They've got a similar issue in Northern California where non-native trout that were introduced into certain mountain lakes have been fucking up the ecosystem. So they're thinking about poisoning the trout. Kind of an ecological reset button, but "poisoning the lake" just doesn't sound good.
And we live to fight another day.
Mal ,'Objects In Space'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DavidS - Dec 02, 2009 12:39:20 pm PST #22495 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
tommyrot - Dec 02, 2009 12:41:29 pm PST #22496 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
But still, "invasive carp" sounds more lame than "invasive trout."
flea - Dec 02, 2009 12:49:29 pm PST #22497 of 30001
information libertarian
Does anybody have SE driving experience (Ginger?) and can give me a sense of which is better? Google maps routes me to Chillicothe OH via Charlotte and Charleston WVa, and say it will take 10 hours (UGH). But from Cincinnati home it sends me via Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Atlanta, and says 8.5 hours. (It's 2 from Cinti to Chillicothe.) It kinda doesn't add up to me, somehow. Cursed mountains, and damn you Chillicothe OH for being in the middle of nowhere.
Atropa - Dec 02, 2009 1:01:54 pm PST #22498 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
WANT!! Jilli, think of the Fourth of July party!
Yessssss. Tesla coil, I needs one.
Zenkitty - Dec 02, 2009 1:09:20 pm PST #22499 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
flea, where are you coming from? What's on the other end of the trip from Ohio?
Burrell - Dec 02, 2009 1:17:04 pm PST #22500 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Ooo, I want the koi boots too!
Sheryl - Dec 02, 2009 1:18:25 pm PST #22501 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Once again I am under a cat. I don't really mind, as long as she isn't trying to eat my hair, or my buttons, or my earrings...
Jessica - Dec 02, 2009 1:21:00 pm PST #22502 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Dear lord, the Brooklyn real estate site I read just had the mother of all Godwins: [link]
BWAHAHAHA! Oh Park Slope, don't ever change.
tommyrot - Dec 02, 2009 1:58:37 pm PST #22503 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Abstaining Blue Footed Boobies Get Sexier
Now this is a new angle on abstinence, at least, in the kingdom. Male blue-footed boobies who abstain from sex for a year develop a brighter, more attractive shade of blue in their feet.
From our friends at National Geographic:
A new study shows that while attractiveness of the blue feet diminishes with age in males that reproduce each year, if males skip a breeding season and dont mate, they displayed a more attractive foot color and had more green chroma....
They concluded that its likely the sabbaticals from reproducing offspring may allow the male boobies to physically recover and display brighter feet in their quest in finding a mate.
Scrappy - Dec 02, 2009 2:03:25 pm PST #22504 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
It's the car show here in town and we are having a half dozen auto journalists over to dinner. We are ordering in barbeque, so I don't have to cook, but I am grumpily not looking forward to strangers invading my home, even though all auto journalists I have met tend to be entertaining and good sorts of people.