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minus-squareFigMcLargeHugelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoWow. Good luck with that… Here’s what Austin is dealing with after trying this same thing years ago. https://www.reportingtexas.com/renewing-the-battle-against-the-fish-that-ate-lake-austin/
minus-squareprettybunnyslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoIf they could selectively introduce only males or females it would be a lot more sustainable IMO. An invasive that can’t reproduce is a lot less disastrous, but introducing one invasive to eat another … that’s a cat in the wall problem.
Wow. Good luck with that… Here’s what Austin is dealing with after trying this same thing years ago.
https://www.reportingtexas.com/renewing-the-battle-against-the-fish-that-ate-lake-austin/
If they could selectively introduce only males or females it would be a lot more sustainable IMO.
An invasive that can’t reproduce is a lot less disastrous, but introducing one invasive to eat another … that’s a cat in the wall problem.