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Re:Is bin-opening in cockatoos leading to an innovation arms... by kuschku on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @06:37AM (#32822567)
The situation in australia is very different from other regions, in a previous discussion on HN we've already established that for central europe, domestic cats have a negligible effect on wildlife. (As in, orders of magnitudes below the next higher causes, which are mostly wild cats and pesticides).
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Re:Is bin-opening in cockatoos leading to an innovation arms... by grecy on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @06:48AM (#32822639)
> As in, orders of magnitudes below the next higher causes, which are mostly wild cats and pesticides

I'm not sure if you're aware, wild cats are a direct result of domestic cats.

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Re:Is bin-opening in cockatoos leading to an innovation arms... by neolithicum on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @07:17AM (#32822834)
Perhaps they meant European wildcats[1], not feral cats. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_wildcat
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Re:Is bin-opening in cockatoos leading to an innovation arms... by samatman on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @07:10AM (#32822787)
This is backward, the domestic cat is a descendent of the Eurasian wildcats.

A substantial number of the wild cats in Europe are feral, but so what. Same cat, same niche, same place.

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