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- diggduggDOOM, on 01/13/2009, -10/+98Skinner: ahh, but as it turns out the lizards where a god send since they've eaten all the pigeons.
Lisa: Isn't that a little short sighted, what happens when where up to our ears with lizards?
Skinner: Ah, well we shall simply release wave after wave of Chinese needles snakes.
Lisa: then what about the snakes?
Skinner: We simply import gorillas who will eat all the snakes.
Lisa: Well what happens when where up to our ears in gorilla's!
Skinner: Ah that's the beauty of the thing, come winter the gorillas will freeze to death. - KenSPT, on 01/13/2009, -5/+63Further proof that a lack of pussy is never a good thing ...
- rinote, on 01/13/2009, -2/+56Someone failed Biology 101!
- wernst, on 01/13/2009, -6/+54<comic book guy>
Worst. Misquotation. Ever.
When quoting the Simpsons, at least take a minimal effort to actually QUOTE The Simpsons. Paraphrasing doesn't count. Sheesh.
</comic book guy>
Skinner: Well, I was wrong. The lizards are a godsend.
Lisa: But isn't that a bit short-sighted? What happens when we're overrun by lizards?
Skinner: No problem. We simply release wave after wave of Chinese needle snakes. They'll wipe out the lizards.
Lisa: But aren't the snakes even worse?
Skinner: Yes, but we're prepared for that. We've lined up a fabulous type of gorilla that thrives on snake meat.
Lisa: But then we're stuck with gorillas!
Skinner: No, that's the beautiful part. When wintertime rolls around, the gorillas simply freeze to death. - alexmensen, on 01/13/2009, -23/+67Dumbass Environmentalists
- CherryLo, on 01/13/2009, -3/+41I laughed a little at this, is that wrong?
- Mankrik, on 01/13/2009, -4/+36Good, serves them right for killing the cats. Birds are lame.
Bunnies on the other hand, are soft, cute, but if you let them go unchecked they'll hump till they out-populate everyone. Don't trust them. - inactive, on 01/13/2009, -1/+28People need to stop messing with the natural environment so much. Nature has it's own way of keeping things in balance.
- WhiskeyLemur, on 06/30/2009, -0/+26This just in: Ecosystems are complex. More at 11.
- screamthenrun, on 01/13/2009, -0/+24and that's why you don't screw w/ nature
- Averness, on 01/13/2009, -3/+26Those birds have wings you know, and could fly to another island if the cats were really bothering them that much. The cats and rabbits were trapped on the island together. Anyway, this is poetic justice and a lesson to those who would meddle with nature. And you'd think the autralians would have learned that lesson already after the rabbit and mouse plagues they experienced in the past do to meddling.
- RyanOC, on 01/13/2009, -2/+23I can haz island bak?
- YZBot, on 01/13/2009, -1/+19This is what scares me about interventionist environmentalism. The unintended consequenses can come back and bite you in the ass hardcore.
- jerrycan, on 01/13/2009, -0/+18Kill the rabbit! Kill the rabbit!
- Wosat, on 01/13/2009, -0/+15The law of unintended consequences strikes again.
- MJPana, on 01/13/2009, -1/+14laughing at stupidity is always appropriate.
when will we learn to leave nature alone? - StuartGibson, on 06/14/2009, -0/+12A massive plaque?
"In recognition of their cat disposal services we award
Trudy Ringfinger
This comendation" - wunksta, on 01/13/2009, -0/+12history shows again and again how nature points out the folly of man
- diggduggDOOM, on 01/13/2009, -1/+13Alrighty, a confession:
In my haste to find this 'quote' I didn't read it thoroughly to see if it was the actual quote (thank you, wernst). I also failed to notice the glaring punctuation/grammar/vocabulary errors (thank you, woofers07 and merreborn).
Even though I 'beat' you all to the post, I am shamed and you are all right to criticize me. As punishment, I will write "I will not incorrectly quote the Simpsons" 500 times on a chalkboard. - bluesman3535, on 01/13/2009, -3/+15With church approval people killed 'evil' cats in the middle ages and got massive plaque in return. Have any of these people studied basic history?
- inactive, on 01/13/2009, -2/+14Actually it sounds like hiring an environmentalist would have been a good idea. Anyone with a basic understanding of how the food chain works would have figured this out in a week.
Similar thing is happening in Japan where they tried to cull massive amounts of jelly fish by pulling them onboard, cutting them up and tossing them back into the water. Slice em, dice em, toss them back, that was the answer to controlling the jellyfish population. Only problem is that the males sperm drifted in the water and fertized similar drifting eggs. It actually made the situation worse. - HeadJam, on 01/13/2009, -0/+11No, the plane landed and they never got off. I think the snakes are still on the plane.
- LoveWidescreen, on 01/13/2009, -1/+12"Cook! Cook! Bring me my hasenpfeffer!"
- Someguy101, on 02/19/2009, -10/+20These comments are making my brain hurt. The problem here is feral species (a species introduced by man into an ecosystem they don't belong in) which were introduced into an ecosystem by man that didn't have the proper checks and balances of predator/prey in place. The problem wasn't just cats but rabbits and mice and so on. If nothing was done the bird population would have remained in danger. The problem here is that they were short sighted and only targeted the cats which were preying on the birds and didn't consider the effects of those actions. It was a stupid mistake.
This has nothing to do with global warming. This isn't about environmentalism. You people making comments saying that it is sound like uneducated, willfully ignorant idiots. - sangjmoon, on 01/13/2009, -4/+14Should be a lesson to those who think they have the solution to global warming.
