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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 madeofpalk on Saturday May 27, 2023 @07:20AM (#36093782)
> Queensland

> I'm really looking forward to deploy-and-mostly-forget bio controls for pests that we can deploy at landmass level.

Did we just forget how Queensland already tried with with Cane Toads and it went horribly? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cane_toads_in_Australia

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Re:‘The Last of Us,’ fruit fly edition by corndoge on Saturday May 27, 2023 @07:35AM (#36093859)
But from the synopsis section of that wikipedia page, there is an example of biological control going well in australia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cactoblastis_cactorum

Perhaps it isn't a black and white issue after all

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Re:‘The Last of Us,’ fruit fly edition by richk449 on Saturday May 27, 2023 @09:31AM (#36094681)
In the same way that Russian roulette isn’t a black and white issue?
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Re:‘The Last of Us,’ fruit fly edition by didgeoridoo on Saturday May 27, 2023 @10:08AM (#36094956)
And don’t forget myxomatosis!
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