farmdog
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From http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200511/s1518331.htm
Last Update: Monday, November 28, 2005. 3:00pm (AEDT)
Tests reveal super-sized feral cat
DNA tests on the remains of a giant cat shot this year in Gippsland, in
south-east Victoria, show it was a super-sized feral domestic cat.
Melbourne deer hunter Kurt Engels shot the cat near Dargo and kept the
tail as a trophy.
He estimated it was more than 1.5 metres long and weighed about 35
kilograms.
A scientist with a 30-year interest in big cat research, Bernie Mace,
sent the 600 millimetre long tail to Monash University for testing.
He says the results prove feral cats in the Australian bush can grow far
bigger than ever imagined.
"The animal was big enough to be a significant threat to perhaps some of
the small wallabies and I think the knowledge that feral cats grow to
this size in our wild regions has got to be taken seriously and
understood from an ecological point of view," he said.
nup I think I'm gonna need a BIGGER gun
yeap this should do!
got the boys testing the padack basher before we go on another "hunting"trip or finding a car park in the CBD
Last Update: Monday, November 28, 2005. 3:00pm (AEDT)
Tests reveal super-sized feral cat
DNA tests on the remains of a giant cat shot this year in Gippsland, in
south-east Victoria, show it was a super-sized feral domestic cat.
Melbourne deer hunter Kurt Engels shot the cat near Dargo and kept the
tail as a trophy.
He estimated it was more than 1.5 metres long and weighed about 35
kilograms.
A scientist with a 30-year interest in big cat research, Bernie Mace,
sent the 600 millimetre long tail to Monash University for testing.
He says the results prove feral cats in the Australian bush can grow far
bigger than ever imagined.
"The animal was big enough to be a significant threat to perhaps some of
the small wallabies and I think the knowledge that feral cats grow to
this size in our wild regions has got to be taken seriously and
understood from an ecological point of view," he said.
nup I think I'm gonna need a BIGGER gun
yeap this should do!
got the boys testing the padack basher before we go on another "hunting"trip or finding a car park in the CBD
