The extent of Australia s revolting mouse plague has been revealed in an alarming new map by the CSIRO.
Stretching for over 1000km from southeast Queensland to the New South Wales-Victoria border, the online platform called Mouse Alert, shows a swath of red circles indicating a high number of rodents.
The east coast of Australia has been inundated by the unwanted visitors this Autumn with cooler weather and high crop yields creating perfect conditions for the pests to thrive.
According to the the national science body, the worst hit areas have been the Northern Tablelands, Central West and New England regions of NSW, but there has been speculation the plague could reach even Sydney in coming months.
Mouse plague plotted from Queensland to NSW-Victoria border
An enormous red and orange blob stretching more than 1000 kilometres from Toowoomba in Queensland to Albury on the New South Wales-Victoria border shows in brutal colour how bad the 2021 mouse plague is.
The worst-hit areas, according to CSIRO s mouse tracker map, powered by the Centre for Invasive Species Solutions, are the Northern Tablelands, Central West and New England regions of NSW.
Red dots, representing the highest levels of infestation, rise in intensity across the Central West, where NSW farmers and residents have been overwhelmed for months.
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Mostly orange dots, reflecting medium mouse activity, begin to appear around Wagga Wagga and parts of the Riverina in NSW, as plague numbers dissipate.
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Quokkas throw their babies at predators to escape, and other Australian animal myths
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The accusation that quokkas throw their babies at predators to escape has resurfaced as a meme online.
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We ve got bunnies with pouches, black swans and mammals that lay eggs.
So it s probably no wonder that some fake animal facts have snuck their way into our faunal folklore.
To help clear things up a bit, here are five curly and not-so-curly tales that need setting straight.
A meme that has resurfaced online, suggesting quokkas are bad parents .