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Word power: on “invasive species”

According to an alarming recent article in the Australian edition of The Guardian, Australia is “losing the fight” against invasive species.

It quotes scientists who claim that the “invaders”  pose a greater threat to Australia’s native species than does climate change.

(so, you may ask, “why on earth does the image atop this Pelican Yoga post depict an Australian native species which is clearly flourishing?”)

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Uncommonly close animal encounters: Ezo red fox

(second episode in an occasional series)

The featured image shows this individual as he or she first became visible to us.

In Hokkaido the local foxes “belong” – they are not feral, and most local humans do not regard them as “vermin”.

Accordingly – when well aware of nearby human presence – some of Hokkaido’s foxes behave in a relatively “relaxed” fashion that would be unimaginable in Australia.

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