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Bethany Brookshire

Bethany Brookshire is a freelance science journalist whose work has appeared in Science News, the New York Times, the Atlantic, the Washington Post and other outlets. She is the author of Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains.

Humans have come up with a number of wacky methods to keep animals deemed "vermin" in check.

Seven of the Wildest and Weirdest Attempts to Curb Animal Pests

Why use fences or traps, when you can use deadly viruses or lustful snakes?