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On Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:36:12 +1100, "Gary R. Schmidt"
<grschmidt@acm.org> wrote:

>On 23/12/24 11:27, Cryptoengineer wrote:
>> On 12/21/2024 11:47 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
>>> On Sat, 21 Dec 2024 14:10:30 +1300, Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> =
wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 21/12/24 04:43, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
>>>>> On 12/20/24 06:40, Tony Nance wrote:
>>>>>> On 12/20/24 9:24 AM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
>>>>>>> In article <6We9P.32715$Uup4.9647@fx10.iad>,
>>>>>>> Scott Lurndal <slp53@pacbell.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> writes:
>>>>>>>>> On 20/12/24 15:55, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Robert Carnegie=A0 <rja.carnegie@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On 17/12/2024 16:57, Paul S Person wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> I haven't seen a bunny for a long time now. But once they =
were,
>>>>>>>>>>>> if not
>>>>>>>>>>>> common, then not rare sights. Some of them white, others =
brown.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> My sister lives in rural Scotland.=A0 She used to
>>>>>>>>>>> see a rabbit, from time to time, being carried
>>>>>>>>>>> cross-country in the jaws of the family cat.
>>>>>>>>>>> I mean, probably several different rabbits.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Rabbits are evil animals that eat my vegetables.=A0 They eat =
my
>>>>>>>>>> oregano,
>>>>>>>>>> they even ate my feijoa seedling.=A0 They must die.=A0 Cats =
like this
>>>>>>>>>> should be supported.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I think later, the household budget for pet food
>>>>>>>>>>> improved.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> If you have the money, you can buy rabbit in
>>>>>>>>>>> tin cans, to have later.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Years ago I dated someone with a crossbow who would hunt them=20
>>>>>>>>>> in my
>>>>>>>>>> yard (as firearms are not legal to use within the city limits=20
>>>>>>>>>> here).
>>>>>>>>>> I got kind of tired of lapin au moutarde but since then I have
>>>>>>>>>> learned
>>>>>>>>>> how to cook them szechuan style.
>>>>>>>>>> --scott
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Rabbits are a massive problem in the dry Central Otago area of =
the
>>>>>>>>> South
>>>>>>>>> Island of New Zealand where they decimate crops and grass =
leaving
>>>>>>>>> barren
>>>>>>>>> soil. An introduced species with no natural predators, with=20
>>>>>>>>> large and
>>>>>>>>> frequent litters, they have successfully defied attempts of
>>>>>>>>> eradication.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Time to introduce the coyote to the rabbits?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That's a super-genius idea!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DVl1uFDiDoQc
>>>
>>> One of the best WE Coyote cartoons. And maybe the only one with a
>>> Bunny in it.
>>>
>>> The sequence (several cartoons) involving the catapult is my =
favorite.
>>>>>> Perfect!!
>>>>>>
>>>>> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Good luck with Coyotes but why does not the Dingo
>>>>> make inroards into the lapin cuisine?
>>>>
>>>> The Dingo would make no distinction between rabbit and lapin but =
resides
>>>> in Australia where it is no threat to the New Zealand bunny which =
has no
>>>> predators other than humans.
>>>
>>> This may come as a shock to you, but, in theory, I would think =
dingoes
>>> could be imported from Australia to take care of the rabbits. =
Provided
>>> they like rabbit, of course.
>>>
>>> Of course, there might be problems with what /else/ they decide to go
>>> after. But that is true of all predators.
>>=20
>> The very last thing New Zealand needs is more mammalian predators.
>>=20
>> Until human settlement, less than 1000 years ago, the only non-marine
>> mammals were bats. As a result, many ground-dwelling birds evolved,
>> including the iconic kiwi.
>>=20
>> Tha Maori introduced dogs and rats, and later European settlers many
>> more species, which are devastating the native population.
>>=20
>> There's currently a project underway to free NZ from mammalian
>> predators by 2050. They don't need new ones.
>>=20
>> Myxomatosis isn't a poison - its a disease which was rapidly
>> fatal in rabbits, though now, in Australia, resistant animals
>> are appearing.
>>=20
>Which is why we now use Calicivirus as well, which somehoe got released=20
>by mistake shortly after it had been agreed that it was safe for the=20
>native animals, but before all the pollies and wallies had signed off on=
=20
>it.  :-)
>
>Bloody mongrels still don't die quickly enough.

And they'll just develop resistance.

Evolution marches on!
--=20
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"