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TIL that instead of using pesticides, the Mexican state of Coloma releases billions of sterile fruit flies who then outcompete the fertile ones for mates.

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TIL that instead of using pesticides, the Mexican state of Coloma releases billions of sterile fruit flies who then outcompete the fertile ones for mates.

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niktemadur@lemmy.world
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That would be COLIMA, not Coloma.
I eat wordsA
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nice thinking, TRIZ like.
essell@beehaw.org
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I imagine you’d need to recapture them afterwards to breed more?
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  I’m not sure you understand what “sterile” means.

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