3 Australian Animals That Would Destroy North American Ecosystems
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- Опубликовано: 27 май 2024
- When a non native animal is introduced into and ecosystem where it doesn't belong the native wildlife and the native ecosystems suffer. In this video i will be taking a look at some Australian ecosystems and some Australian animals and i will be trying to predict which Australian animals would take over north american ecosystems. In this video i will be going through 3 Australian animals that would destroy north american ecosystems.
Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:55 Would The Saltwater Crocodile Take Over Central America?
4:03 Would The Lace Monitor Destroy The Southern Sates?
6:30 Would The Emu Survive In North America?
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Great video as always and I had an idea but it might be a little tricky. You've gone over animals that have destroyed island ecosystems, so can you do a video about island animals that could/have destroy inland ecosystems? It ould be tricky to research, but I think you could pull it off.
oh wow yeah that's a tricky one but i think i could think of a few creatures. The Komodo dragon comes to mind
Love the informational videos bro! And your voice is nice to listen to. Keep going.
Lets goooo. 100k congratulation. still at least 900.000 too few but you will get there.
The Emu in the Thumbnail: "Hey! Wanna go to Heaven?"
Whoever said Australians go to heaven?( I'm Australian myself so I'm legally allowed to make this joke)
"Wanna hear the words of our lord and savior Jesus Christ? I can arrange this meeting".
Australian government: No no no no no, i wanna go to war!
Emu’s, will let you go to heaven, but you’ll first go through hell.
@@Typhyrcassowary’s just send u to hades so ig emus are the nice guys
The Florida-Emu War would be the most critical and dangerous conflict that would dwarf anything known to man.
Florida Man vs Emu war would be interesting
Wonder why no one, a slim and light woman, *hadn't* tried to ride one during the Australian emu war. That *could* lead to breeding emus to be a little bigger and stronger for the purpose of riding.
@@MaddSlasher only one can stand on top.
@@whitewolf3051 a bigger emu would be too dangerous
Ever heard of the great trial from The New Order. It would be just like that.
3 Good choices. In the U,S,. We have people who keep Emus on farms, amazing we don't have a wild population yet.
As an Aussie I can say they breed very quickly, keep an eye on them
March 28th 2028
I recently went to Jim Corbett National park. Last time I went there it was a really dense forest and I saw a group of Asian elephants but this time I was devastated by seeing that the forest was cut down to make the road much more broad. I think this human encroachment into wild habitat is the main reason for increased tiger attacks on humans recently.
Yeah it's a real shame, human wildlife conflict mostly arises when humans take over wild areas. Humans are very selfish and never look at the animals point of view
@@TsukiCoveReminds me of this fictional game franchise and dune
ruclips.net/video/hDvDBJMKHi0/видео.html
@@TsukiCove yeah the bad humans just suck when it comes to this but there are good humans that at least try and protect them
On a national park as well.
Emus becoming an invasive spices in North America is actually implied in the King of the Hill episode "Fun with Jane and Jane". Where 4 of Buck Strickland's Emu's escape into rural central Texas and even attack Buck at the end of the episode.
We have a llot mot mid-large predators. They'd devastate some areas but not the whole continent.
@@kyleellis1825 problem is that most mid range predators will only be able to take down mostly emu chicks, not the adults who are much hardier
@@TheChill001 Emu are only slightly larger than the greater Rhea and ostriches get taken down all the time in Africa. cougars, bear, wolves, coyotes, will all be able to switch from deer to emu.
@@kyleellis1825 At between 70 to 84 lbs, Emu is noticably heavier and bulkier than the rhea, which weighs at most 60 lbs despite being only marginally larger. I also think you severely underestimate the Emu, those legs are NOT for show as they can output 1200 psi with a single kick and have sharp claws in those teeth. Any predator going after an emu is going to have be careful of those feet.
