• im_fine_sandy@nord.pubEnglish
    1·
    5分前

    Actually marinas like the one pictured or “canal estates” often create environments that become “infested” with pests and predators. Some of which for example contain bull sharks in plague proportions. Yes sharks live in the ocean but anyone living next to a canal teaming with them would conclude that there is an “investation”.

    Bull sharks are unique in that they can somehow retain salt from ocean / salt / brackish water which allows them to operate in fresh water. They’re also more aggressive than other species, or perhaps just more likely to grab at movement in murky river water.

    I remember watching a documentary suggesting that bull shark attacks might have been the inspiration for the Jaws series, after a spate of attacks in estuaries in the US in the years prior.

    Jeremy Wade on River Monsters TV series also had an episode about them.

  • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
    3·
    51分前

    infest verb in·​fest in-ˈfest infested; infesting; infests Synonyms of infest transitive verb

    1 : to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner shark-infested waters

    2 : to live in or on as a parasite

    • elucubra@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      4·
      44分前

      Oktober-fest;

      1 : to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner buxom-waitress-in traditional-dress infested waters

      2 : to live in or on as a completely smashed parasite

  • RobotToaster@mander.xyzEnglish
    12·
    2時間前

    I’m taking this far too seriously for a meme, but I already looked it up out of curiosity so ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

    To inhabit a place in unpleasantly large numbers; to plague, harass.

    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/infest

    Interestingly (at least to me) it looks like it’s related to "manifest’.

      • gjoel@programming.devEnglish
        4·
        2時間前

        No, sharks rarely infest gated communities. The point was that infestations usually consist of animals that live in the place they are undesired.

        • SnoopSqueak@lemmy.todayEnglish
          3·
          2時間前

          No, the point is that indigenous populations are not infesting their own natural habitats.

          For example, “Native Americans” did not “infest” the United States. White people did.

          • bobo@lemmy.mlEnglish
            1·
            1時間前

            For example, “Native Americans” did not “infest” the United States. White people did.

            Do you imagine the various indigenous populations of Americas popped out of the ground like mushrooms? They’re pretty far from their “natural habitat” in the plains of sub-saharan Africa… Or is that too far back in history and their “natural habitat” is in Siberia and Polynesia?

          • gjoel@programming.devEnglish
            2·
            2時間前

            That’s a different point though. If you have a termite infestation, you might say that they’re invasive to the house and it’s not their natural element. However you might also say that they live there, which is equally true.