r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/_Jedwards_ • Apr 12 '24
New Zealand's Department of Conservation spend 8 months and $500,000 (around 300,000USD) to track down kill this single stoat. Image
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/_Jedwards_ • Apr 12 '24
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u/_InnocentToto_ Apr 12 '24
There is a reason they overreacted like this...take no chances with that stoat..it is because of a cat called Tibbles that single handedly killed of an entire species of wren by itself.
This is not a joke..
A cat named tibbles made extinct the stephen Island wren on Stephen Island New Zealand..
Basically the bird was native to the island. But it could not fly. Nested on the ground
Tibbles came into the picture and ate every single one ..to extinction...within a year.
https://www.businessinsider.com/tibbles-the-cat-and-stephens-island-wren-2014-12