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Introducing natural predators for pythons like the king cobra might be a more scalable solution. It’s very hard to shoot all the members of an invasive species.
by spacebanana7 2y ago
Introducing natural predators for pythons like the king cobra might be a more scalable solution. It’s very hard to shoot all the members of an invasive species.
- trhway 2y agoI think i read somewhere that people in snake infested areas like to have cobras in their villages as cobras prey on smaller venomous snakes.
- skeeter2020 2y agoonly if you own a mongoose!
- ceejayoz 2y ago“No, that's the beautiful part. When wintertime rolls around, the gorillas simply freeze to death.“
- slothtrop 2y agoSoon we'll be trying to telegraph just how much of a cultural phenomenon this show was, and come off like Abe.
- razakel 2y agoI yell at clouds and I'm only in my 30s...
- doubled112 2y agoAre you a OneLogin customer? It was a rough week.
- southernplaces7 2y agoHad to go rewatch it on Youtube... Thanks for that good laugh...
- rad_gruchalski 2y agoIn Florida? Good luck with that.
- gacklecackle 2y agoYou know what happened regarding cats as rabbit hunters in Australia?
- ceejayoz 2y agoCane toads, too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cane_toads_in_Australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cane_toads_in_Australia
- jprd 2y agoI learned this lesson as a kid via "Golly Gump Swallowed a Fly": https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2807431-golly-gump-swallowed-a-fly https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2807431-golly-gump-swall...
- inkcapmushroom 2y agoCane Toad Blues, Dave Scott, 2009 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_rb4Gcpp6w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_rb4Gcpp6w
- MezzoDelCammin 2y agoA wonderful work of late Terry Pratchett comes to mind: “We got a bit carried away,” said Moist. “We were a bit too creative in our thinking. We encouraged mongooses to breed in the posting boxes to keep down the snakes…” Lord Vetinari said nothing. “Er… which, admittedly, we introduced into the letter boxes to reduce the number of toads…” Lord Vetinari repeated himself. “Er… which, it’s true, staff put in the posting boxes to keep down the snails…” Lord Vetinari remained unvocal. “Er… These, I must in fairness point out, got into the boxes of their own accord, in order to eat the glue on the stamps,” said Moist, aware that he was beginning to burble
- IncreasePosts 2y agoThe Simpsons did it first: https://youtu.be/3f5viRoaZNw?si=YcVu452gEypmYn6Q&t=72 https://youtu.be/3f5viRoaZNw?si=YcVu452gEypmYn6Q&t=72
- jgeada 2y agoOld nursery rhyme precedes them all: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_Was_an_Old_Lady_Who_Swallowed_a_Fly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_Was_an_Old_Lady_Who_Swal...
- thfuran 2y agoActually, I believe it was Australia that did it first.
- potato3732842 2y agoI would be very surprised if someone didn't know of an ancient world example.
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- beretguy 2y agoI'd prefer honey badgers.
- xyst 2y agoGreat, now FL will have a King Cobra problem :)
- jolt42 2y agoKing snakes will control other snake populations, but I imagine boas not so much.
- skeeter2020 2y agoso your idea to eliminate this human-caused, unintended problem is to double down... with the king cobra? Then maybe some sort of cobra-eating gorilla that's allergic to spring breakers and dies off?
- dreamcompiler 2y agoUmm, no. The only elapid species wild in the US is the coral snake and beyond that the only venomous snakes we have are cottonmouths, copperheads, and several species of rattlesnake. That's the list. The US does not need any new species of venomous snakes.