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lordsummerisle

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Sun Feb 24, 2013, 10:33 PM

Feb 2013

controlling the brown tree snake is like being upset about controlling the flu virus.

I also thought that this snake was under control, but I guess not...I was in Guam two years ago and saw some snake traps and a local said that the snakes were less of a problem.

I also wonder why they don't just sterilize a bunch of male snakes and release them into the wild; I suspect it's a lot harder to implement than it sounds though...

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US plan to control Guam's snake population with toxic mice angers Peta [View all] alp227 Feb 2013 OP

This does not sound smart because Drale Feb 2013 #1

Toxic DEAD mice. Archae Feb 2013 #3

O I didn't catch that Drale Feb 2013 #6

I think the birds (and their eggs) might be at risk from living breathing snakes more. cstanleytech Feb 2013 #7

They are. Archae Feb 2013 #8

They've poison them with Tylenol, caseymoz Feb 2013 #21

Doubtful Confusious Feb 2013 #25

Bacteria, and bed bugs, and cockroaches, and rats. caseymoz Feb 2013 #39

Not true. Rodents developed a resistance to rat poison fairly quickly NickB79 Feb 2013 #40

There are no native birds left KamaAina Feb 2013 #47

I didn't think snakes eat dead animals ThomThom Feb 2013 #9

These particular snakes do eat animals... BadtotheboneBob Feb 2013 #10

dead ones? ThomThom Feb 2013 #12

The brown tree snake will eat dead animals. NutmegYankee Feb 2013 #16

thank you for responding ThomThom Feb 2013 #17

Toxic only to the snake Confusious Feb 2013 #24

The mice ARE ALREADY DEAD. DeSwiss Feb 2013 #33

Screw that bunch of wackos! Archae Feb 2013 #2

Peta vs The Audubon Society SCVDem Feb 2013 #4

Brown Tree Snake is BAD NEWS modrepub Feb 2013 #5

The mice will breed so quickly, they'll capsize the island slackmaster Feb 2013 #11

They can't. They're dead. caseymoz Feb 2013 #22

Zombie Mice! nt SCVDem Feb 2013 #26

Uh-oh, this calls for another naked celebrity jello wrestling contest! Scootaloo Feb 2013 #13

These snakes actually learn how to hitchhike into the landing gear of FailureToCommunicate Feb 2013 #14

The Brown Tree was actually the inspiration for the movie "Snakes on a Plane". Xithras Feb 2013 #42

Being upset about lordsummerisle Feb 2013 #15

Sterilizing them is sort of labor intensive. caseymoz Feb 2013 #23

There's always some kind of whacko objection to reasonable solutions. EastKYLiberal Feb 2013 #18

"Brown tree snakes did not ask to be stowaways on planes or ships wtmusic Feb 2013 #19

If people didn't bring invasive animals into a country, this wouldn't be needed. TheBlackAdder Feb 2013 #20

Well, part of that's true.... DeSwiss Feb 2013 #34

On the contrary... Asian Carp are not delicious. There is little US market for them. eom TheBlackAdder Feb 2013 #36

Also, they're not carnivores eating other fish.... DeSwiss Feb 2013 #43

good video, thanks for posting. We have lots of those carp in texas, that food company looks great! Sunlei Feb 2013 #46

Having a fucking fried egg in the morning angers PETA! longship Feb 2013 #27

What do they want Pigs? happyslug Feb 2013 #28

How do the pigs get up in the canopy indie9197 Feb 2013 #32

Tree snakes are NOT 100% Tree living. happyslug Feb 2013 #38

Using pigs with headaches snort Feb 2013 #37

PETA? IrishAyes Feb 2013 #29

PETA: Giving Animal Rights activists a bad name since their inception! Nanjing to Seoul Feb 2013 #30

From USDA website: LeftInTX Feb 2013 #31

PETA is wrong on this issue BlueCollar Feb 2013 #35

fuck PETA BainsBane Feb 2013 #41

PETA is also complaining Mz Pip Feb 2013 #44

Why don't they just mount tiny deadly lasers on the heads of the mice? Tom Ripley Feb 2013 #45

I currently live on Guam... Babette Feb 2013 #48