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c/[email protected]English • 2 years ago

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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c/[email protected]English • 2 years ago

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That would be COLIMA, not Coloma.

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