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A comment on ‘The Last of Us,’ fruit fly edition. Parent comment

Re:‘The Last of Us,’ fruit fly edition by viraptor on Saturday May 27, 2023 @05:45AM (#36093353)
> Disrupting an entire species and consequently the food chain

One of the types was introduced in a not very distant past, so it doesn't seem like a bigger disruption than what we've already done.

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Re:‘The Last of Us,’ fruit fly edition by teaearlgraycold on Saturday May 27, 2023 @03:22PM (#36097409)
You should read up on stoat introduction to New Zealand.
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Re:‘The Last of Us,’ fruit fly edition by tuatoru on Sunday May 28, 2023 @07:12AM (#36103030)
Pretty sure viraptor would know about that. Also rabbits and myxamatosis and later rabbit calicivirus in both Australia and NZ, and various other well-intended biological "control" introductions that went pear shaped. Cane toads, for instance. Miscellaneous parasitic wasps.
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