Dubbo angler Aaron Graham said the cod he finds on the Macquarie River are usually 40-55cm in length but have as much as doubled in size in recent months as rodent populations swell.
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Australia to blitz mouse plague with ‘NAPALM’ amid fears infestation could DOUBLE every three weeks
Updated: 12:31, 2 Jun 2021
THE Australian government is set to blitz its mouse plague with napalm for mice amid fears the infestation could double every three weeks.
Tens of millions of rampaging mice have sparked horrific outbreaks stretching 1,000km from Brisbane down to Melbourne and tormented farming communities for eight months.
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The state government has secured 5,000 litres of the toxic rodent poison bromadioloneCredit: Reuters
In just three months, two mice can spark a colony of almost 400, rapidly spawning to tens of thousands, Daily Mail Australia reports.
A mouse can live for up to two or three years - and females can start reproducing at just six weeks of age.
NSW will pour $1.8million into a three-year gene editing research program which aims to breed more male than female mice, or make female rodents infertile to battle the relentless mouse plague.