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LeftInTX

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31. From USDA website:

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Mon Feb 25, 2013, 01:53 AM

Feb 2013

The brown tree snake has caused extensive economic and ecological damage to Guam. It is responsible for numerous power outages across the island each year.

The brown tree snake is an opportunistic feeder and has caused the extirpation or extinction of most of Guam’s native forest birds and lizards.

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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