Google battling ‘fox infestation’ on roof of £1bn London office
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Soil is quite heavy. So a rooftop garden may require a reinforced building structure, which require extra resources. And insects and animals may try to settle on your rooftop garden. This kind of architecte look nice but often is a bad idea.
Put solar panels on rooftops, and create a garden on an empty lot. Not the other way around.
Are those firefoxes?
Maybe if Google asks nicely to make Chrome their default browser...
You know Chrome, they would ask, but not nicely.
How the hell did they get up there?
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
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.
Shouldn't be a problem for an office building.
Unless Google intends to Musk it up and "strongly encourage" employees sleep at the office.
I'm sure those sociopaths at Google will like that.
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/
someone's not hiring hank's cute mowers. tsk
More foxes everywhere please.
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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.
Well I mean if they'd stop having Fox "news" blasting in the break rooms...