[wisb] Slightly OT, but still fascinating

From: "Peter A. Fissel" <pfissel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Wisconsin Birding Network <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 08:36:24 -0600

While not relating to Wisconsin birds, this is still pretty fascinating. 
  As many of you are doubtless aware, native birds on islands are 
especially vulnerable to introduced predators.  Guam, in particular, is 
plagued by brown tree snakes, which have decimated the local bird 
populations.  The USDA has come up with an innovative approach to reduce 
the snake population using dead mice packed with, of all things, 
acetaminophen (aka Tylenol), which is lethal in high doses.

Here's a link to a short news story about this (the link may wrap over 
two lines, in which case you may need to copy and paste it into your 
browser search window):

http://www.channel3000.com/news/Deadly-mice-to-rain-down-on-Guam-snakes/-/1648/19119346/-/tiyxtk/-/index.html


Peter Fissel
(wishing he was in in Guam right about now)
Madison WI
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[wisb] Slightly OT, but still fascinating

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