#OzWatch: A simple experiment to stem the mice plague. Jeremy Zakis, New South Wales. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety
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#OzWatch: A simple experiment to stem the mice plague. Jeremy Zakis, New South Wales. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/may/25/cold-snap-with-damaging-winds-hail-and-snow-forecast-for-australia-south-east
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| 0:33.8 | I am with Jeremy Zakis in New South Wales. |
| 0:36.8 | The mice, before the snakes, were the mice. |
| 0:39.8 | And Jeremy reported to me the odd march of the mice who were starting from agricultural zones |
| 0:47.6 | within Australia, within New South Wales, and I'm guessing Queensland as well. |
| 0:53.4 | And they were marching towards Jeremy when we last paid attention to them. |
| 0:58.0 | Fortunately, the mice were so hungry they started eating their own mice. |
| 1:02.4 | And the plates stopped short of Sydney, but by that time the rains were so heavy, |
| 1:07.4 | I don't know if they could have made it into Melbourne and Sydney. |
| 1:10.8 | However, we can expect the mice to return with heavy rains and now a solution. |
| 1:17.8 | Jeremy, this is odd. |
| 1:20.2 | Mice like Canola. |
| 1:22.4 | I didn't know you had so much Canola, but the farmers apparently were wiped out with this mice plague. |
| 1:27.2 | Now, the original explanation for the mice plague was a lot of rain drives them to the high ground. |
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