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  1. Re:Why all the bother? by Muad'Dave · · Score: 2 · on Aussies Could Use Elephants To Fight Invasive Species

    To quote from the Aus gov't PDF on Gamba grass:

    Gamba grass is tolerant to fire at any time of the year.
    Burning gamba grass in the dry season can be hazardous
    to property, people and livestock due to the high fuel
    loads and height of the plants, which create an extremely
    intense fire.

  2. Gamba Grass was intentionally introduced ... by sirdude · · Score: 5, Informative · on Aussies Could Use Elephants To Fight Invasive Species

    Gamba grass first appeared under cultivation in Queensland in 1942 and trials and plantings in the Northern Territory occurred as early as 1931. It was bred as an improved pasture species and sold by seed merchants. Gamba grass has adapted extremely well to the seasonal droughts, fires and low-nutrient soils of Australia’s savannas.

    From here [PDF].

  3. Re:Urine? Is that all? by luder · · Score: 2, Informative · on NASA Contractor Needs Urine

    so he acquired some samples himself

    It could be worse... At least he did not have to masturbate a pig (last link is probably NSFW).

  4. The most cost-effective solution ... by fractalkid · · Score: 1 · on Off Grid Via Slow Moving River?

    ... is to build an aquarium with a couple of Electric eels. They sure don't cost much, and they can produce upto 600 volts of electricity. How's that for a solution ?

    PS: Possessing Electric eels is illegal in Queensland. Not sure about the US.

  5. Re:And it is perhaps missing the point by prairiedawg · · Score: 1 · on Scotts Testing Genetically Modified Grass

    You really should take a look at the relative toxicity of these herbicides before screaming that the sky is falling.

    Roundup (glyphosate) is much less toxic than most of the other compounds people expose themselves to... certainly less than 2,4-D which is what most people use to kill weeds in their lawn.

  6. Monoculture.... by mousse-man · · Score: 1 · on Ozone As Pesticide

    Which will also cause the downfall of the banana plantations unless somebody comes up with solution against the Black Sigatoka fungus, whish spread just about everywhere. And all this just because we can't grow more than one sort of banana.

  7. Re:Some companies do get it. by Ironica · · Score: 2 · on What Lawyers Can Learn From Manga

    'OOOO, look at the dolphin, he's smiling'
    "yes, johnny, he's glad his namesake a/k/a mahi
    mahi is so well know by that alias. He doesn't
    realize that good red meat by any other name
    is still porpoise"

    Unless of course it's Dolphinfish, but whatever.

    They were worried about the image, not whether the article was actually committing statutory rape under California law. Many players argued that at level 14, a character is already out adventuring and stuff... but that wasn't what the story had said (it said age not level), so it brought a very different image to mind.