Wild pigs did a fair job of turning the ground over - I recall Lambell's
Lagoon near Fogg Dam virtually bare of all ground cover. However, it seems
they (the pigs) have been decimated by cane toads!
Denise
On 6/9/13 12:15 PM, "Frank O'Connor" <> wrote:
>
> I have heard that another problem is that pre 1788, there were all
> the mid size mammals that turned over the ground in the south west,
> and that there wasn't such a fuel load left on the ground. The
> mammals would dig over the ground looking for fungi, tubers, etc.
>
> We have now lost nearly all the mid size mammals with foxes and
> cats. Rabbits do not do the same thing.
>
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