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Nuclear Mutant Flies Are Good For Africa?

Posted by Hemos on from the where's-homer dept.

D\monix writes "According to this article in Reuters, the International Atomic Energy Agency is going to start releasing massive numbers of tsetse flies "sterilized by a burst of radiation" into sub Saharan Africa in order to outnumber and thus eradicate the local fly population. My favorite quote? "The impact of the fly is difficult to exaggerate." You're damn right it is. Anyone else out there think pumping large numbers of mutant insects into the environment might be a bad idea?"

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  1. You bet! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    They might reproduce and produce more sterile insects!

  2. Re:Not genetic variants by Syberghost · · Score: 5, Funny

    And sometimes fish are born with 2 heads...

    I believe I can say without fear of contradiction that irradiating these flies will not cause them to give birth to 2-headed fish.