# What's an environmentalist to do?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-an-environmentalist-to-do/213114>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 13, 2003, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-an-environmentalist-to-do/213114 "2003-11-13T22:08:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![patchbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dc4da7/32.png) [@patchbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/patchbunny)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-an-environmentalist-to-do/213114/1 "2003-11-13T22:08:42Z")

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The question has finally reared its ugly head: [What do you do when you see an endangered bird eating an endangered fish?](http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/11/13/germany.bird.fish.reut/index.html)

Can’t help but giggle at this. 😃

–Patch

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-an-environmentalist-to-do/213114/2 "2003-11-13T23:17:47Z")

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**Definitions**

Developer: Someone who wants to build a house in the forest.

Environmentalist: Someone who already _has_ a house in the forest.

😃

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**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-an-environmentalist-to-do/213114/3 "2003-11-14T04:03:36Z")

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Solution: Kill both of the dang species.

There, solved that problem.

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**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-an-environmentalist-to-do/213114/4 "2003-11-14T04:44:23Z")

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No, the correct answer is:

**Hug A Tree**

There, now don’t you feel better?

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**Author:** ![Rhum\_Runner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rhum\_Runner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhum_Runner)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-an-environmentalist-to-do/213114/5 "2003-11-14T06:15:19Z")

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If these are the same cormorants that we have on the US East coast, then kill the birds, I say. The fish look to be the rarer of the species. Without a doubt the EU will spend 1B euros investigating this, and determine that the only solution is to reduce Germany’s alotment of asprin.