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Albatross chicks attacked by mice
BBC News ^
| Sunday, 24 July, 2005
| Jonathan Amos
Posted on 07/24/2005 8:43:43 PM PDT by mwilli20
"Supersize" mice are eating seabird chicks alive on Gough Island, one of the most important seabird colonies in the world, UK conservationists report.
The rodents are taking out one million petrels, shearwaters and albatrosses each year on the UK Overseas Territory, in the South Atlantic.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: environment; mice; rats; zoology
These must be all of those RATS that fled the US when Bush won...
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posted on
07/24/2005 8:43:43 PM PDT
by
mwilli20
To: mwilli20
I'm sure the neocommunists, democrats and UNers can cure this problem by simply putting up signs, written in international Mouse, "Do Not Eat The Chicks!" It is the same methodology that they advocate for enddding terrorism!
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posted on
07/24/2005 9:01:29 PM PDT
by
Tacis
("Democrats - The Party of Traitors, Treachery and Treason!")
To: mwilli20
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posted on
07/24/2005 9:16:15 PM PDT
by
Hayley
To: Tacis
No, no, no. The birds will evolve and kill the mice.
Or find new breeding grounds.
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posted on
07/24/2005 9:20:52 PM PDT
by
mlmr
(CHICKIE-POO!)
To: Tacis
Not before they hold an international conference aimed at understanding the mice's grievances entitled "Why do they hate chicks?"
Come to think of it could be a dual purpose conference...
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posted on
07/24/2005 9:35:13 PM PDT
by
mwilli20
(temporarily tagged out...)
To: mwilli20
To: mwilli20
"The rodents are taking out one million petrels, shearwaters and albatrosses each year on the UK Overseas Territory, in the South Atlantic.
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds says the mice infestation puts some species in danger of extinction. "
Sounds like we need some "supersize cats".
To: FairOpinion
If someone will pay the freight I'll gladly round up the numberous feral cats and dozens of new kittens in my neighborhood for shipment to the South Atlantic, hopefully before the next breeding season comes around. If there was some way that I could get the divorced/widowed women in the trailer park to quit feeding them or feed them birthcontrol pills, that would help too.
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posted on
07/24/2005 10:05:04 PM PDT
by
CedarDave
To: mwilli20
Supersized rats? Send in the Kitties!
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posted on
07/24/2005 10:14:44 PM PDT
by
WestVirginiaRebel
(Carnac: A siren, a baby and a liberal. Answer: Name three things that whine.)
To: mlmr
"No, no, no. The birds will evolve and kill the mice."
"Or find new breeding grounds."
Which side do you suppose PETA roots for in all of
this?
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posted on
07/24/2005 10:17:49 PM PDT
by
righttackle44
(The most dangerous weapon in the world is a Marine with his rifle and the American people behind him)
To: mwilli20
Well, they better not try and poison the mice or set traps for them as that would be inhumane. Their best bet would be to trap them with live traps and then spay and neuter the mice and set them free to live back in their native habitat so they would be able to breed again. Or, they could introduce a natural non-native predator to the island that feeds on mice. /sc/
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posted on
07/24/2005 10:19:31 PM PDT
by
Chewbacca
(My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead, and thats the way I like it!)
To: WestVirginiaRebel
To: FairOpinion
carnivorous mice , great....
Collect them and start using them in interrogation of terrorists . They'll talk ! oh, and save a few for old Saddam's cell too.
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posted on
07/24/2005 10:53:03 PM PDT
by
injin
To: mwilli20
"The Gough mouse is one of 2,900 non-native species"
I don't see why people are getting upset,
these mice are only doing the job's that the local species don't want to do
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posted on
07/25/2005 6:49:07 AM PDT
by
grjr21
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