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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday May 08 2019, @12:56PM   Printer-friendly
from the do-they-get-to-run-the-siren? dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

California firefighters are enlisting help from some unusual allies to prevent more deadly wildfires from ripping across the state -- goats.

The Ventura County Fire Department is releasing hundreds of goats next week north of Los Angeles to eat dead brush that could become fuel for a fires.

"They'll eat until we like the way the landscape looks, and then we move them to another area," Captain Ken VanWig, who oversees the department's vegetation management program, said in an interview. "They're very effective."

-- submitted from IRC


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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 08 2019, @01:07PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 08 2019, @01:07PM (#840742)

    I thought beavers were nature's engineers.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 08 2019, @01:45PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 08 2019, @01:45PM (#840754)

    They are ecologists who use engineering skills to achieve their goals. The beavers are currently trying to turn the arctic full blue water and green land by the end of the decade. https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/invading-beavers-turn-tundra-to-ponds/ [scientificamerican.com]

  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday May 08 2019, @02:22PM (1 child)

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday May 08 2019, @02:22PM (#840774) Journal

    > I thought beavers were nature's engineers.

    Can they design and build a big rocket before SLS ever launches?

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    People today are educated enough to repeat what they are taught but not to question what they are taught.
    • (Score: 3, Touché) by bob_super on Wednesday May 08 2019, @05:58PM

      by bob_super (1357) on Wednesday May 08 2019, @05:58PM (#840913)

      They certainly can build just about anything before SLS launches 3 times.
      Anything can be achieved long before SLS launches 3 times, including fusion power plants, sanity in US politics, peace on Earth, and getting my boss to stop screwing up schedules.

  • (Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Wednesday May 08 2019, @10:04PM

    by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Wednesday May 08 2019, @10:04PM (#841035)

    I thought beavers were.....

    Oh, hang on, never mind.