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Drug-laced mice to be used to combat brown tree snake

• metaphor 9y ago
  Apparently nothing new[1]. Too bad Guam will never see this beautiful bird[2] in the wild pretty much ever thanks to this snake. I suspect drops will be constrained to military facilities on the island. [1] http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/02/22/172695707/dead-mice-are-going-to-be-dropped-on-guam-from-helicopters-really http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/02/22/172695707/... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariana_fruit_dove https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariana_fruit_dove
• Udik 9y ago
  Of course I went to the article thinking of snake-slaying mice made ferocious by some psychoactive drug. Disappointed.
• mhb 9y ago
  How do the snakes cause power outages?
  • chillwaves 9y ago
    They die on power lines. The snakes are rather large. > The longest recorded length of this species is one found on Guam measuring three metres (9.8 feet) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_tree_snake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_tree_snake