Lions and Tigers and Bears - Oh my!
And now for something completely different...
Courtesy of Little Red Satan comes this highly amusing news story about a group of ecologists who wants to release lions, cheetahs, camels and elephants into Saskatchewan. While releasing lions and cheetahs would keep the gopher population under control, there is this ominous line for the story:
Courtesy of Little Red Satan comes this highly amusing news story about a group of ecologists who wants to release lions, cheetahs, camels and elephants into Saskatchewan. While releasing lions and cheetahs would keep the gopher population under control, there is this ominous line for the story:
They note the potential for conflict between the big African animals and humans is "high."
posted by calgarygrit at
9:25 p.m.
3 Comments:
What happens when it starts to snow? Frozen elephants?
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daveberta, at 1:01 a.m.
Didn't someone also suggest releasing African animals into the American midwest as well? I think this must be someone's idea of a joke. No competent ecologist could seriously make a suggestion anywhere near that silly.
-Socialist Swine
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Unknown, at 2:30 a.m.
I don't think this ecologist has ever been to Saskatchewan...I'm not an authority on megafauna but wouldn't an elephant freeze to death in -60 degree weather with a 2500km/hour windchill?
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Anonymous, at 3:31 p.m.
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