Re:Six-Legged Giant Finds Secret Hideaway, Hides for 80 Years
by rottyguy on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @09:20AM
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Love your country when I was there 2yrs ago but must admit I thought the policies to inventory everything at the airport (I've never had my shoes checked for soil/mud before) was a losing proposition. It struck me that the prevailing thought was that NZ was so fragile that anything foreign could tip the scales and cause catastrophic consequences (eg. for those old enough to remember the Boy in a Plastic Bubble). Which might happen but life evolves... (which also happens)
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Re:Six-Legged Giant Finds Secret Hideaway, Hides for 80 Years
by WD-42 on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @10:04AM
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Did you read the article? Yes, ecosystems can be fragile. New Zealand has (rightfully) decided to protect theirs, even if it means a slight inconvenience at the airport.
Re:Six-Legged Giant Finds Secret Hideaway, Hides for 80 Years
by rottyguy on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @02:17PM
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Of course they have a right to do whatever, but I'm just saying it seems like a losing strategy. Bugs and Birds get blown off course, rats sneak on ships, etc. all the time. Just saying it seems like an impossible task to police this...
Re:Six-Legged Giant Finds Secret Hideaway, Hides for 80 Years
by abraae on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @02:44PM
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Certainly an immensely challenging task, but hopefully not impossible. We have hardly begun to apply new technology to the problem - drones, new lures, mesh networks, low cost cameras.
Also we've stopped those pesky Victorians from introducing new species. Its a good thing they never introduced wildcats to control the stoats, weasels and ferrets - which they introduced to control the rabbits - which they introduced to give them something to shoot at on quiet Sunday afternnons.