15. A Harebrained Plan With Literal Hares
Hindsight is, of course, 20-20. Still, in hindsight, few ideas have been as harebrained as that of the British introducing hares and rabbits to Australia, and deliberately releasing them into the wild to breed like, well… rabbits and hares.
Looking back at it today, knowing what we know now about the harmful effects of messing with local environments and ecologies, it seems incredible that the British deliberately released breeding rabbits into the Australian Outback. Equally or even more incredible is the train of logic that got them there: as a food source, which was shortsighted but understandable, and as prey to hunt for fun, which was nuts.