Snake Extermination Attempt in Guam

[ekoostikBoa]

Hopefully they don't kill off native snakes and/or other animals that might feed on the mice.

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[morti]

There are no more native snakes in Guam. They have all been out competed by the Brown Tree Snake.

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[telefrag]

that is going to be a smelly mess.....

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[HERPHAPPY]

Ugh! to the whole mess!

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[DiamondCreek]

Interesting. At least they're not using another non-native species to combat the first non-native species, well, at least not one that's alive and danger to the ecosystem, anyway.

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[Sliding Scales]

If it helps control them then that's good I guess. I just can see people using this idea on snakes around their homes. Seriously...I knew this man that killed every snake he found. That was in Arizona and I would tell him that he was an idiot for doing it because he was upsetting the natural balance. He would have taken this idea and warped it to his feeble way of thinking. The joke was on him though as after killing so many snakes on his property the pack-rat population exploded. Ha ha...it was so funny. He came in to the store I worked in and was all upset because his motor-home, which was parked outside, had become a motel for rats! They ate all the wiring, and man...there had to be fifty of the things in it. Ugh.. I told him, "What you need is some big native snakes on the property." Well...that is what he did...he went out and caught some big gopher snakes and let them go on his property. It worked but the problem was his kids would kill them! With years of conditioning his kids to hate snakes...he now had that problem. As it turned out he was the one that needed the Tylenol.

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[ekoostikBoa]

hahaha, great story - I love it! I'm not spiritual, but Karma is a great idea - you get what you've got coming to ya!

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[HERPHAPPY]

Originally Posted by Sliding Scales

.... The joke was on him though as after killing so many snakes on his property the pack-rat population exploded....

I always try to get this across to people who complain about snakes....rats & mice not only ruin vehicles and cause house fires (by chewing on wiring etc) but can damage crops and spread diseases like hanta virus (known to have caused human deaths)...and when they say their cat will take care of the problem, remember to explain that snakes go into holes & crevices where rodents live & can get the whole family...their cats can't begin to come close to that, even if they actually kill (instead of playing with & releasing) the ones they catch.

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[tucuxi88]

Note to self,

Bring umbrella when hiking in Guam...

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[Sliding Scales]

Originally Posted by tucuxi88

Note to self,
Bring umbrella when hiking in Guam...

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[mnemoniclist]

Actually have a friend from Guam. I've discussed my snakes with him and he's told me about how there are no native snakes there and how it is becoming a problem for them. People get irritated coming across the snakes so often as a pest too. Interesting way to take care of the problem.. o.o

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[Elizabethlea27]

I lived in Australia until I was 17 and never heard of the Brown tree snake. Maybe because it lives in tropical regions and I lived in a more temperate area of WA. We had to watch out for Dugites and Tiger snakes.
Wow off topic.

Anyway I hope this works and there are no unexpected side-effects, as there usually are when the government tries to exterminate something.

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[Hartsock]

So if this works, will our government start dropping tylenol laced bunnies through the Florida Everglades to try to get rid of the pythons?

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[Sliding Scales]

Originally Posted by Hartsock

So if this works, will our government start dropping tylenol laced bunnies through the Florida Everglades to try to get rid of the pythons?

ha ha ha ha....now why didn't I think of that! Of course they would leave the bunnies alive and feed them the Tylenol, in which case the Bunnies would just look at the Python with no worries and say, "What's up Doc?"

The bunnies would have sex and the next thing you know....well you understand.

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[HERPHAPPY]

Originally Posted by Hartsock

So if this works, will our government start dropping tylenol laced bunnies through the Florida Everglades to try to get rid of the pythons?

They have to think of something to do with all that recalled Tylenol?

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