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IF A TACAN IS OUT OF SVC, DOES THAT MEAN ITS A TACANT
Area: Los Angeles, CA, USA
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![Meme image designed like a species fact placard you'd find at a zoo:
North American Fiber-Seeking Backhoe (Backhoe fili-comedens)
AKA "Big Yellow Fiber Finder", "That $%#@*&^"
Continent: North America
Habitat: Mostly urban, occasionally sighted in suburbs or rural areas
Diet: Fiber optic cables primarily, although it will consume other cables such as power lines when hungry
Weight: 5800 – 11000 kg (approximately. 13000 – 25000 lbs)
Know for its inexhaustible appetite for buried fiber optic cables, this invasive species has multiplied across North America in recent years, A relative, the European Fiber-Seeking Backhoe, has also emerged across the Atlantic, although it has evolved to be smaller than the North American variety due to smaller European roadways. Scientists are still seeking a means to reduce the multiplication of this species; since current regulatory methods are proving ineffective, limited hunting permits are being proposed.
IUCN Status: Too #$%& Many [added to the scale before "Not Threatened"]
[A picture of a large backhoe and a map of North America, almost entirely shaded-in, occupy the left side of the image.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lipibketabuzbaenbbmv43fc/bafkreigkm4yhpnklnk6klzrijzfcaqx3jd4hqe2uzi5nql7hn6uz5yqfcm)