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thenry

23-02-2013 01:03

Guam To Be 'Bombed' With Poison Mice

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Snake Island To Be 'Bombed' With Poison Mice

Guam will be laced with poison mice carcasses to kill snakes that have been biting islanders and knocking out power lines.

http://news.sky.com/story/1055575/sn...th-poison-mice

:shocked:

Damien

23-02-2013 01:10

Re: Guam To Be 'Bombed' With Poison Mice

When will people learn. Snakes are evil. All the cool animals such as Tigers and Pandas are at risk of going extinct but the snakes somehow survive. There is no justice in this world.

Maggy

23-02-2013 01:38

Re: Guam To Be 'Bombed' With Poison Mice

So only cute furry things deserve to survive?:rolleyes:

I personally view all creatures deserving of our care and concern..they all fit together to make the ecology of the planet work so well. We need snakes and cockroaches,wasps and ants.See what happens when all the bees die.

Tezcatlipoca

23-02-2013 02:45

Re: Guam To Be 'Bombed' With Poison Mice

They should have used snake-eating gorillas. Then, when wintertime rolls around, the gorillas simply freeze to death ;)

Hugh	23-02-2013 09:56

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From the OP link

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Mr Vice said the goal was not to eradicate the snakes, but to control and contain them.

tizmeinnit

23-02-2013 09:59

Re: Guam To Be 'Bombed' With Poison Mice

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Originally Posted by Maggy J (Post 35540532)

Bees are one of the most important animals on the planet so losing the Bees would be a lot more catastrophic than killing a few snakes problem is though I am sure there are plenty of other carrion animals that could eat the mice

Osem	23-02-2013 10:59

Re: Guam To Be 'Bombed' With Poison Mice

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Originally Posted by Maggy J (Post 35540532)

So only cute furry things deserve to survive?:rolleyes:

I personally view all creatures deserving of our care and concern..they all fit together to make the ecology of the planet work so well. We need snakes and cockroaches,wasps and ants.See what happens when all the bees die.

Except when they want to share our homes eh? ;)

Maggy

23-02-2013 11:12

Re: Guam To Be 'Bombed' With Poison Mice

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Originally Posted by Osem (Post 35540575)

Except when they want to share our homes eh? ;)

Not arguing that.Just against indiscriminate culling of creatures and Damien's remarks about pandas and tigers.;)

Osem	23-02-2013 11:14

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Originally Posted by Maggy J (Post 35540577)

Not arguing that.Just against indiscriminate culling of creatures and Damien's remarks about pandas and tigers.;)

Thought you might be. ;)

mertle

23-02-2013 11:40

Re: Guam To Be 'Bombed' With Poison Mice

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Originally Posted by tizmeinnit (Post 35540556)

indeed there been growing evidence that certain pestesides causing bee population decline. Yet governments dithering at banning them.

http://www.diyweek.net/news/news.asp...%27+pesticides

Damien

23-02-2013 15:38

Re: Guam To Be 'Bombed' With Poison Mice

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Originally Posted by Maggy J (Post 35540577)

Not arguing that.Just against indiscriminate culling of creatures and Damien's remarks about pandas and tigers.;)

Not indiscriminate! I specifically mean snakes. Evil, horrible, untrustworthy, smily little snakes. Is there ever a positive connotation to snakes? Nope. Snake's are always involved in misdeeds in literature and there is a reason for that, they're snakes!

I don't like snakes. You what happened the first and last time a human trusted a snake? We got kicked out of eternal paradise that's what!

danielf

23-02-2013 15:47

Re: Guam To Be 'Bombed' With Poison Mice

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Originally Posted by Maggy J (Post 35540577)

Not arguing that.Just against indiscriminate culling of creatures and Damien's remarks about pandas and tigers.;)

You've clearly not read the link then. We're talking an invasive species that is not native to the island, and was unwittingly introduced 60 years ago with disastrous results for the native wildlife.

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The reptiles, which can grow to be more than 10ft (3m), have caused misery on the territory for 60 years, since they were unwittingly introduced by US military ships after World War Two.

Now there are serious fears they could slither on to planes at the US military base and hitch a lift to Hawaii, where they would decimate the island's wildlife.

I say nuke the *******s. :batty:

Hugh	23-02-2013 17:12

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....from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.

thenry

23-02-2013 18:35

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http://aimostudio.com/ljplug/gif/cat-shock.gif

Maggy

23-02-2013 19:23

Re: Guam To Be 'Bombed' With Poison Mice

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Originally Posted by danielf (Post 35540676)

You've clearly not read the link then. We're talking an invasive species that is not native to the island, and was unwittingly introduced 60 years ago with disastrous results for the native wildlife.

I say nuke the *******s. :batty:

See Damien's answer in post 11.He's only for the cute and furry.He's being speciest.;)

The word I was using was indiscriminate.The method used is indiscriminate.I'm not against culling any animal that has outgrown it's niche and it's numbers are out of control.I just don't care for the way it's been done.I'm certainly for finding ways to reduce urban fox numbers BUT I'd want it done with thought and care for the environment.

Damien

23-02-2013 19:28

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Not indiscriminate, I am very discriminating. All snakes must die.

Look at it this way. Which of these would be a situation you would want to be in:

Snakes on a Plane.
Kittens on a Plane.

danielf

23-02-2013 19:28

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Originally Posted by Maggy J (Post 35540796)

He's also not being serious.

On topic though: it looks like they are being very careful about it:

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The dead mice will be dropped from a helicopter by hand, one by one, starting in April or May.

US government scientists have been perfecting the mice-drop strategy for more than a decade with support from the Department of Defence and the Department of the Interior.

To keep the mice bait from dropping all the way to the ground, where it could be eaten by other animals or attract insects as they rot, researchers have developed a flotation device with streamers designed to catch in the branches of the forest foliage, where the snakes live and feed.

Mr Vice said the goal was not to eradicate the snakes, but to control and contain them.

Sounds like a sensible way to deal with a serious problem.

thenry

23-02-2013 20:55

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looks like they have done before

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjMx2...e_gdata_player

---------- Post added at 19:55 ---------- Previous post was at 19:50 ----------

and the snakes have caused a spider increase

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duPg8...e_gdata_player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWQNa...e_gdata_player

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