enthalpy

Monday, July 15, 2002


Every time wildlife gets transplanted to areas it has no known predator, really bad things happen to the indigenous wildlife. Frogs in Australia, perfectly spoofed by Bart Simpson, birds on St. Helena,and the Nutria of the Galveston Bay. But this is just plain spooky:

Biologists fear Vietnamese bait

"These worms are spooky," said Julie Thompson, a biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Chesapeake Bay field office. "I've handled a lot of things, and I don't get creeped out. But these are nasty. I use surgical gloves every time I touch them, and I scrub up afterward."
Man, think how nasty this stuff has to be to scare a biologist? And fishermen are using it for bait! There's a problem waiting to happen.
But what do you expect with something called "the Nuclear worm."
"And at the ports, inspectors have so much to be looking for, especially after 9/11. But ultimately, it's up to the states to regulate what comes in."
Catch that? This is yet another thing that is getting blamed on the terrorism of 9/11.
So, if the Nuke worms destroy the indigenous wildlife of Chesapeake bay, will the terrorists have already won?



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