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> Queensland > I'm really looking forward to deploy-and-mostly-forget bio controls for pests that we can deploy at landmass level. Did we just forget how Quee
by madeofpalk 3y ago
> Queensland
> I'm really looking forward to deploy-and-mostly-forget bio controls for pests that we can deploy at landmass level.
Did we just forget how Queensland already tried with with Cane Toads and it went horribly? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cane_toads_in_Australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cane_toads_in_Australia
- corndoge 3y agoBut from the synopsis section of that wikipedia page, there is an example of biological control going well in australia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cactoblastis_cactorum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cactoblastis_cactorum Perhaps it isn't a black and white issue after all
- richk449 3y agoIn the same way that Russian roulette isn’t a black and white issue?
- didgeoridoo 3y agoAnd don’t forget myxomatosis!