• anon6789@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    As long as someone is watching out for the kookaburras!

    The miners sound like very loud Guinea pigs.

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      5 months ago

      But they move in larger packs, and are more aggressive. No cat is safe from a flock of miners screeching at them!

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        5 months ago

        I did watch another news-type segment where they put up a Bluetooth speaker in a tree and played another bird song and it almost immediately got attached by miners. They said they really stress out a lot of other wildlife.

        There was a second part I wasn’t closely listening to as I was walking somewhere while listening, but something about them eating some sweet protective coating off a certain tree so now the bugs are able to damage the trees.

        At first I thought they sounded kinda cute, but then as I saw the group sizes, I saw how it would quickly get old, especially if they drive off other animals.