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by matthewmcg 2995 days ago
from Indonesia import green_python
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Here in Florida, we have the opposite problem. The pets were released into the wild...

Now in Florida, the pythons import you.

This reminded me of the Cobra effect[1] where in an episode of the Simpsons[2] they introduce snakes to population control, but this causes cascading effects in the ecosystem.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_effect

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_the_Mother

Here is a link to the video clip:

https://youtu.be/f8jlwEPCI5A

Classic global variable problem.