To offset a booming pelican population, Idaho's Department of Fish and Game announced plans on Wednesday to release skunks and badgers in their territory. But experiments in controlling animal and plant populations by natural means don’t always go so well. VIEW OUR GALLERY of humankind’s best and worst attempts to control pests with predators.
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Badger v. Pelican
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Bird v. Mongoose
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Cane Toad v. Cane Beetle
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Stoat v. Rabbit
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Camel v. Tamarisk
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Eurytoma Wasp v. Erythrina Gall Wasp
David Cappaert, Michigan State University / Bugwood.org; Paul E. Skelley, FDACS-DPI-Florida State Collection of Arthropods / Bugwood.org
Flea Beetle v. Alligator Weed
Vedalia Beetle v. the Cottony Cushion Scale
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