Our remise ride from the airport to our B&B was the most amusing yet.
We got quite the lesson, including about how the beaver was brought to Ushuaia to create a fur industry. The problem was that there is no natural predator for the beaver, so it ended up destroying forests. Even more crazy is that it has mutated, where they are about 1 meter head to tail and I'm guessing twice as large (45 kgs-ish).
Even worse, with this mutation the beaver's fur became no good to use as pelts.
The beaver wasn't the only animal brought over, as the rabbit was brought for the British. Well you know rabbits and their population also exploded and ate the food that the sheep ate.
The solution? Import some foxes from Patagonia (just north) to eat them.
The problem? They didn't like the rabbits. Instead they choose to eat the local birds.
That's what happens when you play with nature.
A solution
Our remise had the most hilarious solution for Ushuaia's animal problems.
Import Chinese! They eat anything, so they will help control the out-of-control animals.
The problem? Well, just take a look at China :)
Best just stop with the foxes.
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