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5 hours ago, GM_GooglyMoogly said:

We don't have cocaine OR hippos in this game!

 

...though if ever our fine devs got round to rebooting the SBB...

 

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11 hours ago, GM_GooglyMoogly said:

We don't have cocaine OR hippos in this game!

lol.  well... as the long ranting video explains Cocaine paid for the illegal hippos.  thats the only cocaine connection.

 

the scary part is that it is true.  invasive species?  there is NO meaner land animal than a hippo.  And they terraform like beavers (different strategy, and more muscle)

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Yes, but I'm sure that SyFy won't be able to get sharrrroh sweet Freya in Asgard.

 

I see your hippos, and raise you...

BBC News: Sharks off Brazil coast test positive for cocaine

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cek9mr43x1xo

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4 minutes ago, ThaOGDreamWeaver said:

BBC News: Sharks off Brazil coast test positive for cocaine

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cek9mr43x1xo

I think the bigger question is: why were they drug testing sharks? Employment screening?

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1 hour ago, PeregrineFalcon said:

Employment screening?

I've not met that many sharks in business. Well, except real estate, and there I'd guess it's mandatory.

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I was recently introduced to The Fat Electrician channel when someone showed me his incredible "Proportional" video and I must say, the man's a born storyteller.  The "Band of Beavers" one was pretty great as well.

 

One question did arise when watching the hippo video.  Perhaps someone here is in the veterinarian business and could answer.  Is chemical castration not an option? 

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I'm not usually into YouTube explainers, but I gave these a crack. I knew about Praying Mantis's mission and background from my teaching days but not, of course, all the BTS yahoo c***erf***ery by the air wing that is more the province of the USAF. (Frankly, they're probably still jealous to this day.) 

 

I am now five minutes into the hippo video and have had to stop because of literal tears of laughter. I was already fully aware of hippos being basically two velociraptors welded together and then given a Cheesecake Factory VIP card, but his descriptions are even better. The video is also a neat object lesson in why we should not screw with ecosystems.

 

To quote Douglas Adams...  When you spend much time with naturalists you will tend to hear two words in particular an awful lot: endemic and exotic. Three, if you count disaster. An endemic species of plant or animal is one that is native to an island or region and is found nowhere else at all. An exotic species is one that has been introduced from abroad. And a disaster is usually what results when this occurs.

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20 hours ago, Techwright said:

I was recently introduced to The Fat Electrician channel when someone showed me his incredible "Proportional" video and I must say, the man's a born storyteller.  The "Band of Beavers" one was pretty great as well.

 

One question did arise when watching the hippo video.  Perhaps someone here is in the veterinarian business and could answer.  Is chemical castration not an option? 

I think this was already answered, in a way.  A hippo is one of the largest, most aggressive animals in the world.  If you tranquilize it, it drowns.  If you try anything with it conscious….you die.  

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55 minutes ago, Snarky said:

I think this was already answered, in a way.  A hippo is one of the largest, most aggressive animals in the world.  If you tranquilize it, it drowns.  If you try anything with it conscious….you die.  

This is why powerful tranq guns and helicopters were invented. 

*nods sagaciously*  😁

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1 hour ago, Techwright said:

This is why powerful tranq guns and helicopters were invented. 

*nods sagaciously*  😁

And you get a dead hippo.  A tranquilized hippo sinks.  And drowns. Which is technically birth control.  

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But there have been sharks discovered off the coast of Florida with Cocaine in their blood.

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15 hours ago, Snarky said:

And you get a dead hippo.  A tranquilized hippo sinks.  And drowns. Which is technically birth control.  

 

So I went too far down an internet rabbithole, and have found the heroine whose (terrifying) gig it is to end the hippo invasion and save the world.

Her name is Gina Paola Serna, and I shall raise a glass of fine rum to her.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/22/vet-sterilising-pablo-escobar-hippos

 

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5 hours ago, ThaOGDreamWeaver said:

 

So I went too far down an internet rabbithole, and have found the heroine whose (terrifying) gig it is to end the hippo invasion and save the world.

Her name is Gina Paola Serna, and I shall raise a glass of fine rum to her.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/22/vet-sterilising-pablo-escobar-hippos

 

 

That takes serious guts.  When I joked of tranq guns and helicopters, I didn't realize night would be key as the article notes, but I did realize not to tranq them in the river.  Hippos go on land, so driving them to land, or in this case, waiting until they step out at night, seems the best course of action.

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On 7/23/2024 at 9:06 AM, PeregrineFalcon said:

I think the bigger question is: why were they drug testing sharks? Employment screening?

You DON'T want sharks with frickin' laser beams that are coked out for sure! 😬

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On 7/18/2024 at 3:16 AM, GM_GooglyMoogly said:

We don't have cocaine OR hippos in this game!

none of you devs are hip enough for coke!

 

 

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On 7/25/2024 at 7:10 PM, Nerio72 said:

You DON'T want sharks with frickin' laser beams that are coked out for sure! 😬

 

Well, they're absolutely no fun at parties.

https://www.threads.net/@aftermidnight/post/C95jxR8SRcQ

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