TIL the "cobra effect". The British government once concerned about the number of venomous cobras in Delhi, offered a bounty for every dead cobra. Large numbers of snakes were killed, but people began to breed cobras for the income, eventually increasing its population

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TIL the "cobra effect". The British government once concerned about the number of venomous cobras in Delhi, offered a bounty for every dead cobra. Large numbers of snakes were killed, but people began to breed cobras for the income, eventually increasing its population

TIL the "cobra effect". The British government once concerned about the number of venomous cobras in Delhi, offered a bounty for every dead cobra. Large numbers of snakes were killed, but people began to breed cobras for the income, eventually increasing its population https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perverse_incentive#The_original_cobra_effecthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perverse_incentive#The_original_cobra_effect Logan_Mac January 30, 2023 at 02:36AM

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TIL the "cobra effect". The British government once concerned about the number of venomous cobras in Delhi, offered a bounty for every dead cobra. Large numbers of snakes were killed, but people began to breed cobras for the income, eventually increasing its population

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