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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (4 children)

What I don't get is why we don't eat kudzu.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kudzu

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

IIRC a lot of it has at some point been sprayed with super toxic herbicide to try and kill it off.

Don't quote me on that though I'm just quoting a Wendigoon video from memory

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's difficult to eat your way through an invasive species. Himalayan Balsam is also edible but it's thriving in the UK.

In fact edibility is often the reason these things are so invasive, it's why American Signal crayfish are over in the UK.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Texas: Hold my beer.

https://www.chron.com/life/wildlife/article/lionfish-texas-gulf-19717247.php

(Also Texas: Have you tried hunting the kudzu from a helicopter using automatic weapons?)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I've seen someone collecting lionfish, basically using a litter picker and a bag.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Because Crake is saving it for some special project at Rejoov.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I hate (and am terrified) that I understood this reference. That series is horrifying.