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http://vladd.freeblogit.com/2008/05...ryside-to-kill-britains-most-persistent-weed/
Ok lets set the scene - in the past someone decided to let a non=native plant loose on the UK countryside and it took hold and is now a major weed and ecological problem.
Answer - they decided to let loose another alien species to eat the weed!
Now correct me if I am wrong but didn't the Simpsons do this as sketch and it ended rather badly, and has it not been the case that any and all introductions of alien species end up going bad for the existing ecosystem? Look at our own red squirrel as an example - under enough threat from lose of habitat and now being pushed further into extinction by the grey squirrels.
Add to that the fact that they have tested only 100 flora and fauna against this bug - an horrifically small sample for a full ecosystem. If this ever gets put into action I bet in a few years time they will be bringing over another species to eat this one (and mourning the lose of at least one our own)
ps I think this is the right place for such a thread
Ok lets set the scene - in the past someone decided to let a non=native plant loose on the UK countryside and it took hold and is now a major weed and ecological problem.
Answer - they decided to let loose another alien species to eat the weed!
Now correct me if I am wrong but didn't the Simpsons do this as sketch and it ended rather badly, and has it not been the case that any and all introductions of alien species end up going bad for the existing ecosystem? Look at our own red squirrel as an example - under enough threat from lose of habitat and now being pushed further into extinction by the grey squirrels.
Add to that the fact that they have tested only 100 flora and fauna against this bug - an horrifically small sample for a full ecosystem. If this ever gets put into action I bet in a few years time they will be bringing over another species to eat this one (and mourning the lose of at least one our own)
ps I think this is the right place for such a thread