In Australia, the wild brumbies were driven extinct by rabbits, and the government introduced a virus called "myxedema" or "The WHite Blindness" to kill the rabbits (it kills slowly and painfully). It also killed a lot of pet cats. And when I got home from Australia, I changed my clothes and took a shower before sayin hello to our pet rabbits.
And Australia's snakes weren't introduced by pet owners who didn't want to bother any more and who figured a pet released into the jungle would be able to make its own way. (Florida's pythons and boas are former pets. I think Australia's snakes either swam across from New Guinea or were there when the continent broke away from Gondwana.
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And Australia's snakes weren't introduced by pet owners who didn't want to bother any more and who figured a pet released into the jungle would be able to make its own way. (Florida's pythons and boas are former pets. I think Australia's snakes either swam across from New Guinea or were there when the continent broke away from Gondwana.