- Testiculese, on 01/13/2009, -0/+9Plague.
The g got lazy. - leif777, on 01/13/2009, -1/+10...rabbit stew anyone?
- iatethecake, on 01/13/2009, -0/+8Hire Elmer Fudd?
- steger, on 01/13/2009, -0/+7http://www.sadtrombone.com
- merreborn, on 01/13/2009, -0/+7Actually, most of them couldn't fly away. A large number of the birds on the island are flightless penguins.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birds_of_Macquarie_Is ... - leif777, on 01/13/2009, -0/+62 (2 lb. each) ready-to-cook wild rabbits or 1 (5-6 lb.) domestic rabbit
1 cup water
2 cups dry red wine
1/2 tsp. thyme leaves
2 cups sliced onions
2 bay leaves
1 tbsp. pickling spice
1/2 tsp. coarsely ground pepper
1/2 tsp. salt
6 bacon slices
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp. sugar
Day before serving:
In a large bowl, pour 1 cup water and 2 cups dry red wine over rabbit pieces.
Add next 6 ingredients. Cover and refrigerate overnight, turning pieces occasionally.
About 3 hrs. before serving:
1. In 12-inch skillet over medium heat, fry bacon until crisp; drain on paper towels; reserve drippings in skillet.
2. Meanwhile, remove rabbit pieces from wine mixture; reserve mixture. Pat pieces dry with paper towels. On waxed paper, coat rabbit pieces with flour. Reserve remaining flour for gravy. Over med. heat, in hot bacon drippings, cook a few pieces of rabbit at a time. Brown on all sides and remove to platter as they brown. Pour remaining drippings from skilled and return rabbit to skillet.
3. Crumble bacon over rabbit. Strain wine mixture, discarding seasonings; stir in sugar; pour over rabbit and heat to boiling. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 2 hours or until rabbit is fork-tender.
4. Remove rabbit to warm platter. Stir in remaining flour to make gravy. Stir well and add water as needed. Continue cooking gravy a few minutes, stirring until smooth; serve over rabbit. Makes 6 servings. - altgeeky1, on 01/13/2009, -3/+9You do realize that - for this island - cats AND rabbits are invasive species?
An 'environmentalist' would know this and suggest you can't tackle one without the other. - Mullinator, on 01/13/2009, -0/+6More likely a legitimate environmentalist who understood how these things worked would have said no to the whole plan.
If anything the decision was made by people who didn't fully understand the consequences. How exactly you equate 'treehuggers' to ignorance is beyond me. - zuiquan, on 01/13/2009, -0/+6Me + pack of beagles = end of rabbit problem.
Also, are there no snakes on this island? - wolferz, on 01/13/2009, -5/+11your comment would be funny... except the cynic in me just pointed out that it's because humans think a couple of classes at a college means they know everything there is to know on a subject is why this type of thing happens... and that's just depressing.
Global Warming is much the same thing. Of course it's happening... the question is what is causing it: humans or natural occurrences. And no it isn't obvious and no scientists don't agree and yes it makes a huge difference. But because Fox News and CNN both say scientist agree and because they ignore other possibilities and because they downplay the significance of other possibilities the common people will ignore the facts... which means the savvy politicians (ie the ones who got elected) will ignore the facts... which means things will probably be made much worse by human interference. Then every one scratches their heads and looks for *some one else* to blame. Rinse. Repeat.
It's enough to make you want to start World War III for the sake of the environment... as backwards as that sounds it might actually be the best option in the long run. Perhaps a human specific super virus would be better... couple species of apes might get killed by a mutated strain but evolution will compensate eventually... nahhh... nukes are easier. - emjaymj, on 01/13/2009, -1/+7I think you're confusing an environmentalist with an ecologist. Environmentalists don't necessarily know anything - and many of them don't.
- ToTheBatcave, on 01/13/2009, -0/+5By eradicating the cats did they just slaughter them? This makes me sad.
- zanothrope, on 01/13/2009, -14/+19Dead birds...brought to you by the same geniuses who think that they can stop global warming.
- hanger69er, on 01/13/2009, -0/+5If you're gonna quote Elmer Fudd, please quote correctly...
kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit! - metrodigg, on 01/13/2009, -0/+5I don't like maps. A map killed my mother.
- inactive, on 01/13/2009, -0/+5Umm, have you ever dealt with cats? Just leave them alone and feed them. don't try and ***** with them or bad things happen.
- casuallyevil, on 01/14/2009, -0/+5The only thing I remember from Ecosystem Management was this:
"Don't ***** with it."
-Professor D - d3dm, on 01/13/2009, -0/+5Coyotes would be more than happy to relocate to this island.
- metrodigg, on 01/13/2009, -0/+5Probably got plaque from not brushing properly.
- mbradbury, on 01/13/2009, -0/+5If you look at a map you will see why
- Trekhawk, on 01/13/2009, -4/+8http://instantrimshot.com/
- AngryPenguin47, on 01/13/2009, -7/+11Mission accomplished. Now let's get out there and fix global warming!
- gestalt, on 01/13/2009, -0/+4Don't forget the frogs!
- Demener, on 01/13/2009, -0/+2Om nom nom nom.
- thylocynic, on 01/13/2009, -0/+4BAH! Humbug The cats, rabbits and rats started to be dropped off by the old whalers and sealers well over 150years ago. It seems to me that over the course of time the ecosystem adjusted its self. A few birds would perish each year however it seems that the cats main diet was rodents. The biggest threat to any and all wildlife is man proven fact. This debacle is simply transference of blame.
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