Zimbabwean guide named Paul ... and marsupials in the past 10 years, leaving many of these species now in collapse. ... Australia is also an island ecosystem, though it's an exceptionally large one. ... named for explorer Matthew Flinders, who circumnavigated Australia in 1802.
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The Great Emu War: In which some large, flightless birds unwittingly ...  Aug 4, 2014 ... Why are the emus so attracted to his upside-down bicycling? ... The Great Emu War: In which some large, flightless birds unwittingly foiled the Australian Army ... were to convert into working farms, primarily to cultivate wheat and sheep. ... This made things tough, because setting up a prosperous farm with...
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Jeopary Questions page 1752 - SHORT FICTION - TriviaBistro.com  WHEN AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS ATTACK: In 2001 this large bird was seen running down Mississippi 51, then went after .... BLASTS FROM THE PAST: Praise the gods! It's the city where you'll find the majestic ruins seen here (The Parthenon).
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Flightless Birds - Ostriches, Rheas, Emus, Cassowaries, Kiwis ...  Ratites are flightless birds that lack the keel (high ridge) on the breastbone to which the ... such as ostriches, rheas, emus, and cassowaries, are the largest living birds. ... Genyornis of Australia survived long enough to be hunted by aborigines ... (Rhea americana) of Argentina and Brazil stands 5 ft (1.5 m) tall, several feet...
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Haldane, On Being the Right Size  These monsters were not only ten times as high as Christian, but ten times as wide and ... A rat is killed, a man is broken, a horse splashes. ... Of course tall land animals have other difficulties. They have to pump their blood to greater heights than a man, and, therefore, ... They are more complicated because they are larger.
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The Burdens of Disease - Scribd  system, without written permission from the publisher. ... humans are prey as well as predators. perh aps of some form of Asian bird u spreading to humans.
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jeopardy/1812_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  ANIMAL PLANET | Useful in long-term avian study, it's the placing of metal identification tags on the legs of wild birds | Banding. right: Mark. Wrong: Value: $500.
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jeopardy/1340_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  AUSSIE | In an Australian saying, when these birds named for their call "call, the rain will fall" | the kookaburra. right: Dave. Wrong: Value: $1000. Number: 25.
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List of massacres of Indigenous Australians - Wikipedia  Groups of Indigenous Australians were massacred on many occasions between the start of the .... I regret to say some (were) shot and others met their fate by rushing in ... It is claimed that three Aborigines were killed and three arrested but it is ... prosecution for the massacre, in late 1839 or early 1840 Taylor fled to India.
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Jeopary Questions page 903 - POLITICAL QUOTATIONS - Trivia Bistro  AMERICAN HISTORY: Mormons say divine intervention sent these birds to stop a cricket infestation in 1848  FILE UNDER "B": The call of the males of these...
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Island Conservation Saving Australia's Imperiled Island Wildlife from ...  Feb 25, 2016 ... Saving Australia's Imperiled Island Wildlife from Invasive Rats and ... now extinct on the Australian mainland, islands are their last refuge. ... in conserving our island wildlife, but this innovative new partnership .... First Name:.
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The Great Hunger: The Story of the Potato Famine of the 1840s ...  AbeBooks.com: The Great Hunger: The Story of the Potato Famine of the 1840s Which Killed One Million Irish Peasants and Sent Hundreds of Thousands to the...
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6 Animals We Ate Into Extinction | Britannica.com  This Encyclopedia Britannica list features 6 animals that were hunted into extinction for food. ... The Warwick Regiment on the main road, Simonstown, South Africa, during the Boer ... Billions of these gregarious birds once inhabited eastern North America and were similar in ... 1, 1914, in the Cincinnati Zoo in Ohio.
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J! Archive - Show #2126, aired 1993-11-29  If this tall tropical bird stops eating certain algae, its pinkish feathers will turn .... An ancient Egyptian who had a sweet tooth would reach for honey or this palm...