You may not have heard of dreaded kudzu unless you live in the south eastern United States, but today you'll learn how kudzu is eating the Sout? and what's the only thing capable of knocking it out. Kudzu arrived here from China in 1876, and it's been growing (up to a foot a day!) ever since, devouring telephone poles, tall oak trees, parked automobiles, and even complete homes! Agriculturists and city officials deemed it totally unstoppable as mowing, cutting, and trimming were futile.

The answer? Tallahassee, Florida tried sheep. Three hundred were turned loose in a local park and started gobbling up an acre of kudzu a day, gaining slightly on daily production—and ready to tackle the seven million acres already in existence! Who?d-a thought a bunch of sheep would be the answer. (Bunch of sheep? Herd of sheep. Sure, I've heard of sheep. No, I mean: a sheep herd. I didn't say anything a sheep shouldn't hear! Okay, you win!)