australia
Like a lot of species in Australia, rabbits were introduced by Europeans and they wreak havoc on the local wildlife. Controlling them is a national priority. Australia is also home to some of the world’s most venomous snakes. Seriously, look at these guys. We’ll take eight months of winter over … Read More
Quantas passengers were surprised to find a snake on the wing of their plane, holding on to dear life. We suspect that it was merely fleeing Australia. [Read the whole story at The Age]
The bad news, for the clown, is that McDonald’s in Bolivia has failed and they’re shutting their doors. The good news, we guess, is that McDonald’s Australia will be temporarily renaming restaurants Macca’s, because that’s what most Aussies call it anyway, owing to their national obsession with nicknames.
Australian police are warning motorists against using Apple Maps after some people ended up in an arid national park where it hits 46C and there’s no water. [Computerworld]
Thanks to Australia’s latest success in thwarting nature, we’ll no longer have to mix two juices when making tropical drinks. Now, if they could just find a way to stimulate the pineapple’s natural rum production, we’d really have something. [The Telegraph]
