So, apparently, panda bears have been officially thrown under the bus

[UTUSN]

We're told: "Let Them Go"

* They ain't got a sex drive.

* They eat bamboo that's gone.

* Their cuteness doesn't justify existence.

[pscot]

1. When our turn comes

we'll have to throw ourselves under the bus. Unless the microbes rise up and do it.

[hlthe2b]

3. the cockroaches will do so--(including those cockroaches among us so happy to sacrifice the earth)..

[nolabear]

2. Yes, let's just strangle that canary and keep on minin'!

Bamboo that's gone my ass. Bamboo grows like, well, bamboo. And if existence has to be justified, humanity is scrod.

[pscot]

4. In the inimitable words of Miley Cyrus

We just can't stop.

[Chan790]

5. Really on the bamboo.

Have you ever had to get rid of bamboo? Chop it off, it grows back overnight. So you chop it off and burn the ends, it grows back overnight. You try to split the roots, so now it's spreading. You try to remove the roots, you can't get all of them and now it's really spreading. You salt the roots, it grows faster! You relent and do what you really didn't want to do and resort to herbicide, you wake up to discover it has taken over your backyard, invaded your bedroom and written you a note:

Dear Chan, you think you can defeat us? F**k you. We beat Agent Orange and napalm...it's in our sap. What makes you think industrial-grade herbicides are going to touch us? -Bamboo, we are legion.

How bamboo has not taken over the entire Earth as an invasive species is beyond me.

[Generic Brad]

6. The kudzu chokes it out.

[nolabear]

7. Lol!! Amen to that.

[Scuba]

9. So sadly true.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

10. Funny that, they both are from the east ...

[nolabear]

8. He'll yes. In wildlife rehab we had a big patch.

We made EVERYTHING from that shit. Lined raptor cages so they wouldn't fly into the wire, cage carriers, substitute bars for the little guys, had furniture making contests. Never made a dent in that patch.