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WCDT strips 4296-4300 (29th June to 3rd July 2020)

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Farideh:

--- Quote from: Tova on 01 Jul 2020, 19:56 ---This may spark some debate, but you don't need to make every character in your writing relatable to every reader.

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GASP. Blasphemy! :D

Farideh:
Yeah, bureaucracy sucks. I just applied for citizenship (in New Zealand), and they'll get back to me in 3 months or so. Honestly, what are they doing in the meantime? Shredding my application and then putting it back together as a team building exercise or something? Or just doing unmentionable things to Sudokus...

Tova:
Hey, we don't approve of kink shaming around here.  8-)

Scarlet Manuka:

--- Quote from: Gyrre on 01 Jul 2020, 20:07 ---
--- Quote from: Tova on 30 Jun 2020, 05:36 ---So, speaking of endangered animals...

Koalas will be driven to extinction before 2050 in NSW, major inquiry finds

Unsurprisingly, habitat loss is their biggest threat.

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Don't most koalas die because they literally can't chew their own food anymore after their teeth naturally wear down?

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From what I can find out, the major causes of koala death are the following, more or less in order (sources don't always agree about the order):
- Habitat loss
- Hit by cars
- Disease, particularly a range of conditions caused by chlamydia
- Dog attacks

"Other trauma", "Senescence", "Other disease", and "Undetermined" seem to form the next tier down according to this source at around 2-2.5% each, which was the only one I saw that actually went into the minor causes. (The best other sources I found were QLD Dept. of Environment & Science and Australian Koala Foundation.)

I did find a source that supported your claims at koalainfo.com. However, the quality of writing on this site is poor and there don't appear to be any references on any of their articles, so I'm dubious as to this site's accuracy. I saw one or two other sites that mentioned starvation, but they attributed it to several causes, including disease, habitat loss, climate change (which makes the leaves they eat poorer in nutrients), and koala stress syndrome. This was the only site I saw that claimed starvation was mainly due to old age, so I think this is unlikely to be true.

Farideh:
Fair enough :)

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