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2006-12-24 -Short Attention Span Theater-

EU requires Germany to Introduce Hamsters into Wild

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Posted by Steve White 2006-12-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Willingly release docked rats into the wild to collapse exactly what part of the existing food chain that is thriving without them? Yes, I know that rodents are an important part of raptor and small carnivorous mammal diets, but was this thought through with anything resembling some sort of thoroughness? Look at what ~~the EU did to Europe~~ rabbits did to Australia.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-12-24 00:18|| 2006-12-24 00:18|| Front Page Top

#2 "Da-yum, they're just like rats. In fact they are rats!"

Is no rat, Mister Fawlty. Is filigree Siberian hamster.

Posted by Manuel 2006-12-24 00:31|| 2006-12-24 00:31|| Front Page Top

#3 May not have as bad consequences as reintroducing moose-limbs to Andalusia.

Posted by twobyfour 2006-12-24 03:17|| 2006-12-24 03:17|| Front Page Top

#4 funny inline and pic,

Are we there yet?

No way, we're not here yet!

Posted by RD 2006-12-24 04:52|| 2006-12-24 04:52|| Front Page Top

#5 What kind of rodents go extinct?

Posted by john 2006-12-24 08:20|| 2006-12-24 08:20|| Front Page Top

#6 Ima slightly offended. In my college days, our fraternity team was the Rodents, and we made a lot of money selling all manner of t-shirts and shorts with our name on them - in fact, Rodentia sales paid for a lot of my textbooks

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-12-24 08:51|| 2006-12-24 08:51|| Front Page Top

#7 "The hamster population is one indicator of a countryside's health, according to Rudolf Scholz, head of the local Forest Protection Service."

Another indicator is GDP.

Posted by Mark E. 2006-12-24 09:37|| 2006-12-24 09:37|| Front Page Top

#8 Yum yum, the Feral Cats Committee* wishes to thank the Brussels bureaucrats who came up with this brilliant idea.
* soon to be known as the Fat Cats of Germany

Posted by GK 2006-12-24 12:35|| 2006-12-24 12:35|| Front Page Top

#9 Another indicator of what PC politicians do with their time. While the world walks the plank about to plunge into WW3, PC EU crats get touchy over fuzzy pets.
Advanced lunacy.
If Jesus was reborn in Europe, could he shoot his way out in time to make a difference ?

Posted by wxjames 2006-12-24 16:11|| 2006-12-24 16:11|| Front Page Top

#10 "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries"

-- French Knight (Monty Python and the Holy Grail)

Posted by DMFD 2006-12-24 16:14|| 2006-12-24 16:14|| Front Page Top

#11 They should be able to defend themselves against predators.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2006-12-24 20:15|| 2006-12-24 20:15|| Front Page Top

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