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Crocodiles With Frickin' Magnets Attached to Their Heads
Brickwall writes "Florida, faced with a problem of crocodiles returning to residential neighborhoods after being relocated elsewhere, is trying to solve it by affixing magnets to the crocs' heads. The theory is the crocodiles use the Earth's magnetic field for navigation, and the magnets may interfere with that. What I'd like to know is, whose job is it to put the magnets on?" So far the magnet program appears to be working, unfortunately the crocs have started to collect huge amounts of take-out menus and child artwork.
Magnets? What's the matter? Couldn't get lasers?
(because every creature deserves a warm meal)
That may be true now, but wait until they start putting magnets on the Crocodiles in Egypt!
That will take care of the crocs.
Fight Spammers!
"Why not just shoot them?"
Here in Australia the authorities also try to avoid shooting problem crocs, instead they send them to a croc farm for handbag breeding.
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage? - Pink Floyd.
"why not just shoot them?"
Because most people don't like handbags with bullet holes in them. Same goes for wallets.
As for belts, it's hard to get the holes consistently in the right places.
> the lamest thing you could possibly put on a crocs head
Yeah, if you're affixing something to their heads, why not *airquotes* Lasers *airquotes* ?
Now they all walk north. Alaskans will have more than polar bears to worry about now.
Table-ized A.I.
"Dad, something is stuck to our bumper! I heard a clang."
Table-ized A.I.
I could baste my old magnetic HDs in chicken broth and feed them to these "magnetically enhanced crocodiles" as a way to destroy my precious personal data?
greed@All_Evils:~#
Because you might damage perfectly good magnets, silly.
Table-ized A.I.
Why not shoot the people of Florida? I can't imagine people being happy about living in crowded, polluted cities all the time. The population is way too big and alligators, unlike humans, doesn't destroy the environment or to drive other species to extinction. Not to mention that they were there first.
Um, alright, ah, ok I got one, they'll shoot back and bullets aren't free. Now why not go to bed?
I was asking why not to shoot them, not saying that they should be shot.
Frankly, you're an idiot and someone should shoot YOU. And, it's "wander", not "wonder", you brainless twit. :-)
Also, fuck you.
That there is nothing you cannot solve with some judicious use of duct tape.
I don't use harddrives. I just use crocodiles with magnets stuck to their heads.
(I'll get my coat.)
"Three eyes are better than one" -- Lieutenant Columbo
I assume you believe, though you say someone should shoot him, that he should not be shot. That's the trend here right?
This is not the funny you're looking for.
I am the Anonymous Coward you replied to, and I apologize if I misinterpreted you. Please understand that when I hear a question like, "Why not just shoot them?," it's almost always being asked by a callous and willfully ignorant moron.
Pardon my indiscretion if you are, in fact, not such a moron. (If.)
This, friends, is all a cover-up. Plausible deniability and all. "Disorienting crocs". Sure.
If it looks like a croc and walks like a croc, it is abundantly clear that it is just another tool of the concspiracy!
Ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.
thats why they use pitchforks
Here are the catchy one-liners from this thread alone:
Someone should keep a list of memorable quotes in Slashdot. :-)
You forgot to end with "Also, fuck you."
I hate printers.
All hail our anonymous logical overlord
Laughter is the best medicine, except if you have a broken rib.
Can we adopt the:
4) Also, fuck you
as our new group meme?
Step 1: Tape magnets to crocodile heads.
Step 2: ???
Step 3: Profit!
Step 4: Also, Fuck you.
So does a magnetic field deter them, so you can set up a magnetic perimeter around your garden opond and they will not want to come out?
The people responsible for shooting the people responsible for shooting the troll, have been shot.
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
As a long time Florida resident with a heavy involvement in water sports I would just love to congratulate the state for bringing crocs back into my immediate environment. The joy of confronting a ten foot crocodile weighing about 500 lbs. on a popular beach is hard to describe. I did discover that unlike Jesus I can not walk on water.
Great, now not only can crocodiles kill YOU, now they can kill your hard drive too!
Technically it was the crocodile's beach first. Perhaps we should consider strapping magnets to the heads of surfers and relocating them to your pool instead.
You know, water sports are technically illegal in florida under anti-sodomy laws.
1) Propose new Slashdot group meme ...
2) Get internet famous, just like real life famous
3)
4) Also, fuck you
Yeah, but that's one tough son of a bitch to do watersports with a crocodile. Makes that whole trapeze, midget and running start thing seem pretty mainstream if you ask me.
Is it just my observation, or are there way too many stupid people in the world?
Okay, here we go:
1) Attach magnets to alligators
2) ???
3) Profit!!!
4) Also, fuck you
yup, every step off of dry land is a step off of the top of the food chain!
I think its fair trade people are allowed to hunt 5000 odd crocs a year the crocks hunt a few beach bums both populations are maintained in a natural balance.
not sure if having sex with a handbag is a persuasive enough argument to keep those crocs out of trouble.
for(b=(a=0)+1;;b+=(a+=b))print(a+"\n"+b+"\n");
That's nothing! Now, when crocodiles swim in circles, it'll generate an electric current. Shocking, I tell you!
It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)