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There was also an interesting link about why we should consider eating invasive (non-native) species. Personally I think the Canadian Geese around Oracle HQ in Redwood City could use a good thinning.

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Canada Geese just about anywhere could use a good thinning.

In the Chicago area, there are two populations of Canada Goose, one migratory. There was a concern that their population was going to grow substantially, but it was discovered that it had flattened out.

Someone then discovered that the growing population of coyotes in the area were going after the eggs, and the population as a result has stablized.

I think Oracle HQ could use a good "thinning" itself.

I think the word you look for is "tanning". [Not as in sunburnt.]

+1 our office is across from Oracle, those Geese are annoying.

Personally I think the Canadian Geese around Oracle HQ in Redwood City could use a good thinning.

- Why? You don't like animals chilling out in a protected area.

No, because they cause economic harm. Both in damage to aircraft coming into and out of San Mateo airport, damage to cars which are involved in goose related accidents, damage to property in the form of plant destruction and defecation. Without natural predators they have become a nuisance.

Much like kangaroos in rural Australia. With fewer predators and enormous amounts of native bushland cleared for farming, they have multiplied to the point that they've become a pest.

Fortunately, the meat is pretty tasty.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangaroo_meat

I tried kangaroo in Switzerland the last time I visited EPFL; the cafeterias there serve all sorts of weird stuff, like horse...

I didn't like it, it tasted a lot like rabbit to me, and sourness in a meat is just weird to me.

> I didn't like it, it tasted a lot like rabbit to me, and sourness in a meat is just weird to me.

Odd. I have had both Rabbit and Kangaroo. Both were lean flavorful, the Kangaroo more close to a lean beef than anything. But I wouldn't associate "sour" with both meats. Could you have sampled a bad batch?

I too wouldn't use the word sour, though I will say kangaroo is definitely gamey compared to beef, and somewhat of an acquired taste. It's not a meat I would choose to eat without accompaniments.

(Whereas a tender sous vide steak of beef can be utterly scrumptious on its own, even unseasoned.)

I'm not used to rabbit or roo, and how I characterize the taste is probably not very sophisticated. I thought it felt sour, but there were lots of other tastes going on that I wasn't able to process very well, and...I'm very familiar with east, south, southeast asian food...Europe is just weird to me in comparison.

All sorts of weird stuff, like horse:

If you can get your hands on that sort of things, I really recommend trying

- a steak from a horse

- sausages, barbecued (hey, I'm German. Let's play the stereotype card) => Bratwurst

- as pointed out elsewhere in this thread: Sauerbraten (although that's somewhat 'special'. I'd say everyone eating meat should try the first two, the last one is really weird and a dish that is both savory and sweet)

Like sibling poster I encourage you to try horse. If you ever end up in Parma (Italy) or surroundings try pesto di cavallo, which raw minced horse meat, not unlike a steak tartare.

I also didn't like Kangaroo, it tasted like dry. Perhaps the stuff we get in the USA is fresh.

Might've been cooked too long. Best quickly seared and then rested.

You mean San Carlos airport? (ICAO identifier "KSQL", I kid you not)

Yes, my mistake. Has the Hiller Air museum there, which is awesome btw.

Apparently the SQL airport had its code decades prior to Oracle moving in next door. Co-incidence? All I know is the Oracle buildings are just barely outside the flight path, and every time I land on Rwy 12 I feel like I have to maneuver around them. We're supposed to avoid flying directly overhead, but they're directly where the base leg is supposed to be!

Yeah, the instructions are a bit tricky, especially since SFO Class B (to the floor) is just up ahead as well, an invisible wall you better not run into. Friendly controllers, though, in my experience :-)

And yet, this could be turned to another point of view: that human activity has caused environmental harm, with too many dangerous and polluting aircraft and cars, an airport in the birds' natural habitat, and the destruction of natural predators, with all the accompanying ecological side-effects...

And your proposed solution would be what? A thinning of the human population?

I think most people would prefer the OP's proposal.

I don't know. The OP's proposal is rather less modest.

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