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honest question: does public awareness of their invasiveness have any chance of making a difference? does the salt-and-vinegar thing at all meaningfully reduce
by ledauphin 3y ago
honest question: does public awareness of their invasiveness have any chance of making a difference? does the salt-and-vinegar thing at all meaningfully reduce their population? i have trouble imagining it but would love to hear of evidence to the contrary.
- whyenot 3y agoNo and no. It is possible to stop invasive species, but it requires catching them before they have spread widely, or that they are restricted to a small area (like rats on Midway Atoll). Once an invasive species has spread widely, there is very little that can be done. You can extirpate them in a small area, but due to the characteristics that make them invasive, it’s virtually impossible to completely get rid of them.
- rexarex 3y agoThe province of Alberta in Canada is famously rat free. They stopped the spreading westward wave of rats in the 1950s and have maintained this status. https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/alberta-rat-free https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/alberta-rat-free https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/15/alberta-rat-catcher-phil-merill-canada-pest-free https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/15/alberta-rat-ca... https://www.alberta.ca/albertas-rat-control-program.aspx https://www.alberta.ca/albertas-rat-control-program.aspx
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- xenospn 3y ago“Texan” is not a race
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- pstuart 3y agoThat's not racist, it's at best jingoism. But isn't Texas a state that prides itself on limited government? Because private enterprise isn't going to do a thing until they panic over lost resources -- likely a day late and a dollar short.
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- dingnuts 3y agoOk it's bigotry, then, it's a tired bigoted stereotype that southerners and Texans are stupid, and "it's just a joke" is a lame defense We get the joke, but it's bigoted. Stop acting like you think we're stupid.
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- standeven 3y agoHave hope! Alberta is Canada’s Texas.
- ledauphin 3y agothis is really interesting. i would have assumed poison would be a major factor in control, but at least on the government website that is not suggested to be the case.
- 10u152 3y agoThe salt and vinegar thing annoyed me. If you're putting the worm in a sealed zip lock bag, isn't it going to die anyway, eventually? Salt and vinegar just seems to be gilding the lily.