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Skriven 2015-06-30 22:56:36 av Lee Lofaso (2:203/2)
  Kommentar till text 25711 av David Drummond (3:640/305)
Ärende: Fidonews Vol 32 no 24 Frontpage
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Hello David,

 LL>>>> And crocodiles.  Lots and lots of crocodiles.

 DD>>> Actually, the crocs are limited to the northern coastal strip.

 LL>> What happened to the rest of them?  Did the aborigines have
 LL>> a barbeque?

 DD> Crocs seem to prefer a wet environment - pooled water is not a common
 DD> resurce in much of Australia.

But what about Crocodile Dundee?  Seems he used to live among
crocodiles in Australia.  He was a real person, tended to get into
lots of bar fights, and croaked not too long ago of natural causes.
Not the actor, but the real life person.

 DD> Being cold blooded crocs also prefer a warmer climate - Australia has some
 DD> bits that are below a croc's operating temperature.

There are some crocs that live in Florida.  None in New York.
Although at least one alligator has been found, alive, in the
subway system.  Not sure how it got there.

 DD>>> While that in itself covers a fair distance, the vast majority of
 LL>> Australia is croc free.

 LL>> And who's fault is that?  The aborigines for eating the crocs?
 LL>> Or the Aussie government for not protecting the crocs?  Certainly
 LL>> they are an endangered species now.  The crocs, that is.

 DD> Not a croc conducive environment.

There are lots of alligators in the Southern states
of the USA.  Not so much in cold-weather states.  But
crocs can only be found in Florida, and are a protected
species.  Alligators can be legally hunted, as shown by
the television series "Swamp People".

 DD>>> Goannas are more the flavour of the day.

 LL>> Alligator can be quite tasty.  But too reptilian
 LL>> if not cooked fresh ...

 DD>>>>> The farmers here bitch about perpetual droughts - what do they expect
 DD>>> when they set up home in a bloody desert?

 LL>>>> Beaches.  That is the other thing Australia has lots of. Surf's up!
 DD>>> :)

 DD>>> Once again, beaches are only found around the outside edge - the
 DD> interior is
 DD>>> enormous in comparison. Think of the beaches in Kansas, Colorado and
 DD> Utah,
 DD>>> Nebraska, Wyoming and Idaho etc.

 LL>> Not to worry.  Climate change will solve that problem.  The
 LL>> water is rising and the land is sinking, so it won't be long
 LL>> before Australia becomes one giant swimming pool.  Shaped kind
 LL>> of like a giant donut.  Michael Phelps would love it.  :)

 DD> Those who study antiquity claim that Australia had a large inland sea many
 DD> eons ago. I've been out there and seen the shells embedded in the
 DD> sediments.

One can only imagine what it must have been like eons ago.
Hard to imagine as it is now if one has never been there.

 DD> The centre of Australia is about 18 metres below current sea levels, one
the
 DD> rising levels fins a way in they aren't going to run out again.

The city of New Orleans is about nine feet below current sea levels,
and sinking as time goes on.  The city will no longer be above water
at all a hundred years from now, and doubtful if it will be in fifty.
Remember, not only is the land sinking, but the water is also rising.
For those who live in New Orleans and South Louisiana, it is a double
whammy.  That is if the monster hurricanes (such as Katrina) do not
knock us out first.

--Lee

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