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muelltonne@feddit.org to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 4 days ago

Google battling ‘fox infestation’ on roof of £1bn London office

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Google battling ‘fox infestation’ on roof of £1bn London office

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Google battling fox incursion on roof of £1bn London office
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Foxes have ‘begun to dig burrows’ in soil of rooftop garden at the as yet unopened King’s Cross headquarters
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  • pousserapiere@lemmy.world
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    Are those firefoxes?

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      Maybe if Google asks nicely to make Chrome their default browser…

      • pastermil@sh.itjust.works
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        You know Chrome, they would ask, but not nicely.

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    How the hell did they get up there?

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    More foxes everywhere please.

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    Honestly would be nice if they could make it a litte nature reserve, I mean they want bats, butterflies, bees , but not foxes? They are very arguably adorable neighbors

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      They are very arguably adorable neighbors

      They look super cute, definitely. And if you don’t have to sleep near there, they’re probably great.

      But foxes tend to be horrible neighbors at night. They scream like someone is murdering babies.

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        Shouldn’t be a problem for an office building.

        Unless Google intends to Musk it up and “strongly encourage” employees sleep at the office.

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        They scream like someone is murdering babies.

        I’m sure those sociopaths at Google will like that.

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      It says that they found fox droppings, but, then, some years back I remember when they hired a company to have a herd of goats graze their lawn down at the Googleplex, and that has to be worse on that front.

      https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/google-rents-goats-to-mow-the-lawn-11402182/

      Instead of using noisy mowers that run on gasoline and pollute the air, we’ve rented some goats from California Grazing to do the job for us (we’re not “kidding”). A herder brings about 200 goats and they spend roughly a week with us at Google, eating the grass and fertilizing at the same time. The goats are herded with the help of Jen, a border collie. It costs us about the same as mowing, and goats are a lot cuter to watch than lawn mowers.

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        lawn mowers.

        someone’s not hiring hank’s cute mowers. tsk

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    There were foxes living in the lower levels of the Shard before it fully opened up. Wouldn’t be surprised if they’re still there on unlet floors.

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    @30p87@feddit.org 🤨

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      :3

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    So nice, cutie pies

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    Well I mean if they’d stop having Fox “news” blasting in the break rooms…

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