You make what you measure. They measured snakes.
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What do you suppose they should have measured instead? Honestly I'm coming up blank.
Probably could've just employed people, with one of their responsibilities being to manage the cobra population — not tying their pay to how many cobras they killed.
Same thing was said about French colonial forces and the Vietnamese but with rats instead of snakes.
That'd be because it's an anecdotal myth with little/no evidence showing that it actually happened.
Iirc there's no evidence of this actually happening, could be an old folktale for all we know lol
Like all cute stories that justify markets, it's fake lol
I love the colonial britain getting hustled. But how does having increased cobras benefit India?
It did not, that was the point.
Fewer rats I suppose.
Now we’re talking.