Bring elephants to Australia?

[aj26]

Quote:"We could pay aboriginal people to hunt and burn," he says. "Not for a program, but forever."

Bowman says there is research that suggests the health of Aboriginal people would also improve if they were given these important tasks.

He spent 20 years working as a wildlife biologist in northern Australia, often with Aboriginal people, managing weeds, fire and feral animals.

Nice...

[girly]

(02/02/2012 07:19)banana.logic Wrote:  

(02/02/2012 07:18)Aduro Wrote:  As an expert in this field, I say this is retarded.

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Here is an interview with the man who proposed it. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21...ralia.html

And this is why I will continue to flame anyone who thinks New Scientist is a credible journalism source.

[Humbug]

[banana.logic]

^^^ It is far more accessible than the likes of Nature, but yes it is definitely pop/pseudo scientific reporting.

[gregoryj]

I think that it probably won't happen (although elephants do seem a lot easier to shoot into extinction than rabbits, foxes and cane toads) but I'd be very happy if it did.
I just hope that if it does happen, it's with awesome African elephants, not small-eared Indian elephants.

[Jashdown]

Asian elephants are pretty cool. Elephants in general are cool. Bring on the elephants!

[Worm]

(07/02/2012 03:24)gregoryj Wrote:  I just hope that if it does happen, it's with awesome African elephants, not small-eared Indian elephants.

I would prefer the awesome African elephants that shoot bees out of their mouths

[Sneddy]

^And poop marshmallows!

[Aduro]

Terrible idea, they'll start breeding, get out of control and next thing you know they'll be lead resistant and you can't shoot em.

[Sneddy]

BUT THINK OF ALL THE MARSHMALLOWS!!!!