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Re:Pablo Escobar’s hippos: A growing problem (2014) by jessaustin on Monday January 26, 2015 @09:29PM (#8950945)
This points to the forms that truly effective terrorism will take in future. Why bomb a few places in your target country, when instead you could just plant a few hundred genetically-engineered Tyrannosaurus eggs? Mayhem for years! Way to make your mark Pablo!
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Re:Pablo Escobar’s hippos: A growing problem (2014) by getsat on Monday January 26, 2015 @09:43PM (#8950991)
You can also just release a few rabbits. They breed pretty quickly [1] and will destroy local ecosystems. See: Australia.

(Also, happy Straya Day)

[1] http://www.bio.miami.edu/hare/scary.html

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Re:Pablo Escobar’s hippos: A growing problem (2014) by Pinckney on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @02:07AM (#8951801)
It's already been done with agricultural pests.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_California_medfly_attack

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