@@GirlyKat9001 the 10-25 lbs isn't making a difference when these animals are going after deer/elk/moose. The North American deer are 150 pounds+, Elk are 500+ lbs, and moose weigh up to 1'500 pounds.
Even large coyote packs will be enough to harrass emus.
You severely underestimate predators who have had to compete. Australia has dingoes. That's pretty much it.
Sure some emu will get good kicks in. But that's just like the ungulates goring a predator.
Emus are already here, as barely guarded pets. If they can survive a winter, they can spread.
I agree. The Salt Water Crocodile would thrive in the warmer areas of North America and it has almost the exact same habitat preferences as the American Crocodile. Both are known to enter the ocean where both have attacked people. Personally, I think the Salty would out-compete it slightly.
As far as the Emu goes, I think it could definitely survive in parts of North America but I don't think it would destroy the ecosystem. While they deal with some predators in their native range, they don't have anything like Mountain Lions, Coyotes, Wolves etc. These animals are used to bringing down much more powerful prey animals. And we can't underestimate Bobcats. They may be small but they've been seen bringing down deer 3 to 4x their size.
Yeah i think that's a very fair point, the closest things to wolves and coyotes in Australia is the dingo but like you said they don't have to deal with any creatures like the mountain lion.
Mountain lions are also a known predator of large birds in the form of the rhea. That’s not to mention Jaguars into the conversation.
they recently found a nile crocodile in florida..i would imagine that would do equal damage
.@@siennaryan4455 Oh, yeah, I forgot about that andI agree
@@thedoomofred5174 Good points and Greater Reahs are only marginally smaller than an Emu.
"Humans have lost a war to emus". I laughed! I knew that, but the fact that you referenced it was hilarious!
Imagine if the salties bred with the American Crocs, resulting in offspring that become massive due to hybrid vigor.
It would be a living disaster
they actually can't mate thankfully
@@jr820thebeast5 they can saltwater crocodilles can hybridize with siamese croc and american crocs can mate with cuban crocs and saltwater crocodiles and american crocodilles are in the same genus so whats gonna stop them?
Oh god
@@jr820thebeast5 How do you know they can't hybridise? Nobody has ever tried.
As an Aussie, I think the species that would truly destroy North American ecosystems would be the eastern brown snake (arguably the deadliest snake in the world), eastern grey kangaroo (they breed like rabbits), and emus as you said.
Eastern brown snakes would very easily outcompete the American venomous snakes, because their venom is so much more deadly and they are much more aggressive snakes. They also breed extremely quickly. Kangaroos breed extremely quickly as well, and they would end up outcompeting several (not all) deer species in the US.
North America has a lot more predators capable of taking down big prey than Australia, so I don’t think the kangaroo or emu would just breed out of control. Only predator they have to deal with is the dingo, in NA they’d be dealing with Wolves, Mountain Lions, bears etc.
@@coop7008I’ve just been to WA and there were grey kangaroos everywhere, and the males get pretty big.
As an American and a Biologist I completely agree.
I agree with you on the Eastern Brown Snake, The USA doesn’t have any snakes comparable to it. I also reckon the Costal Taipan could cause serious damage to the US ecosystem but they would be limited to the South cause they seem to prefer Tropical to Sub Tropical climates
There are much more large mammal predators in NA than in Australia, which could prolly hunt the kangaroos and the emus
Here in Illinois, USA there are emu farms. They raise them for meat and the oil is used as a base for pain relieving balms.
The Great Emu War sounds more like a failed genocide then a war 🤔
We tried to have a badger cull in the UK, but we failed, just like the Ozzies against the emus. The government minister at the time complained that the badgers had shifted the goalposts, and weren't playing fair!
That’s just human cope. The emu generals studied at the best academies in the world.
I'm from south Florida and am part of the inauturalist community there, we have had (from recent memory) only one nile crocodile found here, thankfully it was only a juvenile and was captured relatively quickly, but was a pretty big scare.
