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pegothejerk t1_iu50ghg wrote

FYI: until a vector of spread is discovered, all those in suspected affected regions or near them should take down all bird feeding stations, empty bird baths and cease all feeding activities at home and public to avoid encouraging birds to gather and spread it more.

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Zerole00 t1_iu5m3r9 wrote

We should release snakes that eat these birds and if the snakes get out of control I have a mongoose guy I can recommend

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scipio818 t1_iu69xzi wrote

And the beauty is, when winter time comes around they'll freeze to death. Solving the issue once and for all.

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little_gnora t1_iu6tnp2 wrote

Not with global warming! 🫠

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oki-ra t1_iu7i05a wrote

Like my daddy puts in his drink every morning. Then he gets mad.

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Amrak4tsoper t1_iu7gsc6 wrote

Dude where have you been it got rebranded to Climate Change ages ago. So any type of weather can count for it

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PuellaBona t1_iu7pazh wrote

But he's not wrong.

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WhyHulud t1_iu6krnc wrote

What do we do when the mongeese get out of hand

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OlyScott t1_iu6tbhq wrote

They have that problem in Hawaii. They haven't solved it.

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zer1223 t1_iu7ejrv wrote

What eats those? Wolverines?

Release a bunch of wolverines

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Niicks t1_iu9fbup wrote

A bunch of clones of a hunky Australian actor wandering around fighting mongoose? Sign me up!

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Emperorboosh t1_iu7ajba wrote

Bring in chimps to attack them

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Cetun t1_iu7efxq wrote

Alternative beginning to Escape from the Planet of the Apes

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Robbotlove t1_iu52z95 wrote

I dunno man. between climate change destruction, the ever wider and wider wealth disparity between the ruling corporate class and the rest of us and this zombie bird virus, I think maybe we'd have a better chance of survival with a zombie apocalypse.

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pegothejerk t1_iu53h1t wrote

Nature doesn't have any rules about only having one disaster at a time

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frankensteinisswell t1_iu5fs5e wrote

That is so bleak and so accurate

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ButterflyAttack t1_iu5o1f4 wrote

In fact, they tend to cascade. Environmental damage, drought or flood, reduced crop yields, famine, war, plague. Usually in that order but sometimes they get mixed up, and sometimes you get a bonus natural disaster.

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OhGawDuhhh t1_iu65sw2 wrote

Good thing human brains are soooooo great at understanding compounding effects

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LewisEFurr t1_iu54ayd wrote

ha, imagine being in a zombie survival situation with 10 people and 4 of them think zombies are a fake liberal conspiracy.

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Stephanreggae t1_iu54iss wrote

And 3 of them are trying to figure out how they can capitalize on undead workers.

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Rich_Hedberg t1_iu58aek wrote

"It's perfect Charles, they eat anything. They don't think for themselves. There's no way they'll unionize. You need to stop looking at this as an apocalypse and start looking at it as a business opportunity. You're never going to get Senior Director with that attitude."

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TheShadowKick t1_iu6aejk wrote

Getting some real RE: Your Brains vibes here.

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Clip_Clops t1_iu8vul9 wrote

You never had the head for all that, bigger picture stuff.

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Beard_o_Bees t1_iu59vgv wrote

Pay them under the table with brains, while also loudly complaining about how the place is being overrun with zombies.

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Skellum t1_iu5o2sv wrote

> Pay them

Remember you have to compete with nations with slave labor, so if you even have to pay the zombies it's not worth it.

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Idaho_Brotato t1_iu5a77w wrote

I'd probably be OK with that since we are living in their shelter, eating their food and using their weapons.

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foxrun89 t1_iu5inh9 wrote

I think a zombie apocalypse would be far more enjoyable than the one we got now.

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70ms t1_iu5fm9u wrote

I've been playing a lot of DayZ lately to prepare.

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t4ct1c4l_j0k3r t1_iu55jig wrote

That won't work and here is why. Birds are flock feeders regardless of where the food/water is. What attracts one, attracts all.

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UncannyTarotSpread t1_iu567da wrote

It will help by reducing cross species exposure to infected birds and fecal matter

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pegothejerk t1_iu5828x wrote

It does work and is suggested by experts every time this happens with other bird pathogens of concern.

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t4ct1c4l_j0k3r t1_iu5d4zb wrote

In an environment where a species is contained (ex: poultry farm), segregation of species is possible. In the wild, all bets are off. If one bird sees another feeding, it will approach, and another, and so forth. Same with water.

Now if you keep domesticated pigeons and you also set out food/water for your flock and wild birds to intermingle, it's a bit different. It seems that this is the only place where this could have an impact on spread, but only for each flock in question.

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pegothejerk t1_iu5e25x wrote

The advice is to not add to the free roaming bird population yet another social space to gather, as birds by nature stay in fairly isolated groups, but will co-mingle outside their flocks with even other species when food sources are extraordinary rich compared to those they’re used to otherwise in more natural settings. This isn’t a new idea, it’s well established and accepted by experts. Don’t add to the problem. Birds don’t just go around greeting every bird in their city/state.

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