Parachuting Mice to Battle Invasive Snakes in Guam

treehugger.com 10 May '12, 4am

Parachuting Mice to Battle Invasive Snakes in Guam

60 years after they found their way to the shores of Guam, brown tree snakes have become the island's most pervasive invasive species. Now believed to number in the millions, the unwelcome serpents have decimated the region's wildlife, slithering without having to worry about any natural predator. Faced with this unchecked threat, experts have teamed up with an unlikely ally in the battle against snakes -- scores of parachuting mice laced with a lethal payload. Authorities from the US Geological Survey believe that the snakes first arrived to Guam, a US territory in the west Pacific, hitching a ride by boat or plane during World War II. Since then, the snakes have proliferated on an unimaginable scale by feasting on the island's native bird species, and their population growth left unchecked shows no signs of slowing. Wikipedia /CC BY 2.0 As conventional methods of control...

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@CleanSciWI » 16 May '12, 1pm
Parachuting mice using Tylenol to battle Invasive snakes? Awesome. [link] via @TreeHugger
@kirstyincardiff » 14 May '12, 12pm
Not sure I like the idea of throwing mice out of a helicopter, even if they do have parachutes: [link]
@crabtreemike » 11 May '12, 7pm
I cannot believe this is someone's rational thought: [link] Parachuting poison-laced mice! via @TreeHugger
@AudraMayPhoto » 11 May '12, 4pm
@TheBloggess, this seems right up your alley Parachuting Mice to Battle Invasive Snakes in Guam [link]
@janetgranger » 11 May '12, 12am
RT @dkstorm07: RT @nature_org: Amazing. Weird. Can parachuting mice save the island of Guam? (@Treehugger) [link] #greennews
@BratatiLynn » 10 May '12, 11pm
“@TreeHugger: Parachuting Mice to Battle Invasive Snakes in Guam [link]” I <3 Guam #ecodiasterland
@mppsweeney » 10 May '12, 10pm
Desperate move to save Guam from millions of snakes: poisoned mice in parachutes. [link] via @TreeHugger
@TMcDonough1973 » 10 May '12, 10pm
This is a great headline = Parachuting Mice to Battle Invasive Snakes in Guam [link] @TreeHugger
@txchnologist » 10 May '12, 9pm
Sounds like a (dark) Disney movie: Parachuting Mice Fight Invasive Snakes [link]
@EcoEvolution » 10 May '12, 9pm
Guam Enlists Parachuting Mice To Control Snake Population [link]
@SoyEcoista » 10 May '12, 8pm
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@frdelrosario » 10 May '12, 7pm
Clearly the wrong recruits. They need flying squirrels. "Parachuting Mice to Battle Invasive Snakes in Guam: [link]"
@meg_wagner » 10 May '12, 6pm
Headline of the day. RT @TreeHugger: Parachuting Mice to Battle Invasive Snakes in Guam [link]
@ekarlehav » 10 May '12, 6pm
Well, what do you know :) RT @RayBeckerman: Parachuting Mice Battle Invasive Snakes ~ #TH_RSS [link] [link]
@sharklore » 10 May '12, 5pm
"@TreeHugger: Parachuting Mice to Battle Invasive Snakes in Guam [link]" Awesome headline, thank you!
@Hlth_Literacy » 10 May '12, 5pm
Parachuting Mice Laced w a Lethal Payload to Battle Invasive Brown Tree Snakes in Guam [link] MT @TreeHugger
@aSnakesLife » 10 May '12, 5pm
Parachuting Mice to Battle Invasive <b>Snakes</b> in Guam : TreeHugger [link]
@ComicsKyle » 10 May '12, 4pm
RT @nature_org: Like we said, amazing. Funny. Weird. Can parachuting mice save the island of Guam? (@Treehugger) [link] #greennews
@nature_org » 10 May '12, 4pm
Like we said, amazing. Funny. Weird. Can parachuting mice save the island of Guam? (@Treehugger) [link] #greennews
@maryesch » 10 May '12, 3pm
Poison mice parachute in to kill invasive bird-eating snakes. Oddly, the photo is a hamster. [link]
@PoliticalBee » 10 May '12, 3pm
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@Luke_Wanderer » 10 May '12, 3pm
Huh! MT @TreeHugger: Parachuting Mice to Battle Invasive Snakes in Guam [link]
@recoverbrands » 10 May '12, 2pm
This has bad news written all over it, except of course for getting to see loads of mice parachuting @TreeHugger [link]
@michellethelaw » 10 May '12, 2pm
“@TreeHugger: Parachuting Mice to Battle Invasive Snakes in Guam [link]” Whatttt?!
@winehiker » 10 May '12, 2pm
RT @TreeHugger: Parachuting Mice to Battle Invasive Snakes in Guam [link] << So crazy, it just might work.
@maritereh » 10 May '12, 2pm
Parachuting Mice: Guam's only hope [link]
@SilvanaDenicolo » 10 May '12, 2pm
Parachuting Mice to Battle Invasive Snakes sounds a bit like #OCCUPY ! [link] via @TreeHugger @OccupyWallSt
@emperor_damo » 10 May '12, 1pm
RT @wolvesdenfarm: Parachuting Mice to Battle Invasive Snakes in Guam [link] Hmmmm!! #ISF #Together
@wolvesdenfarm » 10 May '12, 12pm
Parachuting Mice to Battle Invasive Snakes in Guam [link] Hmmmm!! #ISF #Together
@more_49 » 10 May '12, 11am
RT @pepelynx: Ratones paracaidistas (envenenados) en la guerra contra las serpientes invasoras. Y no es SciFi [link] Vía @TapasDeCiencia
@RAVON » 10 May '12, 11am
Het lijkt wel een 1 april grap! Slangen bestrijden door muizen met paracetamol in parachutejes uit helikopters te... [link]
@lopezandrino » 10 May '12, 10am
Las autoridades de Guam lanzarán ratones rociados con paracetamol en paracaídas para acabar con una serpiente invasora. [link]
@Guille_mp88 » 10 May '12, 10am
Ahora se tiran ratones en paracaídas para acabar con las plagas de serpientes #guam [link]
@pepelynx » 10 May '12, 10am
Ratones paracaidistas (envenenados) en la guerra contra las serpientes invasoras. Y no es SciFi [link] Vía @TapasDeCiencia
@TapasDeCiencia » 10 May '12, 10am
Las autoridades de Guam lanzarán ratones rociados con veneno en paracaídas para acabar con una serpiente invasora. [link]
@petescott » 10 May '12, 10am
Parachuting Mice into Guam to battle the invading brown tree snakes seems cute until you here they are laced in poison… [link]
@hallsofjustice » 10 May '12, 9am
This is a real news story: Parachuting Mice Carrying Poison to Battle Invasive Snakes in Guam [link]
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