I think the dingo would be a dangerous invasive species to introduce into North America. It would compete with most native carnivores in arid North American regions, and not to mention it could be a dangerous invasive predator for the native prey species in the arid North American environments.
You mean compete with the species that can have packs with up to 20-35 individuals at a time, and are WAY bigger
Dingoes would just slide into the coyote’s niche, they aren’t competing with wolves, who are just much better at just about everything.
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@@TsukiCove Oh really my bad sorry
In WV some farmers emus (like 2 dozen) got out and have been just wandering around that area of gilmer county. Don’t know what they’re eating in the winter but supposedly someone said they’re increasing in numbers
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Ngl I haven't seen a video of yours that I didn't like... keep up the good work king. Also I would love to see some videos about central American wildlife
Thanks i really appreciate it and i'm sure i can do a video on that subject in the future :)
I could see the Perentie of Australia handling the American Southwest should a population somehow wind up there
- There is a good selection of potential prey from lizards, birds and small mammals up to animals such as deer fawns and young javelina (collared peccary)
- They live dry arid areas, and the American Southwest has a lot of that
The main thing they would have to face are predators like coyote, mountain lion and in some places the Mexican wolf (But even then, the Perenties can stay in Australia)
I'm also not surprised Emu ended up on this list, there are a number of farms here in Canada that raise emu, and seeing as how there is a population of Rheas in Germany, I could see emus surviving in parts of Canada
yeah i did think of the perentie too it's a great suggestion but i decided to go with the lace monitor as it can survive in more habitats and is less of a specialist
@@TsukiCove fair enough
Thankfully or unfortunately depending on your perspective, Aussie reptiles are pretty hard to get your hands on since there's a total export ban even on captive bred ones. Any captive bred ones available are related to ones shipped over before the total ban was put in place.
The salt-water crocodile would likely be successful across the range that the American crocodile now takes. I think it would likely out-compete the already rare American crocodile, but I don't see there being any other ecological impact.
The lace monitor would be successful over a wider range, but it would be limited by the freezing temperatures of winter. The Nile monitor lizard is already invasive in Florida, but I think the lace monitor is more adaptable. The ecological impact could be significant.
The emu could survive quite adequately in North America but I don't see any significant environmental impact, unless there are some plant species that it became quite partial to.
All three species chosen are not particularly unique. The salt-water crocodile is similar to other crocodiles and has a wide range outside of Australia. The lace monitor is similar to other monitors, though more adaptable and generalist,, and is similar to the tegus. The emu is similar to the rhea, and somewhat similar to the ostrich.
To my the truly Australian animal most likely to be successful in a wide range of habitats is the echidna. In Australia they are found in every environment and are superbly adapted. They actually prefer colder climates and can hibernate, but also tolerate hoot environments. The electro-receptors are unique amongst land animals. They do not do well with traffic however and that would be a limiting factor in the denser human populations.
Agreed.
I think the Sulphur-crested cockatoo, the Australian white Ibis and the Australian magpie would be highly dominant in North America. This is because they are highly adaptable and intelligent animals who thrive in both urban and rural settings.
The Sulphur-crested cockatoo is intelligent enough to know how to open bins, The Ibis can thrive in marshland and urban settings, the magpie prefers open areas and is highly dominant for the same reasons as the cockatoo
Nile crocs have been found in Florida. Not many, but they had to be DNA tested to identify them, so it could be that they only found or tested two, and many more could possibly be here.
It was about 12 of them. Thought they removed almost all of them though.
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Good video mate I am australia my self who lives in Central west you forgot about kangaroo they will do way much better in the usa because there breed up like rabbits
Also, kangaroos do fantastically well wherever there are cattle ranches. They like open grassland, they eat the same forage as cattle, they will drink from the provided water sources AND fences are meaningless when you have a 12-foot vertical.
Been looking forward to this one!
