Posted on 10/26/2020 6:59:12 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Escaped self-cloning mutant crayfish created in experimental breeding programmes have invaded a Belgian cemetery.
Hundreds of the duplicating crustaceans, which can dig down to up to a metre and are always female, pose a deadly threat to local biodiversity after colonising a historic Antwerp graveyard.
"It's impossible to round up all of them. It's like trying to empty the ocean with a thimble," said Kevin Scheers, of the Flemish Institute for Nature and Woodland Research.
Marbled crayfish, which travel across land and water at night and eat whatever they can, do not occur in nature and are banned by the European Union.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
I’d take a bushel if they would breed them larger to put in my pond.
“Escaped self-cloning mutant crayfish”
Way too long for a good punk rock band name.
Maybe we could get some here to eat the lantern flies.
Sow the wind...
Such stupid experiments.
How about “Belgian Cemetery?”
There’s a C&W song in here somewhere.
Or Zydeco, judging by some posts upstream.
“Send in the murder hornets”
When did giant hornet become murder hornet?
Five-percent Acetylcholine content as an adjuvant to the pain causing component of the venom may make a sting victim feel like death. Some victims allegedly require dialysis treatment.
At least they don’t have frickin’ laser beams coming out of their heads.
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