FARK.com: (7153625) Oregon environmental officers swoop in, use "short burst of fire" to strip Japanese tsunami dock of seaweed and barnacles containing species that might kill us all

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		Oregon environmental officers swoop in, use "short burst of fire" to strip Japanese tsunami dock of seaweed and barnacles containing species that might kill us all (japantimes.co.jp)		16
		More: Followup, invasive species, checks and balances, Tohoku, native species, tsunamis, Japanese, Oregon

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neurothing		2012-06-09 01:32:40 PM

2 votes:

Brought to you by the Oregon Department of "I know EXACTLY how to clean up this dead whale"

Link

Tr0mBoNe		2012-06-09 10:46:38 AM

2 votes:

Goddam illegal immigrants.

RoyBatty		2012-06-10 02:43:13 AM

1 votes:

As the Raft moves through the Pacific, riding mostly on ocean currents, it occasionally sheds great hunks of itself. Eventually, these fragments wash up in some place like Santa Barbara, still lashed together, carrying a payload of skeletons and gnawed bones.

When it gets to California, it will enter a new phase of its life cycle. It will shed much of its sprawling improvised bulk as a few hundred thousand Refus cut themselves loose and paddle to shore. The only Refus who make it that far are, by definition, the ones who were agile enough to make it out to the Raft in the first place, resourceful enough to survive the agonizingly slow passage through the arctic waters, and tough enough not to get killed by any of the other Refus. Nice guys, all of them. Just the kind of people you'd like to have showing up on your private beach in groups of a few thousand.

MythDragon		2012-06-09 02:41:19 PM

1 votes:

RibbyK: Mister Peejay: [www.japantimes.co.jp image 350x525]

WHAT THE FARK IS THAT

A face hugger. Good thing they blasted it with fire.

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tuffsnake		2012-06-09 02:31:32 PM

1 votes:

"When you take an organism out of the environment and put it in a new one, the balance is lost. It can outcompete native species and animals.

"You end up with the native ecosystem being kicked out and an unbalanced ecosystem taking its place."

/SOCIALISM

MONSTERTRUCK		2012-06-09 01:00:09 PM

1 votes:

"They wrap it in rice and slightly used hello kitty woman's panties, first"

/They mostly come at night, mostly

Nick Nostril		2012-06-09 12:51:58 PM

1 votes:

So they saw weed and sparked up? Farking burners.

utah dude		2012-06-09 12:48:30 PM

1 votes:

utah dude		2012-06-09 12:46:45 PM

1 votes:

WhoGAS: utah dude: i just favorite-d you.

I hope you used protection; you really don't know where I've been!

/Thanks!

i'll merely integrate your retroviri into my genome and treat the euks- and prokarys- as immune-challenges..

Salem Witch		2012-06-09 12:44:51 PM

1 votes:

Snarfangel: Oregonians always greet foreign invaders with fire or high explosives.

We just can't allow whales and such to just wander up the beach.

Ya gots to blowed it up.

RibbyK		2012-06-09 12:38:03 PM

1 votes:

Andulamb: In other words, this isn't the first time something has crossed the Pacific.

True, but this time a local government can justify budget increases for an invasive species. ~~Arizona~~ Oregon should just build a wall at the border.

Allen. The end.		2012-06-09 12:37:32 PM

1 votes:

Something something INNSMOUTH.

Molavian		2012-06-09 12:22:19 PM

1 votes:

austin_millbarge		2012-06-09 12:22:08 PM

1 votes:

Tr0mBoNe: Goddam illegal immigrants.

Welcome to Obama's America!

utah dude		2012-06-09 12:16:15 PM

1 votes:

what? those species are already here, there... boats. it's one ocean. if u flew them on a 747 and dumped them into boston harbor it might be a different issue or used nuke to complete link the atlantic and pacific along the panama canal route... but ... you know what... u get imbalance then nature balances out after awhile. homeostasis. complex nonlinear systems. life finds a way. these environmental freaks are just looking for jobs. that flamethrower would be better used cooking soup for the homeless.