Very interesting video! I was skeptical about the emu knowing that large ratites are extinct in N. America. Then I was reminded about the great emu war at the end of the video and thought about it. If humans, who are so adept at causing species extinction, can't deliberately get rid of the emu even by means of military grade weaponry, a natural cause excluding some disease will be damn near impossible.
BTW, you should also have included the kangaroo. I have no idea how successful kangaroos would be in North America (or anywhere else) but these Australian animals are so iconic it seems almost necessary to include them even if only as a passing mention.
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Over eight different types of monitor lizard have already been spotted in the wilds of Florida, though none of them are native. Safe to say you’re correct across the board here, thank goodness no one has let a Salty loose yet 🙏
Edit: Also the US has thousands of Emus already… Hopefully we don’t suffer “The Great Emu War” round two one day! The Emus won last time 🤣
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Nice one!
Amazing vid
And perenties, Asian water monitors, and crocodile monitors are also much larger than lace monitors.
Great video.
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I feel like the red kangaroo would also do very well in North America.
They would do well in areas like the Great Plains, but they’d probably be kept in check by packs of wolves
@@KyleWallPuncher probably but Kangaroos have had to deal with Dingoes for the a while now so they might do a bit well against them, obviously Wolves are more powerful than Dingoes but still Kangaroos I think will do pretty well.
What might be a bigger problem are predators like Cougars, black and Grizzly Bears, and if they cross over Jaguars.
Kangaroos have never dealt with predators like this before so likely won’t do as well.
@@Kingsaxxy3872 Coyotes might not be a problem, as there have been cases of Kangaroos drowning dingoes that try to hunt them near water
@@Kingsaxxy3872Dingoes are not wolves…
Believe it or not, quite a few small farms have a couple of emus in America, more as a novelty or pet than anything else,
I'm a bit sad that rhe cangaroo didn't make the list, but the video was good
Feral emus are present in Texas already to some extant (perhaps in other isolated areas too due to escaped livestock/pets) and I know at least one study exists on their diet in the area they are/were found. Because they’re generalist omnivores with a wide ranging diet I think they could be successful in nearly any area of North America, but for that same reason I don’t think they would necessarily completely outcompete any native species entirely, although they may limit numbers of native species and cause some localized extinctions. They likely would have very similar diets to our own largest native ground-dwelling birds-wild turkeys-and would compete with them most. Total speculation but I can see wild turkey numbers dropping but not being completely obliterated in some forested areas where food is more abundant and there is ample cover, while more arid areas and grasslands might see much sharper declines in turkey populations where emus’ natural adaptations allow them to survive better there than turkeys. These areas would already have few or no turkeys as it is though, since turkeys require trees to safely roost at night anyway. The biggest impact emus would have would be economical, as they would surely pose a major threat to agricultural fields where crops grow unprotected. Farmers would learn to adapt, but they’d be forever fighting an enemy they hadn’t ever had to deal with before.
In short, I think emus are an iffy inclusion on this list. Their damage to natural ecosystems would not likely be very noteworthy in most areas, but their impact on humans might be extremely significant.
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I always thought Crocodile Dundee came from the middle of the outback, somewhere like Alice Springs. But looking at your map, he must have lived near the coast in the north of the country to get that nickname.
And the city of Dundee is between Brisbane and Sydney, so he can't have come from there!
He comes from a made up town called Walkabout Creek. The footage of the town/pub is from McKinley in western Qld (no crocs there). But the rest of it is shot in Kakadu near Darwin (plenty of crocs).
@@dozermc5220 ur a liar and a thief
The Emu could definitely happen because there are farms that have em in the US. And I think it wouldn't take long for such a bird to become populous. Cassowaries would one I would be more concerned about though if they ever got here. I know Cassowaries are fairly aggressive and dangerous birds and would likely replace some native birds such as turkeys and pheasants. On the saltwater crocs I don't know if they were introduced as babies how long they would last here. Between competition with other predators and animals preying on them it's hard to say.
