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This is the same calculation you can make about swatting a fly when you were a kid. In reality the population of the cane toad/fly is roughly what the environm

• bell-cot 4y ago
  > Killing individuals makes little to no difference. One or a few, here & there? Yes, true. But talk to someone who's worked at removing invasive plant species for a decade or two, and recalls the "before". If the mortality rate of $Invasive can be seriously pushed up for several generations, in a modest-sized area, then the local population of $Invasive can often be reduced by 10X to 1000X. That is not wiping it out - but it's enough to hugely reduce the environmental damage caused by $Invasive. (Yes, a toad can get around far more than a plant. OTOH, birds can't eat berries off a toad, then poop out seeds 25km away. And there's probably no soil seed bank - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_seed_bank https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_seed_bank - with toad eggs.)
  • a1369209993 4y ago
    > birds can't eat berries off a toad, then poop out seeds 25km away. And there's probably no soil seed bank[] with toad eggs. These sound like excellent ideas that I will definitely incorporate into the next invasive species I make. (Not sure if /s. Troll worldbuilding is fun.)