In 1980, there were about 50,000 feral deer in Australia and by 2002 the population was estimated to have grown to 200,000. Now, the population is likely to have reached more than 2 million.

Saying it’ll be the “next rabbit” etc.

Knew we had them, never knew they were becoming such a huge pest.

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    3 days ago

    How do things keep getting out of control in Australia, I thought everything was deadly down there? Where are all of the spiders and snakes and gators and shit when it’s being overrun?

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      2 days ago

      Hiding in the toilet, hiding in the footwell of your car, picking your kids up from school (that’s usually just the domesticated ones).

      Also, those guys were all brought here to deal with the last invasive species that got outta hand, the deer are gonna need their own predator imported - brown bears should do nicely.

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      2 days ago

      Lots of little things that don’t like being stepped on, but no really big predators. No wolves, coyotes, bears etc. Dingos, cats and tassie devils only really hunt small stuff.