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Opossums Overrun Brooklyn, Fail To Eliminate Rats

Posted by samzenpus on from the urban-opossum-blight dept.

__roo writes "In a bizarre case of life imitates the Simpsons, New York City officials introduced a population of opossums into Brooklyn parks and under the boardwalk at Coney Island, apparently convinced that the opossums would eat all of the rats in the borough and then conveniently die of starvation. Several years later, the opossums have not only failed to eliminate the rat epidemic from New York City, but they have thrived, turning into a sharp-toothed, foul-odored epidemic of their own."

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  1. The obvious solution by elrous0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Based on my experience, automobiles seem to work wonders on these things. Clearly, we just need to bring in more automobiles to New York.

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    1. Re:The obvious solution by Locke2005 · · Score: 5, Funny

      The automobiles aren't really killing them. Those flattened possums are just playing dead; I see them get up and walk away all the time... or was that Wiley Coyote? I forget.

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  2. Hipsters by Sonny+Yatsen · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just tell the hipsters in Brooklyn that it's totally ironic to wear live Opossums on their heads. Kill two birds with one stone.

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    1. Re:Hipsters by Pojut · · Score: 5, Funny

      More like kill two sharp-toothed, foul-odored epidemics with one stone.

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  3. Obligatory Simpsons by Drakkenmensch · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just bring in a colony of ferocious lions to eat the possums. When the lions become a problem, bring in gorillas to fight the lions. Then in winter the cold will kill the gorillas. Problem solved!

  4. Re:Common sense... by Albertosaurus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe I have the benefit of experience, having lived in the south and all, but WHO WOULD BE SO F#$%ING STUPID AS TO USE POSSUMS FOR PEST CONTROL?

    New Yorkers, apparently.