FERAL cats arrived on Dirk Hartog Island in two separate waves, but are now reproductively isolated, according to genetic analysis.

Part of the Dirk Hartog Restoration program, the research means good news for efforts to eradicate cats from the island and reintroduce the wildlife populations they have killed off.

Department of Parks and Wildlife senior research scientist David Algar says 10 of the original 13 native mammal species on the island have become extinct.

“The extirpated species of mainly medium-sized mammals include boodie (Bettongia lesueur), woylie (Bettongia penicillata), Western barred bandicoot (Perameles bougainville) and chuditch (Dasyurus geoffroii),” Dr Algar says.

“Only smaller species still inhabit the island: ash-grey mouse (Pseudomys albocinereus), sandy inland mouse (Pseudomys hermannsburgensis), and the little long-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis dolichura).

“There’s also an issue with cat predation on a number of bird species on the island, and also the reptiles as well.”

http://www.sciencewa.net.au/topics/environment-a-conservation/item/3193-genetics-denote-feral-cat-source

>>FERAL cats arrived on Dirk Hartog Island in two separate waves

Cowabunga dude.

Peak Warming Man said:

>>FERAL cats arrived on Dirk Hartog Island in two separate waves

Cowabunga dude.

That’s shaggadellic

Gosh cats do so much damage.

Is it a list

(1) Completely miss the litter tray when doing a poo so it goes all over the floor

(2) Get up on the roof but somehow forget how to get down again and needs to be rescued but not overly cooperating in the rescue and trying to bite.

(3) Sleeping in the most weirdest spots possible

(4) Running between legs when vision is impaired usually when carrying heavt boxes, extra points if it an older feeble person

Cymek said:

Is it a list

(1) Completely miss the litter tray when doing a poo so it goes all over the floor

(2) Get up on the roof but somehow forget how to get down again and needs to be rescued but not overly cooperating in the rescue and trying to bite.

(3) Sleeping in the most weirdest spots possible

(4) Running between legs when vision is impaired usually when carrying heavy boxes, extra points if it an older feeble person

:D

ms spock said:

Cymek said:

Is it a list

(1) Completely miss the litter tray when doing a poo so it goes all over the floor

(2) Get up on the roof but somehow forget how to get down again and needs to be rescued but not overly cooperating in the rescue and trying to bite.

(3) Sleeping in the most weirdest spots possible

(4) Running between legs when vision is impaired usually when carrying heavy boxes, extra points if it an older feeble person

:D

How to Wash the Cat

Thoroughly clean the toilet. Add the required amount of shampoo to the toilet water, and have both lids lifted. Obtain the cat and soothe him while you carry him towards the bathroom.

In one smooth movement, put the cat in the toilet and close both lids (you may need to stand on the lid so that he cannot escape).

CAUTION!!!!!

Do not get any part of your body too close to the edge, as his paws will be reaching out for any purchase they can find.

Flush the toilet three or four times.

Have someone open the door to the outside and ensure that there are no people between the toilet and the outside door.

Stand behind the toilet as far as you can, and quickly lift both lids. The now-clean cat will rocket out of the toilet, and run outside where he will dry himself.

Sincerely,

The DOG

Can I further bury that joke by pointing out that there were no Vikings in the 15th century.

you can but you’d just be repeating what i posted earlier.

dv said:

Can I further bury that joke by pointing out that there were no Vikings in the 15th century.

OK then. The Mary Rose on 15/07/1545

I don’t know that ships can become zombies.

dv said:

Can I further bury that joke by pointing out that there were no Vikings in the 15th century.

Ummm yes but there were cats

CATS: Ha ha ha ha …

Divine Angel said:

I don’t know that ships can become zombies.

What about the Marie/Mary Celeste?

Ghost ships aren’t zombies.

Divine Angel said:

Ghost ships aren’t zombies.

Well where did the crew go if they weren’t eaten by the ship?

Saw a feral cat last week. Although it was living next to a nature reserve I don’t think it was doing much damage to the reserve. For starters it was living off food scrounged from the “City of Melbourne Waste and Recycling Centre”. Seagulls, pigeons and sparrows were doing the same. And also the nature reserve had already been very severely damaged by chemical pollution – a deadly cocktail of insecticides and herbicides in the inflowing water – as well as also having been damaged by gardening. Having the waste facility next door significantly increased the biodiversity in the nature reserve, feral cat notwithstanding.