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Salting the earth has been used to punish losers of wars. But have invasive species ever been used as a weapon of war or revenge after a war? I do not mean things like plague rats to spread disease, I mean the introduction of animals or plans to play havoc with the local ecosystem.

by /u/JohnnyFiveOhAlive in /r/AskHistorians

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