A Million Camels Plague Australia
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 18:07
in Biology & Nature
Wild dromedary camels, brought to Australia in the mid-19th century to help explore and develop the outback, were left to breed and survive on their own. Now they number a million in the wild and have become pests, officials say. Video.
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