Navy takes on the Brown Tree Snake!

[JackLuis]

Navy airdrops dead, drugged mice in battle with snake species

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Brown_tree_snake_-_Boiga_irregularis.jpg/220px-Brown_tree_snake_-_Boiga_irregularis.jpg

The mice are stuffed with acetaminophen (known more commonly by its brand name, Tylenol), attached to little biodegradable "parachutes," and then airdropped into the treetops of Guam's jungle.

I have a good friend who was raised on Guam in the late 50's, Navy Brat he was. He swam and boated and generally ran amuck, from the stories.

Tree Snakes give me the willies! (For our foreign friends, that's nervous shivers and a feeling of foreboding, commonly associated with pissin' your drawers.)

I wonder where the stuff the Tylenol?

 

[Burnt_Feathers]

Why do I foresee a species of mutant tree snake which is impervious to acetaminophen poisoning, and breeds faster because the female never has a headache?

 

[JackLuis]

Why do I foresee a species of mutant tree snake which is impervious to acetaminophen poisoning, and breeds faster because the female never has a headache?

From Snakes to Bunnies!

 

[trysail]

I'm rooting for the Navy ( I always root for Navy but this is a particularly special case as I have a serious case of ophidiophobia ). I'm told that Guam is overrun with the damn things ( who are not a native species and who, apparently, arrived by stowing away in aircraft landing gear wells ).

Snakes! Why is it always snakes?
-Indiana Jones ( Harrison Ford )
Raiders of The Lost Ark

 

[R. Richard]

The need to snag the acetaminophen packed dead mice in the treetops seems unecessary, unless the lizards would also die from eating acetaminophen.

 

[JackLuis]

The need to snag the acetaminophen packed dead mice in the treetops seems unecessary, unless the lizards would also die from eating acetaminophen.

'Cause that's where the snakes are.

 

[JackLuis]

Flying Snake Video!

These are not Brown Tree Snakes, but better flyers.

Makes you wonder about that triple canopy rain forest.

Let's see Ami make this political!

 

[kiltsr4guys]

I'm rooting for the Nav

I'm rooting for the Navy ( I always root for Navy but this is a particularly special case as I have a serious case of ophidiophobia ). I'm told that Guam is overrun with the damn things ( who are not a native species and who, apparently, arrived by stowing away in aircraft landing gear wells ).

Snakes on planes....................where could we go with this one

 

[amicus]

These are not Brown Tree Snakes, but better flyers.

Makes you wonder about that triple canopy rain forest.

Let's see Ami make this political!

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Chuckles...it already is a political issue and has been for some time as the critters have been discovered in Hawaii and Texas:

http://www.state.hi.us/dlnr/Snake.html

In addition, the brown tree snake was featured in a Nature Channel episode, years and years ago...

As always...

Ami

 

[JackLuis]

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Chuckles...it already is a political issue and has been for some time as the critters have been discovered in Hawaii and Texas:

http://www.state.hi.us/dlnr/Snake.html

In addition, the brown tree snake was featured in a Nature Channel episode, years and years ago...

As always...

Ami

Snake-icide is not a political act. It's common sense.

 

[Handley_Page]

Snake-icide is not a political act. It's common sense.

I think the snake might have a different view.