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To: DUMBGRUNT

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi’s brother by another mother.


12 posted on 03/15/2022 5:40:47 AM PDT by FateAmenableToChange
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To: FateAmenableToChange

—”Rikki-Tikki-Tavi’s brother by another mother.”

Yes!

Someone read the keywords?
NOWAY! Pure coincidence.

In 1872, Big Island sugar planters uncovered an article on Caribbean sugar growers’ success in controlling their rat problem. Sugar planters there had introduced the mongoose from India into their fields. This supposedly was successful in significantly reducing the sugar cane damage caused by rats. Initially, 72 mongoose from Jamaica were brought in and were raised. Their offspring were shipped to plantations on other islands, first Maui, then Molokai, and finally Oahu...

However, there was one small problem. Rats are nocturnal animals, meaning they’re only awake at night. Mongooses are only awake during the day. So the two never came in contact with each other.

https://www.olaproperties.com/blog/lets-talk-story/the-story-of-the-mongoose-in-hawaii/


18 posted on 03/15/2022 1:46:41 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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