obsessed with florida’s invasive species crisis. let’s start with burmese pythons, which have obliterated the everglades: 99 percent of raccoons, 99 percent of opossums, 88 percent of bobcats gone. local rabbits and foxes apparently extinct. it’s time to introduce a gene drive.
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i want to be perfectly clear, here: we should genetically modify burmese pythons in such a manner as they only produce fertile males and sterile females, then release them into the everglades. crash the population. start thinking about lion fish.
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Replying to @micsolana
Aren't there quicker and cheaper methods? Like a snake rodeo or snake whacking day?
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we already do a lot of this. everglades are like 1.5 million miles, and we literally can’t hunt the pythons faster than they breed
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You underestimate the speed of which an army of 13th year olds can whack.
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*assumes dark gaze* release... the teenagers
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