The Minority Report

Normally I don’t clip Slashdot directly, but the one line that Samzenpus wrote today was worth the clip.

Setup:
Florida, faced with a problem of crocodiles returning to residential neighborhoods after being relocated elsewhere, is trying to solve it by affixing magnets to the crocs’ heads. The theory is the crocodiles use the Earth’s magnetic field for navigation, and the magnets may interfere with that.

Punchline:
So far the magnet program appears to be working, unfortunately the crocs have started to collect huge amounts of take-out menus and child artwork.

That made me spit out my coffee.

Brickwall writes “Florida, faced with a problem of crocodiles returning to residential neighborhoods after being relocated elsewhere, is trying to solve it by affixing magnets to the crocs’ heads. The theory is the crocodiles use the Earth’s magnetic field for navigation, and the magnets may interfere with that. What I’d like to know is, whose job is it to put the magnets on?” So far the magnet program appears to be working, unfortunately the crocs have started to collect huge amounts of take-out menus and child artwork.

Slashdot | Crocodiles With Frickin Magnets Attached to Their Heads

Then I started thinking that we should just wrap their heads in the magnetic tape to save money.