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Stu | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Which was the country that rewarded people for catching and handing in snakes? The one where people started breeding snakes to get the reward.
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S!ayer | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Florida
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Stu | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 It was the Cobra Effect in India that I was thinking of.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perverse_incentive