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The Emu War (or Great Emu War) [2] was a nuisance wildlife management military operation undertaken in Australia over the later part of 1932 to address public concern over the number of emus, a large flightless bird indigenous to Australia, said to be destroying crops in the Campion district within the Wheatbelt of Western Australia.
Dingo attacks on humans are rare in Australia, and when they do occur are generally on young children and small teenagers. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] However, dingoes are much more of a danger to livestock, especially to sheep and young cattle. [ 3 ]
The emu typically tries to repel the dingo by jumping into the air and kicking or stamping the dingo on its way down. The emu jumps as the dingo barely has the capacity to jump high enough to threaten its neck, so a correctly timed leap to coincide with the dingo's lunge can keep its head and neck out of danger. [71]
OstrichLand USA is an ostrich and emu ranch in Santa Barbara County, California, in between the towns of Buellton and Solvang, just off California State Route 246.It is known for its over 100 ostriches and emus, which people can visit to feed.
Documented carnivore attacks on humans do appear to be increasing in frequency [5] for a variety of reasons including human population growth, animal habitat loss, [3] and declining populations of traditional prey species. [6]
Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes is the largest remaining dune system south of San Francisco and the second largest in the U.S. state of California. [1] It encompasses an 18-mile (29 km) stretch of coastline on the Central Coast of California and extends from southern San Luis Obispo County to northern Santa Barbara County.
The U.S. Geological Survey said that more than 5.3 million people in California were under a tsunami warning, the Associated Press reported, and that more than 1.3 million people lived close ...
The brown snake is not the most venomous Australian snake, but it has caused the most deaths. [1]Wildlife attacks in Australia occur every year from several different native species, [2] [3] including snakes, spiders, freshwater and saltwater crocodiles, various sharks, cassowaries, kangaroos, stingrays and stonefish and a variety of smaller marine creatures such as bluebottles, blue-ringed ...