TIL there are introduced populations of wallabies, including in Scotland and France!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallaby#Introduced_popu...
en.wikipedia.orgPosted Apr 15, 2013, 3:54 AM UTC
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en.wikipedia.orgMaybe the solution to all these extinctions is to perform a complex series of swapsies.
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How would they survive an English winter?
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Not a qualified anything here but I do like animals. My guess is they were a Southern Australian species already used to harsh winters. They are tough little buggers, they live in the Tasmanian mountains
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Yep. The Central Highlands in Tasmania can get down below -10 °C.
Edit: The Tasmanian Pademelon and Bennett's Wallaby (a subspecies of the Red-necked Wallaby) are both found in the Central Highlands.
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Does it snow for weeks at a time like Scotland?
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Not usually. There's quite a lot of rain in winter too. Freezing temperatures usually aren't sustained for all that long. Maybe a few days, but not usually weeks.
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They pull their pouches up.
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We give them awesome marsupials and what do we get in return? Cats and foxes and goats. Thanks Europe.
Well take many animal out of their natural environment they do well. Who knows in years to come we might start hearing stories of Highlanders disappearing while hiking past marsupial parks.
There animals kill our animals, so I'd say theirs a re better, evolutionary speaking.