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This reminds me of that Simpson's episode "Bart the Mother". The town gets overrun with Bolivian tree lizards: Skinner: Well, I was wrong; the lizards are a g

This reminds me of that Simpson's episode "Bart the Mother". The town gets overrun with Bolivian tree lizards: Skinner: Well, I was wrong; the lizards are a godsend. Lisa: But isn't that a bit short-sighted? What happens when we're overrun by lizards? Skinner: No problem. We simply release wave after wave of Chinese needle snakes. They'll wipe out the lizards. Lisa: But aren't the snakes even worse? Skinner: Yes, but we're prepared for that. We've lined up a fabulous type of gorilla that thrives on snake meat. Lisa: But then we're stuck with gorillas! Skinner: No, that's the beautiful part. When wintertime rolls around, the gorillas simply freeze to death.

mmaunder 15y ago
Reminds me of: "The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design." — Friedrich von Hayek
cwe 15y ago
First thing in my head too
canistr 15y ago
But lizards are cold-blooded. Wouldn't they just freeze to death in the winter as well?
- hvs 15y ago
  Not as humorously.
- kragen 15y ago
  There are plenty of cold-blooded species that live in places that freeze in the winter, notably including all plants. So somehow your logic has a flaw.
jfb 15y ago
Yeah, that's a classic. Always reminds me of the Sugar Barons of Hawaii importing Asian mongooses to handle their rat problem; sadly, the rats are nocturnal, and the mongooses are diurnal. Also tasty are groundnesting birds. Oops.