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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/timoleo on 2025-03-10 00:17:07+00:00.

Original Title: TIL about the Cobra effect, referring to a time in the British Raj when people were offered a bounty for every dead cobra. Soon, ppl started breeding cobras for a reward which in turn forced the government to stop the rewards. In response, people released their captive cobras into the wild.