Pheasants aren't native to the US, they're from Asia.
9:07 Australia only lost the Emu War because Arnie wasn’t leading the campaign. I say we put him in charge of Emu War II and we will see who’s laughing then…..
The funny thing is people farm emu in the US, not just for their meat, but for their eggs. They are also farmed for the pet trade as many people have emu as pets. I guess because they want a pet dinosaur and are better tempered than cassowaries. But, bigger than a chicken.
Adult emu are very capable of looking after themselve, and range from coastal to alpine environments. They can easily kill a large dog. Cars are their number one predator. My son manage to run into eight in one incident.
Congrats on becoming the 100K sub club. Why don't you keep snakehead again, and have update video like once a month?
A good video. Well done.
In regards to a comparison of the Saltwater and American crocodiles, it's true that they are roughly the same in terms of length, though Saltwater crocs are more consistently at or above 6m and are known to reach 7m (there is one skull in a museum proportional to that size and at least one live individual in Australia that has reached that length). However, even if they were roughly the same length, this does not account for their weight. American crocodiles being "slightly lighter" is, I think, a pretty big understatement.
Average male American crocs of 4m can weigh up to 400kg (880lbs). The average male Saltwater croc of 5m can weigh up to 770kg (1700lbs). Specimens over 6m can weigh as much as 1500-2000kg (3300-4400lbs). These species are not the same size.
Additionally, Saltwater crocs are the most aggressive of all the crocodilians, whereas by all accounts the smaller but more aggressive Cuban crocodile is behaviourally dominant over the American crocodile in areas of co-existence.
A species that is both considerably larger and more aggressive would almost certainly outcompete the American crocodile and, given they would occupy exactly the same ecological niche, I doubt they would be able to sustainably coexist.
I think all of these animals would thrive in America but Really a lot of invasive animals thrive in America, look at the issues we having with Pythons, iguanas and Feral Pigs
So a kind of funny story here. (I don’t have many sources for this as my grandpa told me about it and he passed a while ago) for context they lived in Missouri at the time and had a farm. One day he was outside and saw something strange in one of his fields he got some binoculars and realized it was just a random Emu running through the field. I’ve heard stories about some emu found in Illinois but I couldn’t find anything to back up that story he told me once
Digressing a bit, the infamous Cane Toad is becoming less poisonous as its poison glands is reducing.
I would actually be more afraid of the SaltWater Croc hybridizing with the American Crocodile. American Crocs, can and do attack people... but they aren't particularly aggressive... The hybrid possibilities is terrifying when you take that into account along with the people who are familiar with normal American Croc.
salties would muck up carribean ecosystems, and make Florida a lot more deadly, not to mention SA, though gators and caiman would still thrive inland
id argue roo's are worse though, as they'd compete very heavily with deer and pronghorn, and be more difficult to catch, while teaching predators to hunt bipedal, mammalian prey.
doesnt take much thought to see the problems there.
That's interesting because I am from belize, and we do have lots of salt water crocodiles.
Saltwater Crocs would not do too well in FL. The American Crocodile lives in the far southern part of the state, but they freeze in the rare, but not too rare, cold snaps that the area gets. Alligators are the farthest north living crocodilian because they can handle cold well. Salties would freeze.
Ehhh 100k, nicely done
I think Estuarine Crocodiles would completely decimate American Alligator and American Crocodile populations as they are much larger and far more aggressive than both of them and they would probably expand their range to South Florida, Mexico, The Caribbean islands, Central America and as far down the South American coast as possible for them to travel due to their need for tropical climates (similar to how there range here in Australia is restricted to the tropical north)
All 3 would thrive in Texas area. The emu war is explained perfectly by casual geographic haha!
