On oneFollow rare black rabbits with a much bigger problem: man -made predators that could lead to their extermination.
The story of a serious mistake began in 1979 on the Japanese island of Amami Othima. Before we take a closer look, but another note: This article has nothing to do with gaming and technology, as you have certainly thought long ago.
In the hope that you will find the background of the rabbit disaster as interesting as I will now find out more.
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, that guarantees no predators
As it started almost half a century ago
Among other things, the HABUSCHLANG is located on the Amami island. Your poison can be fatal for humans.
Japan therefore decided in 1979 toGoldstaubmungosTo expose the snakes to Amami as natural enemies in order to significantly reduce their number and to reduce the risk of the locals.
This is exactly where the black wild rabbits come into play, which I mentioned at the beginning.
- There is this very rare way only on the two Japanese islandsAmami-OshimaandTokunoshimathe Ryūkyū group. That's why they will too
Ryūkyū-Kaninchen
orAmami-kaninchen
named. - This is not just the only black wild rabbit species in the world, but also particularly original animals that have been around for a very long time.PetbookFor this reason, she describes it as
living fossils
. - The fact that they are so rare and that they have been around for so long makes it particularly important to protect them. But with the idea of exposing Mungos to Amami, Japan achieved exactly the opposite and even grabbed in two ways.
An idea for shaking your head
- The first problemThe Japan's approach was that the Habuschlange is nocturnal while the Mungos are daily. Accordingly, the containment of the snake spread was not surprisingly largely far.
- The second problemIt was that the Mungos put the rare Amami rabbit on their menu instead of hunting for snakes.
- The consequence:While the number of Amami rabbits went back, the number of Mungos rose steadily until it reached a remarkable climax in 2000 with around 10,000 copies.
The spread of other animals was also greatly reduced by the hunting mungos, including those of the Ryūkyū-Langhaar rat and that of the Amami Ishikawas frog.
This map of Amami shows how the Mungos have spread more and more on the island over the decades. (Source: kyushu.env.go.jp)
The late roll backwards
It took until 2000 until serious attempts were made to take care of the Mungo problem. But at least they wore fruits over time:
- In addition to setting up traps, you have thatMongoose Eradication Projectlaunched (
Project to exterminate Mungos
). Locals made under the nameAmami Mongos Busters
Among other things, hunting the Mungos on site with the help of detection dogs. - In the meantime, the problem has also been under control thanks to the Mongoos Buster: no Mungo has been caught on Amami since April 2018. In the course of this Japan hasExplained in September last yearthat the mungos on the island are considered eradicated.
- The population of the Amami rabbits has slowly but steadily recovered howsumiaki.comreported.
A total of 32,000 of the animals have been caught over the years since the countermeasures were taken. While the traps have now been removed, there was a system with camera monitoring to notice in good time if new mungos should appear.
For the black rabbits you can only hope that it will not be.
