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A Word on Kangaroos

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September 20th 2005
I have heard that some of you are distressed at my eating of kangaroos. I would just like to clear up the whole story on kangaroos. Kangaroos are equivalent to the deer situation in the northeast (except, kangaroos are of course, way cooler)...they are thriving in the increased cutting down of forests for agriculture and field space, as they feed on grasses. Farmers hate them. Why? Beca ... read more

Oceania » Australia

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more