Feral Camels in Australia

We were just passing along a road in Queensland, Australia and saw these feral Camels munching on some tasty bushes..well I assume they are tasty to the camel, I'd imagine they wouldn't be so edible had I tried to consume some..

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Pets & Animals

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• Feral
• Camel
• Australia
• Queensland
• Video
• Bush
• Outback

[fieldmor77]

Imagine slamming in to him at 100 k's at night.

[PonyHaven]

@hxcgrant

Hey, let's get some more humans in Australia.

They are good for the planet as no human has ever done any harm to it.

Another 50 million ought to greatly improve the Aussie's countryside.

While I understand the need for control in all things, I observe that no such regulation is applied to humans - and their massively destructive activities.

[nomadlion1985]

Why not introduce barbary lions?

[XXplaythegamesXX]

watta majestic creature !!!

thx for THAT CLOSE-UP !!!!!

[NavyDogfish]

@EddieCubillo And while the camels may not be as good a niche-filler as the dingos, I think that there may be a way to get all these camels out of there besides eradication. The dromedary camels are primarily domesticated animals, thanks to the Arabians, and it is possible they can all be captured and re-domesticated. But until a solid solution is reached, let's just hope the dingos can keep their numbers in check.

[NavyDogfish]

@EddieCubillo Believe me, I understand that these placental invaders are bad for the marsupials, the worst of these being rats in my opinion, but the wedge-tailed eagles and saltwater crocodiles would have no chance of keeping the kangaroo population in check in my opinion because the 'roos get most if not all the water they need from their food, so they are often out of the crocs' reach and the eagles can only hunt joeys. The dingos have evolved into the 'roos' most effective predators.

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[NavyDogfish]

@EddieCubillo The last ones died in captivity, and yet the dingo might have helped them be wiped out because of their similar preference of prey. However, the dingos still fill the ecological niche that was left behind, as there were more kangaroo predators that died out long ago, like the marsupial lion(thylacoleo carnifex), the wonambi, and possibly the megalania. If the thylacine died out and the dingo hadn't arrived, the kangaroos could have by now obtained uncontrollable numbers.

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[NavyDogfish]

@EddieCubillo I totally understand. I just wanted to show you a brighter way to look at it. And while a large ungulate may not be the best replacement for the largest marsupial that ever lived, maybe one day a species of kangaroo could evolve into a replacement. And you are right that very many natives have gone extinct, and what sickens me most is the extinction of the thylacine. Why? Because it was directly the humans' fault. It was hunted to extinction for sport.

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[NavyDogfish]

@EddieCubillo I understand what you are saying, and I plan on becoming either a field biologist or a veterinarian when I grow up, and have been learning about animals my entire life. There are many species taking over Australia, such as the cane toad and rat. But the camels could be considered an ecological replacement to the now-extinct giant wombat, as was the dingo to the Tasmanian wolf. I won't tell you what to think, but please keep an open mind. The camels aren't as bad as the rest of 'em.