[wildbill]

Mad scientist ping.

Remember that nutria were imported to eat all the water lillies which were thought to be harmless until they clogged up rivers and lakes. Now the nutrias take their rest in burrowed levees shaded by kudzu vines with their only enemy the infestation of fire ants.

Not to worry, however, it was reported that a Texas Aggie biologist is experimenting with bringing in the only known natural enemy of fire ants—a rare Brazilian gnat that kills them by biting the back of their neck and sucking their brains out. (I’m not making this up}

A virus that kills cells shouldn’t be a problem. Bring it on.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Always a danger with things like this. Almost all viruses end up killing cells once they have managed to hijack the cells’ replication machinery in order to crank out more copies of the virus. For people having normally competent immune systems this virus probably won’t be any threat. But if it gets out to, say, the HIV ward, there could be trouble.

[Jeff Chandler]

Not to worry, however, it was reported that a Texas Aggie biologist is experimenting with bringing in the only known natural enemy of fire ants—a rare Brazilian gnat that kills them by biting the back of their neck and sucking their brains out.

Then they will send in Chinese Needle Snakes to eat the gnats, then snake-eating gorillas, and then when wintertime rolls around, the gorillas will simply freeze to death.