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Should We Eat Invasive Species?

Posted by timothy on from the will-ponder-this-over-some-nutria-mousse dept.

The Washington Post's Energy & Environment section raises today the question of whether the best way to control certain invasive species is to eat them. The biggest success story on this front in the U.S. has been the lionfish; it destroys the habitat of some other fish in the areas where it's been introduced, but it turns out to be a palatable food fish, too. Its population has gone down since the start of a concerted effort to encourage it as a food, rather than just a nuisance. The article touches on invasive species of fish and crustaceans, but also land animals and plants. I know that garlic mustard (widespread in eastern U.S. forests) is tasty, and so are the blackberries all over Seattle.

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  1. On that note by rmdingler · · Score: 5, Funny

    Let's hope the rest of the earth's species don't adopt this plan to control the invasive naked apes.

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    1. Re:On that note by Jmc23 · · Score: 5, Funny
      Yeah, a bunch of zombies walking around staring at the tiny screens in their hands while wearing earbuds. Real tough prey there.

      The only way humans would survive is IF you took their tech away!

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  2. Or.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Make their parts 'magical', like rhino horn and tiger penis.