Saturday, February 23, 2013

Daily News: Odd News - To prevent snakes on a plane, Guam to airdrop poisoned mice

Friday, Feb 22, 2013 10:27 PM PST
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To prevent snakes on a plane, Guam to airdrop poisoned mice 
Friday, Feb 22, 2013 10:27 PM PST
 In this photo taken on Feb. 5, 2013, a U.S. military service member holds a Brown Tree Snake kept in captivity on Andersen Air Force Base on the island of Guam. The U.S. government is planning to drop toxic mice from helicopters to battle the snakes, an invasive species that has decimated Guam's native bird population and could cause billions of dollars of damage if allowed to spread to Hawaii. (AP Photo/Eric Talmadge)(Reuters) - Declaring war against invasive brown tree snakes infesting the Pacific U.S. territory of Guam, wildlife officials plan this spring to bomb the island with dead baby mice stuffed with a common pain-killing medicine that is poisonous to the reptiles. Brown tree snakes, believed to have been inadvertently carried to Guam around the end of World War Two aboard U.S. military vessels, have become major pests blamed for wiping out native bird populations on the island. ...
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