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For: The opinion Updated Jan 10, 2023, 6:39 p.m. EST
Nail huge and dangerous snakes have begun to infest a small island off the coast of Tasmania, endangering the birds who live in it.
According to an ABC News report, the mount chappell island It has become home to a huge population of mutant tiger snakes and bird eaters.
Mount Chappell Island, part of the Badger Group within the Furneaux Group, is a uninhabited piece of granite land of 323 hectares with a characteristic central hill.
For a long time, the island is private property and is used primarily for grazing Cape Barren sheep and geese.
But the island has gone from being a quiet place to being Compared to a Jurassic Park-style island, as it is home to the largest and most venomous tiger snakes in Australia. These giant reptiles they are twice as large as their mainland relatives. In addition, they have a larger head than their cousins on the continent.
These dangerous reptiles they live in carnivorous bird burrows and gorge themselves on chickss of these birds. But they can only do so for so long, because carnivorous bird chicks are only young enough to eat for about five weeks of the year, after which they grow too big to eat.
Characteristics of tiger snakes
They are a genus of venomous snakes native to the southern regions of Australia, including its offshore islands and Tasmania.
Although its color is highly variable, often have tiger-like stripes and shapes in their regional occurrences.
All populations are of the genus Notechisand its various characters have been described in other subdivisions of this group.
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