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美国有线电视新闻网已经跳上了科学的资金狐狸式的抨击行列. 记者艾琳·伯内特 “报告” 关于联邦资助 $5.7 亿美元，以帮助抗击入侵布朗Marmorated蝽 (Halyomorpha蛇毒). 伯内特的嘲讽是远远不够厚打入荒谬的SNL水平, but she seems genuine in her distain for this story. It’s clear that in her mind the $5.7mil has been wasted on methods to keep these bugs away from overly sensitive suburbanites and out of your hair. A quick Google search for this insect yields a very informative page from PennState as result #1, and it even has great images of the damage these bugs can cause to crops. Back in reality, it is not surprising that the government would fund research on a potentially critical new invasive species, one that has already proven to be highly destructive to some of our nations most important (和有利可图) crops.