No, thisis a partof a decades-longcollaborationthatkeepsnearlytheentireNorthAmericancontinentsafefrom—andbearwithmehere—theexactspeciesofflywe'redropping.
Theyeat a nastybrowngoopmadeofreconstitutedmilk, egg, andpowderedcow's bloodthickenedwithsomecellulose—whichisactuallygoodtoknowbecause I haveallthispowderedcow's bloodinmycabinet, which I boughtforlikeonerecipe, andnow I haveallthisleftoverandnothingtouseitfor—soannoying.
Onceupon a time, techniciansjustthrewcardboardboxesout, butthosedidn't alwaysopenonimpact, whichdefeatedthewholepurpose.
その昔、技術者たちはダンボールを投げ捨てたが、ダンボールは衝撃で開くとは限らない。
Overthecourseof a four-hourflight, theplanewilldrop 2.1 millionfliesoverthisregionofPanama—fliesthatwillwakeupastheyhurtledowntoEarthtoeradicatetheirownspecies—or, as I liketoputit, thescrewwormsscrewwormstoscrewscrewworms.
See, theNewWorldscrewwormhasn't actuallybeeneradicatedfromallofNorthAmerica—Cuba, forexample, stillhasthem, andthey'restillrampantinSouthAmerica.
例えばキューバにはまだいるし、南米ではまだ蔓延している。
So, allthoseexcesswormsfightoutbreakswhentheyhappen—Arubahadonesin 2004 and 2011, andwhentheypoppedupintheFloridaKeysin 2016, theUSDArockedupwith 190 millionflies, releasedthreegenerations, andre-eradicatedthemin a matterofmonths.
Withthatinmind, in 1972, theUSstruckup a dealwithMexico—insteadofhavingtomaintain a 2,000-mileGreatAmericanWormWallattheUS-Mexicoborder, howaboutweeradicateallthewaydowntohere, theisthmusofTejantepec, whichisonly 120 milesacross?
From 1987 to 2006, theyeradicatedthescrewwormfromalltheseplaces, withtheCentralAmericancountrysplittingcostswiththeUSat a ratioof 15 to 85, andtheUSandPanamaendingupwithsharedresponsibilityforstaffingtheborder, andColombiastillhavingtogivemonthlypermissiontoCOPECtodrop a bunchofscrewwormsinthepartofthebufferzonetheycontrol.