Request making a new video about: 5 south America Animals that would destroy North American Ecosystem:
1. Red Bellied Piranha or Black Piranha
2. Goliath Bird-Eater Tarantula
3.Green Anaconda
4.Harpy Eagle
5.Jaguar
Lace monitor: vibes in Florida
Nile, Asian Water and Komodo Dragon: Gud Mornin there
On another note, Emu eggs are awesome! Our local farmers market sells them every Sunday & my neighbors have four 🤠
I dont know if the emu would become an invasive species or just become an established non-native species like honeybees and dandelions.
While Australia lost most of its large carnivores like Thylacoleo and Thylacine; North America still has its bears and wolves and cougars. The latter two could easily help establish an equilibrium and may even thrive with the new food source.
I think saltwater and american ceocs can hybridize, no? They might not compete, but hybridize into monstrously large animals.
@@Dr.Ian-Plectsometimes when 2 different species but still similar in genetics breed, the offspring can sometimes come out larger than both parents. Ligers are a perfect example of this as they’re way bigger than both Lions and Tigers.
@@Dr.Ian-Plect hybrid crocodiles get massive. The largest extant Crocs ever recorded have all been hybrids, including the current and prior largest Crocs. Except for Gustavo.
@@BerryMckHawkener Croc, and alligator hybrids are exactly like that. The largest Crocs on record have been hybrids, growing larger than either parent species. Except for Gustavo.
@@Dr.Ian-PlectHybrid Vigour.
@@Dr.Ian-PlectI'm really into the topic, so I hope you don't mind, but here's a Siamese/salty for an example;
ruclips.net/video/KAZuASz5fR8/видео.html
A lot of crocodilian hybrids are being bred by private owners throughout the world. I believe Chandler also has a hybrid male American croc, and you can find quite a few videos of other giant hybrids on RUclips. They routinely get larger than non-hybrids who were also born and bred in captivity.
IIRC, the hybrid boy Chandler has is in an enclosure with a non-hybrid female who routinely killed every male except for the large male hybrid.
Just got to touch an emu yesterday.
Another great watch over lunch! Would love a vid on Mustelids that would destroy other ecosystems?
A lot of material in that family and it would be interesting to compare what animals might predate on them and if this would actually stop them. They’re one of my favourite families and kinda follows on from the Stoats the other day 😊
I agree the Salty would wreak havoc in Central America & the Monitor would thrive in the southern states. The most destructive would be the Emu in North America, there’d be Grizzly/Kodiak/black/Polar bears, Wolves, Cougars & Wolverines dead carcasses everywhere! Australian Emu’s would “destroy” almost as much as the king of destruction from ur other video, the Eurasian Lynx! Canada’s ecosystems couldn’t handle the Australian Emu & the Eurasian Lynx! 60,000 Wolves, 10,000 Cougars, 20,000 Bears, 15,000 Wolverines (in Canada alone) would simply be “destroyed” & the ecosystems would virtually collapse under the destructive power of the Eurasian Lynx & Australian Emu! Spot on once again dude, this guy knows his sh*t!
6:30 The emu actually is invasive to Florida, and doesn't really cause much problems. But, I know you mean more states than just Florida, like Texas, California, New York, and others throughout the 50 states. Also, I love your videos!
As soon as I saw the image for this video.
Immediately went "yeah here come the emu war 😂"
The emu in the thumbnail looks So damn High
It's my understanding that emus are already in the USA, but as farm animals, not wild invasives. They provide eggs, meat, and also feathers. They can also handle colder temps than ostriches can.
The American Southwest is really damn arid, I bet animals adapted to the outback would thrive there.
I think emus aren’t considered much of a threat in most places in North America, especially since it is so easy to acquire them.
I feel like there is one difference between the canines of Australia and the canines of North America. Wolves are adapted to hunt far more dangerous, larger game than dingos are. You name it: elk, bison, etc. A large pack of desert or red wolves would probably be far more formidable and (let's be honest) smarter than a large pack of dingos would. And coyotes are excessively more crafty as well,.
