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Plans to blow up rabbits shelved because of fire concerns
Herald Sun ^
| 28th January 2009
| William Jackson
Posted on 01/28/2009 12:05:08 PM PST by naturalman1975
MELBOURNE Water and Nillumbik Council have dropped plans to blow up rabbits with explosive gas after warnings about fire dangers.
A joint project using “oxygen detonation technology” to destroy warrens along the Diamond Creek, between Nillumbik Park and Diamond Creek Reserve, had been due to start on Tuesday this week, the Diamond Valley Leader reports.
A public notice issued by the council had advised residents they might hear regular “muffled explosions” as far as a kilometre away.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...
TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: bunnygoboom; pests; wildlife
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Just... can't... resist... posting... just... because... of... headline.
To: naturalman1975
All they need is foxes.
No mathematicians down under?
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posted on
01/28/2009 12:06:53 PM PST
by
djf
To: naturalman1975
I knew before reading the headline it couldn’t be in the U.S.
Could you imagine the angst, sit-ins and litigation?
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posted on
01/28/2009 12:08:04 PM PST
by
keepitreal
(Obama brings change: an international crisis (terrorism) within 6 months)
To: djf
We have foxes. They are also an introduced pest species.
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posted on
01/28/2009 12:08:41 PM PST
by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
To: djf; naturalman1975
All they need is foxes. While that may seem a relatively simple solution, foxes are not native to Australia and couldn't be imported to be set free in the wild.
The problem is that rabbits are a non-native species in Australia and having no natural predators have bred in numbers not to be believed.
L
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posted on
01/28/2009 12:09:10 PM PST
by
Lurker
("America is at that awkward stage. " Claire Wolfe, call your office.)
To: keepitreal
Maybe I didn’t know before I read the headline (think of how rich I could be with that skill), but I knew by reading the headline, hehe.
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posted on
01/28/2009 12:09:48 PM PST
by
keepitreal
(Obama brings change: an international crisis (terrorism) within 6 months)
To: Lurker; djf
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posted on
01/28/2009 12:10:33 PM PST
by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
To: Darksheare
I know you are involved in this some how.
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posted on
01/28/2009 12:11:06 PM PST
by
null and void
(We are now in day 9 of our national holiday from reality.)
To: keepitreal
“Oh, the poor poor Runny Babbits!”
s/
To: naturalman1975
Kind of a nerdy joke... the foxes/rabbits relation is used to explain derivatives...
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posted on
01/28/2009 12:11:13 PM PST
by
djf
To: naturalman1975
“You’ll be sorry....”
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posted on
01/28/2009 12:12:32 PM PST
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
To: naturalman1975
It’s probably safer than blowing up a whale.
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posted on
01/28/2009 12:12:38 PM PST
by
Gil4
To: naturalman1975
Now here is something Jimmy Carter could be useful for.
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posted on
01/28/2009 12:13:20 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
To: Ptarmigan
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posted on
01/28/2009 12:14:40 PM PST
by
Lurker
("America is at that awkward stage. " Claire Wolfe, call your office.)
To: djf
Yeah, I vaguely remember from my own schooldays - R(t) and F(t) - but the problem is somebody actually tried it here and R(t) and F(t) both described a hyperbolic curve towards infinity.
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posted on
01/28/2009 12:15:00 PM PST
by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
To: naturalman1975
Couldn’t they just send out Elmer Fud?
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posted on
01/28/2009 12:15:11 PM PST
by
sheik yerbouty
( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
To: naturalman1975
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posted on
01/28/2009 12:15:20 PM PST
by
lonevoice
(Ich bin ein plumber)
To: dfwgator
just picturing him in a Hamas vest.
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posted on
01/28/2009 12:16:19 PM PST
by
WOBBLY BOB
(ACORN:American Corruption for Obama Right Now)
To: naturalman1975
PETA will be denouncing the idea of blowing up rabbits. Wait for it...
I wonder if the annoying Logan telemarketer that tried to call me with the number (435) 787 9018 (google that number) even though I am on the do not call list, was going to reference this article since they were hawking that movie the Velveteen Rabbit II
To: EggsAckley
Who’s in charge of this operation? Wile E. Coyote?
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posted on
01/28/2009 12:17:01 PM PST
by
LuciaMia
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