Hah I remember that. At one time they were thinking of finding new homes for them as they were eating everything on KI then the fires struck. Personally I have nothing against koalas but like the kangaroos people get hysterical about culling them even when their numbers keep increasing.
Hah I remember that. At one time they were thinking of finding new homes for them as they were eating everything on KI then the fires struck. Personally I have nothing against koalas but like the kangaroos people get hysterical about culling them even when their numbers keep increasing.
It really was a big deal (the '07 KI fires), and the koala issue (though not the koalas themselves who were the hapless subjects, first to human meddling, and then of nature's tough love) was both galling and infuriating. I was actually in S.A. at the time and helping the fire fighting efforts on KI during those fires, and I freely admit it was most wretched and heartbreaking to see those ruined koalas.
Isn't it astonishing that kangaroos seem to be the only native megafauna (please correct me as I'm hopefully wrong and there may in fact be many others) that has done rather well since European invasion, almost in spite of intentional human meddling. They seem to be highly accomplished opportunists, because whatever the European human impact has been, it was not intended for their benefit.
Hah I remember that. At one time they were thinking of finding new homes for them as they were eating everything on KI then the fires struck. Personally I have nothing against koalas but like the kangaroos people get hysterical about culling them even when their numbers keep increasing.
It really was a big deal (the '07 KI fires), and the koala issue (though not the koalas themselves who were the hapless subjects, first to human meddling, and then of nature's tough love) was both galling and infuriating. I was actually in S.A. at the time and helping the fire fighting efforts on KI during those fires, and I freely admit it was most wretched and heartbreaking to see those ruined koalas.
Isn't it astonishing that kangaroos seem to be the only native megafauna (please correct me as I'm hopefully wrong and there may in fact be many others) that has done rather well since European invasion, almost in spite of intentional human meddling. They seem to be highly accomplished opportunists, because whatever the European human impact has been, it was not intended for their benefit.
Kangaroos are amazing animals Europeans must have wondered what they were seeing when they first came here. Trouble is they breed like rabbits.
Hah! Thanks for the good laugh - really did laugh out loud!