Also don't forget, bears live in deserts as well. Grizzlies historically did and black bears can still be found in Arizona today (but they did reach down to Mexico). While they wouldn't be able to catch an emu, I can imagine e thay'd quickly figure out that they can use their size to scare off father Emus away from their eggs.
As well, the chicks are the perfect size to preyed upon by ferrets, eagles, foxes, hawks, owls and bobcats.
Forget turkey on Thanksgiving. We're having Emu!
Can you do Arctic VS Antarctic animals?
Honourable Mentions:
Osprey also found in U.S.
i think reptiles generally could only fare well in regions where similar animals already dwell ... Birds on the other hand can survive and thrive everywhere where it doesnt get cold enough to hurt the adults i live in Germany and we have a thriving Nandu Population in one of our states ...despite our best efforts to get rid of them (Nandu are basically southern american Emus)
They're called Rheas in English, honestly was surprised to find out Germany had a population of them.
I know multiple people who have emus as pets in Minnesota. And they've been recaptured after escaping many times.. so an emu invasion could be more likely than the other two entries
Let's not forget Lace monitors are 4k minimum in the US. This entire video is my dreams come true.
You left out one of my favorite parts of the emu war. After the royal artillery lost, they put bounties out on them. Even then, still lost.
I'm from Florida, and I can give you the monitor lizard, but the emu would be a no go. We have more hunters than Australia
Emus would be interesting in North America. The southern US, Mexico, and Central America would all have suitable climates for them to live in, but could they contend with the Black Bears, Cougars, and Jaguars that live in those areas? I don't think Australia has any big cats, nor bears to speak of, so I don't know if emus would be able to deal with those predators.
Emus would not take over and have difficulty in areas with not only Coyotes, but Bobcats, and Mountain lions would make it difficult for them to survive, and then add bears into the mix, forget about it. Emus would require a protected ranch situation, other than that they would not make it.
OK, Salties would wreak havoc. I'll agree to that.
Lace Monitors could be damage, but with Burmese pythons, Panthers, and Bears, and Coyotes, + Florida and southern USA and central America have cane toads, which have decimated Lace Monitors in Auzzie. So they wouldn't last.
On God I saw a Emu in Louisburg, North Carolina in 2017
And Florida has beaches and the Saltwater crocodile would take over those beaches and establish themselves there as well
here is an idea: What about animals that could survive in a different ecosystem?
Perhaps the introduction of Australian animals elsewhere will be the salvation of many species.
Emus are already in the u.S.
Fortunately, they are all employed by Liberty Insurance company
2:29 I’ve seen a saltie in Exmouth 3.7m long
I think the emus will do well in Southern states and Central America it’s because they so adaptable in the climate
Emus are basically the avian wild boar. Could be extremely hard to deal with
Let's bring in the Emu. I can't wait to harvest some of those delicious creatures. I could see them supplanting the Turkey at Thanksgiving.
It would be interesting to see if a small or medium sized population of emus could survive in America?
If the emu were introduced into NA it would wipe out all predators via heart-attack by constantly out-running them!
I actually believe the emu would help the predators do to already invasive species which the birds would also help with. This would hopefully also keep coyotes away from farms cause now they have bigger game thatll last them and other pray. Our pumas might even start back flourishing.
The Emu? Seriously? The Terror bird was a massive predatory bird that was able to eat pretty much anything in south America until it made contact with north America where it got out competed and predated by Wolves, Cougars and Bears so I'm completely unconvinced that the Emu would present any real challenge.
Shouldn't peoples (hunter) in America hunt Emu? Like a sniper rifle or something that kill Emu fast and quick.
Also Emu can be a subtitute to turkey meat and also their eggs aswell?
Can you imagine the American peoples hunt the shit out of Emu like the time when Americans kill almost all the buffalo or (is it bison?).
Are there any big cats in Australia that can take down emus?
Emu's already Exist in Maine as people keep them as farm animals
me and my dad wore baiting red fox and there was a mob of 30 emu in the fields
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