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

[curtis]

http://www.guampdn.com/story/news/2017/07/30/drug-laced-mice-used-combat-brown-tree-snake/507382001/

[Udik]

Of course I went to the article thinking of snake-slaying mice made ferocious by some psychoactive drug. Disappointed.

[metaphor]

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/...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariana_fruit_dove

[mhb]

How do the snakes cause power outages?

[chillwaves → mhb]

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