New Zealand plans to wipe out every last rat, possum and stoat. Can the plan work?
@rammer@sopuli.xyz
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31Y

Tom Scott did a video about this a while ago.

TheOneCurly
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21Y

They’re not native predators so good luck to them.

The Baldness
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31Y

Unpopular opinion: They need to do cats next. People should not allow (pet) cats outside, and feral cats need to be gotten rid of. Certain places in Australia have resorted to paying people to hunt cats.

Square Singer
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Unpopular but totally correct.

Square Singer
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11Y

Reminds me on that online story called “The Nature of Predators”

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