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buzzonga t1_iwi22cp wrote

We simply unleash wave after wave of Chinese needle snakes.

They'll wipe out the minks.

But aren't the snakes even worse?

Yes, but we're prepared for that.

We've lined up a fabulous type of gorilla that thrives on snake meat.

Then we're stuck with gorillas!

No, that's the beautiful part.

When wintertime rolls around, the gorillas simply freeze to death.

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Crafty-Baker5540 t1_iwju9sg wrote

And you call these Steamed Hams despite the fact that they are clearly grilled?

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Neighthirst t1_iwkikp5 wrote

Haha, As an Australian this gives me a strong sense of deja vu.

For those who may not know, European settlers introduced rabbits for hunting, but they spread quicker than they could hunt so they introduced foxes now over 150 years later both rabbits and foxes are wreaking havok to our environment.

And they didn't learn their lesson so similar thing when they introduced sugar cane, they brought cane beetles with them so later introduced cane toads to eat the beetles so now we have plague proportions of cane toads because all the native animals die when they eat them.

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heyimjason t1_iwl04gs wrote

Kinda seems like the first thing there to mess up the original habitants was Europeans.

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nervouslaugher t1_iwl7q4x wrote

It wouldn't exactly be a stretch if we considered Europeans an invasive species

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glassteelhammer t1_iwlixur wrote

Don't forget cats.

And I say this as a cat person.

But they are fucking with Australia's wildlife.

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FriendoftheDork t1_iwlmcyh wrote

Could you release some English to hunt the foxes?

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Alaishana t1_iwr5vh2 wrote

But then... you got an infestation of English upper class twats.

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muskiier t1_iwm1vkj wrote

True. But, in this case, the species (mink) are native to most of North America.

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drengr84 t1_iwlio5s wrote

Homo sapiens are an invasive species, worse than any parasite. Parasites don't usually try to kill their host, because that would be self detrimental. We have powerful brains with self awareness, yet we choose destruction over sustainability.

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Cultural_Wallaby_703 t1_iwlj7tt wrote

Many parasites do. It depends on the parasite and the host

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drengr84 t1_iwlkt97 wrote

Parasites that are able to move to another host may kill their host. Parasites that rely 100% on one host for survival tend to avoid killing it.

In my bad analogy, humans don't have a secondary host to jump to.

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JigglyLawnmower t1_iwjzu3v wrote

This feels like a quote from a book or tv show. I love it

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rogerryan22 t1_iwk25vo wrote

It's an episode of the simpsons...they visit Australia and ruin it. make it into the hellscape that it apparently already was.

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HellHathNoFury18 t1_iwkmbk8 wrote

I don't think it's the Australia episode (could be wrong), I think it's the episode when bart shoots the bird with the bb gun. Feels bad so starts taking care of the eggs which turn out to be some invasive lizard.

The Australia episode he just over runs Australia with frogs.

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fakefalsofake t1_iwkpugr wrote

Yeah, it's episode 3 from season 10.

Bart the Mother

Bart accidentally kills a mother bird with Nelson's BB gun, and tries his best to raise the mother's eggs on his own. But when the hatchlings turn out to be a pair of destructive lizards that harvest nests for their own survival, the town's bird population is placed at great risk.

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Itchy_Focus_4500 t1_iwk2ya9 wrote

We know that the citizen/subjects definitely, can’t shoot any invading forces to Australia.

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m12938411 t1_iwk8sx2 wrote

And that’s the way we like it. Notice we are not going around shooting up our schools either?

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Tr4ce00 t1_iwk1wwy wrote

I’m pretty sure it is. Saw another person referencing the same sequence of animals…

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teseract13 t1_iwkha83 wrote

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RISKY_SH33T t1_iwlbmzv wrote

I read this all in Zapp Brannigans voice. Very fitting

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Retired-Pie t1_iwiwnoo wrote

Ladies and Gentlemen, the American Government! Solving problems the best way possible since forever, because that's how long we've been here. Certainly no one else here before us......

Anyway, next week we will discuss our plans for inflation! hint hint it has something to do with corporate tax breaks and printing 🎶extra money🎶!

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drLagrangian t1_iwj7kvl wrote

>At least one unknown suspect released the minks from a farm overnight Tuesday. Officials say they pose a risk to local wildlife and livestock.

This is literally the first line. The sheriff is investigating a person who released the minks, the government had nothing to do with it and didn't release them .

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Retired-Pie t1_iwj89xf wrote

Dude, understand context and jokes better..... I know that already.

The comment I responded to is written in such a way as to imply that the sheriff ls department or another authority system was making plans to release various other invasive animals in order to solve this issue. That's funny, get it? Anyone trying to solve the issue of an invasive species by releasing another invasive species is an idiot.

I made another joke about how the government in general is made up of idiots and this is the kind of solution that they might come up with. It's a joke, it's not meant to be taken seriously.....

Get it now?

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