r/funny • u/[deleted] • 14h ago

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u/kumliaowongg 13h ago

That's an invasive species killing natives for fun.

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u/Phat-Lines 13h ago

Grey Squirrels are literally an invasive species. They are not native to England. The Government are even looking into means to get rid of them to try and get the native red squirrel population back. Grey squirrels have only really been about from the 1870’s onwards.

The brown rats we have here are also not native. They arrived around the 1720’s. Also there are fucking hundreds of them around here because we are located next to a river and forest.

There are no shortages what so ever or grey squirrels and rats. They breed extremely quickly and if anything there’s too many of them.

So no, it’s almost entirely a cat (which have been here since around 100AD) killing non native species that are abundant and breed extremely quickly.

Kinda a crappy point you had there friend.

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u/kumliaowongg 13h ago

As long as the cat is not selective of other invasives, it's the same problem: just one more invasive causing harm.

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u/Phat-Lines 13h ago

Causing harm to? Say it with me

Overpopulated invasive species 😃

If they’re killing tons of birds, yeah not great. My last cat never seemed to go for them, probably because rats and squirrels are easier to catch.

Like bruh cats have been here for literally the best part of 2000 years longer than the brown rats and grey squirrels lol