3 Australian Predators That Hunt And Control Invasive Species

Australia is one of the worst affected countries when in comes to invasive species are there are many reasons behind this. Australia is a continent but it is also essentially a giant island. Island ecosystems are usually very fragile ecosystems and Australia has proven this. Luckily Australia is also home to plenty of impressive predators and these predators help to control invasive species. In this video i will be going through just a few of these predators as i will be going through 3 Australian predators that hunt and control invasive species.

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
1:05 European Rabbit - Quolls
4:02 Water Buffalo - Saltwater Crocodile
6:22 Common Carp - Murray Cod

Attribtuions

European rabbit images:
fra298
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Walta, Winfried for Anefo
(CC BY-SA 3.0 NL)
David Gregory & Debbie Marshall
(CC BY 4.0)

Quoll images:
sharloch
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
JJ Harrison
(CC BY-SA 3.0)
JJ Harrison
(CC BY-SA 3.0)

Water buffalo images:
Jan Arendtsz
(CC BY-ND 2.0)
Geoff Whalan
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Saltwater crocodile images:
Andrea Schieber
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
thinboyfatter
(CC BY 2.0)
chas B
(CC BY 2.0)
Geoff Whalan
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Richard.Fisher
(CC BY 2.0)

Carp images:
Stephane Mignon
(CC BY 2.0)
Cloudtail the Snow Leopard
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Murray cod images:
(CC BY-NC 3.0)
Guo Chai Lim
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Zichen Wang
(CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Codman
(CC BY-SA 3.0)

European rabbit footage:
Maria Haanpää
Asier Sarasua
Pascal Vagner

Quoll footage:
ANU TV
BLUESHIP
Christina Thurow
CC BY-NC-SA
Tasmanian Land Conservancy
CC BY-NC-SA
Alberto Vale - WildCAM Australia
CC BY-NC-ND
karen johns
(CC BY-SA 2.0)

Saltwater crocodile footage:
Lorena Figueredo

Madagascar footage:
Shaun Hepple
CC BY-NC
Toloncho
(CC-BY 3.0)

Cane toad footage:
Dylan O'Donnell

I have edited and adapted some of these clips and images.

Thanks for watching i hope you enjoyed :)

[aymanachkaj]

As a Moroccan, we have many problems in our native ecosystems that is day after day in suffering (Morcco is a biodiversity hotspot, espetially in the Mediterranean Basin ). I wish if you could cover topics about Morocco and other countries that aren't covered that much .
(Excuse me for my English)

[calebopossum]

Australia's marsupials are so diverse. Pokemon definitely has to make a new generation with Australia as its region.

[MrGmart]

The native wedge-tailed eagle also hunts rabbits.

[beastmaster]

Saltwater crocs also help control feral hogs. Hell, saltwater croc populations have increased in certain regions, due to the high abundance of hogs.

[Mulgah]

Shoutout to the keelback, a species of non-venomous snake that can feed on cane toads

[pizzanator]

I may be late, but you should’ve added the red fox and the wedge-tailed eagle. These Australian eagles are basically the only Australian super predators that will be more than happy to prey on the invasive red fox. The eagles also compete with the red fox for the same prey, which may affect the fox population negatively. So they’re *REALLY* important to preserve in the Australian ecosystem. They’re basically the golden eagles of Australia (golden eagles eat red foxes in the fox’s native range).

Edit: I’m you’re new sub. That’s why I’m late to this amazing video. I love studying animals and wildlife as well :)

[asoncalledvoonch]

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[itsamindgame]

No, the rabbits in Australia did not all come from 13 individuals. There was "society" (club) that actively worked to introduce as many European species of fauna and flora as they could. Thomas Austin released 24 rabbits (not 13) in 1859, but by then rabbits were already common, and on Tasmania had long reached plague numbers.

[benmcreynolds]

The Northern Quolls are facinating. Numbats, tasmanian giant crayfish, giant Murray cod. All awesome.

[paulspunkt]

In Germany we say „die vermehren sich wie die Karnickel!“ - which means „they multiply like rabbits“ when something spreads really really fast xD

[whiteox]

Where i live in regional NSW, Small little town called kandos, there is a place called dunns swamp aboriginal name (ganguddy) you see quolls, possums and goannas all the time, I remember about 10-12 years ago i was out there camping with a few friends when one of the curious little fellas came up to our campfire in the middle of the night to see what was going on he/she just milled around the camp completely unaffected by our presence it was such a surreal sight to see one of these guys up close they truly are amazing animals and look even cooler in person up close, random story just thought i'd share

[edwincheung]

The white ibis in Australia learnt to eat the invasive Cane toads with getting poisoned or killed

[The_Robert.Fletcher]

Tsuki, you have done really well again. Thanks.

[samwesson]

One species which is probably the most over looked is the larger monitor lizards in Australia which grow to be some of the largest in the world and have control of rabbit, feral cat and fox populations.

[andrewmartin]

In Tasmania there are very few evasive Foxes. The reason is that the native Tasmanian Devil finds baby Foxes delicious so what few Foxes can get from the mainland can't breed.

[toonrex]

Another predator that preys on rabbits are the Monitor lizards or Goannas. And speaking of Goanna, maybe they should introduce a certain large species of Goanna named after a certain Indonesian island to Australia to deal with a certain humped mammal from the Middle East. It may sound like putting gasoline on a fire by introducing Komodo Dragons to a continent that's already having trouble with invasive species, but I read somewhere that Komodo Dragons used to inhabit Australia along with their larger prehistoric cousin Megalania. And camels have no experinece with Komodo Dragons which have experience hunting large mammals.

[nealramsey]

Of those species the water buffalo seems like one that could easily be dealt with. After all a buffalo can't exactly hide and you can feed allot of people at the same time.

[jackvos]

The cane toad has a new predator in the form of the bin chicken.

[Lone-Wolf-]

Uncontrolled Domestic cats are an absolute horror for native birds and animals.

[mrmagoo]

Another invasive species we have in Australia are horses, goats feral pigs, rats and mice oh and deer. Maybe a video on some of these