can you say disaster waiting to happen?

[Steve Nguyen]

check out what the Aussie big brothers plan to do.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/200609...irustokillcarp

Steve

[Rich L]

Well controlled research is a good thing but killer bees in the Southwest are an example of what can happen. And if global warming continues, we can expect them in N. Calif before long.

We already have bull frogs devistating our native frog population and The garden snails we live with were imported from Italy by folks who were used to growing them at home for food.

Then again, look at what happened to the native population when we imported Europeans.

[junglegeorge12]

Well, imho, releasing a virus we know little about, have no known cure for, and cannot control to minimize species reproduction is not a real smart way to go about it.
A- We do not know if khv can mutate and kill other species given the right environment.
B- Do they want to kill all carp and goldfish?
C- What about bluegill, sunfish, and other similar species?
D- What if it mutates and starts killing all types of things?

It's more than a little wreckless imho, and may just be a PR release to try to influence US legislators to lighten up by framing an uncontrollable virus, capable of wiping out entire species and populations in weeks, in a 'positive' light.

Kind of like 'Hey, AIDS isn't that bad. Look, some crazy doctors in Africa are considering using it as a form of populaiton control.' Hence, don't worry about AIDs, it's not that bad of a thing is the underlying message.....interesting how this pops out right during a legislation effort for the US.

[Kohaku]

That "rabbit of the river" moniker is new to me.