Now You have a REASON to buy a really big gun

DannyinJapan

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If a group of US researchers have their way, lions, cheetahs, elephants and camels could soon roam parts of North America, Nature magazine reports.
The plan, which is called Pleistocene re-wilding, is intended to be a proactive approach to conservation.

The initiative would help endangered African animals while creating jobs, the Cornell University scientists say.

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I heard a report on that last evening on NPR. The eggheads want to introduce elephants, camels, and such to the US desert southwest to act a predators for some of the undesirable scrub brush that has taken hold and really starting to overgrow other flora. The report mentioned that a lack of such large "megafauna" in the NA habitat has created an imbalance w.r.t. some runaway plant species and introduction of elephants would serve to keep certain plant growth in check.

"In other news, a herd of elephants blocked traffic in downtown Phoenix for a brief time yesterday . . . "

Noah
 
Personnally, I think we should introduce a few thousand Black Mamba snakes.

That should help thin out the idiot researchers who thought up this loony idea.
 
Cilff?

I've been pushing a "shotgun only" season on jet-skis in Wisconsin. Maybe I should push for the shark idea. thanks.
 
I was just going to post on this myself...poor munk...he doesn't like Mountain Lions...what will he say about Cheetahs and African Lions?

Folks used to be able to drive peacefully at dusk and dawn...now that the whitetail population is so high, deer strikes are common.

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This is the same thinking that gave us love bugs, nutria, Kudzu and other assorted disasters.
Terry
 
Lions and Tigers and Bears


Before we introduce anything, we need to wait 50 years and see how much damage the wolves are going to do.

You ever feel like the world is such a crapshoot anyway, with conflicting data being decided by popular poll and marketing, just to let out all the stops? Sure, bring it all in. Let them have their way. Bring in the snakes, too.

Clone the dinosaurs while were at it. Let's give them a new start. Bring back our cave man competitors.... with affirmative action programs in place.


munk
 
Kismet said:
Cilff?

I've been pushing a "shotgun only" season on jet-skis in Wisconsin. Maybe I should push for the shark idea. thanks.
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Domino Dots sugar cubes. All the mayhem you need for those pesky and annoying gasoline-powered targets of opportunity in a handy little delivery package.

Noah
 
Kismet said:
Cilff?

I've been pushing a "shotgun only" season on jet-skis in Wisconsin. Maybe I should push for the shark idea. thanks.
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:D :D :D

I LIKE sharks. They take your mind off the drowning statistics, which are infinetly higher yet not media-worthy.

Killed by car crash. Not in paper.

Killed by mugger/drown: back of "Local"

Killed by lighting: front page.

Bit by shark: Cover of Time magazine.

The worst predator is already out there. What we need is to bio-engineer something that eats criminals.


Ad Astra
 
The worst predator is already out there. What we need is to bio-engineer something that eats criminals.>>> Ad Astra


...I can see a smiley face devouring them.

In one district known for this in India, Tigers eat men. Throw them to the Tigers.


munk
 
Ad Astra said:
The worst predator is already out there. What we need is to bio-engineer something that eats criminals.
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After a few years of shock therapy we can have...
Hannibal the good cannibal.

:rolleyes:
 
Australia is a prime example of where introduced species have become invasive species. Even camels which are considered "low impact" animals can play havoc to the eco system.

Wolves however shouldn't be a problem. Harsh winters tend to keep them in check. No human death ever recorded, might have to find a way to prevent them from taking too much cattle though.
 
You know what was really funny about the wolves? I was living in White Sands New Mexico back when that whole thing got started. The people wanting to "reintroduce" the wolves to that region were singularly uninterested in the fact that the grey wolf had NEVER been indigenous to that region, and also didn't seem to care about the fact that what wolves HAD been there seem to have been driven out or killed off long ago by coyotes---smaller but superior predators in that environment. They also didn't want to hear that putting the wolves on a missile range (that was already overpopulated with wildlife) would put them in danger from military testing. None of that mattered to them.

I already have a reason for my really big guns: the singular delight I get from tremendous kabooms. :D
 
A child-like wonder over the explosion and difficulty with keeping the projectile where one has pointed the firearm. Sheer delight. The only legal way to make big boom. Smash cans. Good.




munk
 
t1mpani said:
You know what was really funny about the wolves? I was living in White Sands New Mexico back when that whole thing got started. The people wanting to "reintroduce" the wolves to that region were singularly uninterested in the fact that the grey wolf had NEVER been indigenous to that region, and also didn't seem to care about the fact that what wolves HAD been there seem to have been driven out or killed off long ago by coyotes---smaller but superior predators in that environment. They also didn't want to hear that putting the wolves on a missile range (that was already overpopulated with wildlife) would put them in danger from military testing. None of that mattered to them.

I already have a reason for my really big guns: the singular delight I get from tremendous kabooms. :D
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But they could control the oryx. Maybe the new lions will do that.
 
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