Life imitates The Simpsons

La vida es una delicia cuando los problemas son resueltos por los planificadores centralizados.

In a bizarre attempt to outwit Mother Nature, city officials introduced beady-eyed opossums in Brooklyn years ago to scarf down rats running amok in the borough, according to local officials.

Surprise: Operation opossum didn't work.

Not only do wily rats continue to thrive, but the opossums have become their own epidemic, with bands of the conniving creatures sauntering through yards, plundering garbage cans and noshing on fruit trees.

[...] The opossums were set free in local parks and underneath the Coney Island boardwalk, with the theory being they would die off once the rats were gobbled up, said Councilman Domenic Recchia (D-Brooklyn). Instead, the critters have been populating, spreading to Park Slope and Manhattan. [...]

Por supuesto, esto trae a la mente el capítulo de los Simpson donde Bart es la madre sustituta de dos lagartijas arbóreas bolivianas :

SKINNER : Well, I was wrong. The lizards are a godsend.

LISA : But isn't that a bit short-sighted? What happens when we're overrun by lizards?

SKINNER : No problem. We simply unleash wave after wave of Chinese needle snakes. They'll wipe out the lizards.

LISA : But aren't the snakes even worse?

SKINNER : Yes, but we're prepared for that. We've lined up a fabulous type of gorilla that thrives on snake meat.

LISA : But then we're stuck with gorillas!

SKINNER : No, that's the beautiful part. When wintertime rolls around, the gorillas simply freeze to death.