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[Link] 'Horrible to think about': Dire warning on spread of fire ants
Read: 16/2/2022 www.abc.net.au
The national fire ant program began in 2017 with a $411 million budget from the Commonwealth, states and territories, but recently admitted it needs more money and time to eradicate the ants.
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[Link] Ivermectin could save rare Australian sea lion from deadly parasite
Read: 2/12/2021 www.abc.net.au
Ivermectin has gained notoriety as an unproven prophylactic and therapy for COVID-19, but it has traditionally been used in human and veterinary medicine for parasitic infections. Hookworm contributes to up to 40 per cent of sea lion pup deaths.
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[Link] NSW laws criminalising secret recordings of animal cruelty ‘too great a burden on speech’, high court hears
Read: 26/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
Laws criminalising the use of secretly recorded vision of animal cruelty and abuse are posing “too great a burden on speech”, animal rights activists have told the high court.
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[Link] As If the Platypus Couldn’t Get Any Weirder
Read: 23/9/2021 gizmodo.com
The platypus is nature’s crazy quilt, as this strange creature looks like about a half-dozen different animals all rolled into one. Turns out that platypuses were hiding yet another conspicuous feature: THEY CAN FREAKIN’ GLOW IN THE DARK.
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[Link] In the city, they fly along routes that mirror roads
Read: 30/7/2021 www.theguardian.com
Every evening in Sydney, clouds of bats move across the sky.
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