[patton]

With a tug still hours away, it seemed as though nothing could stop the Selendang Ayu from wrecking itself on Bogoslof, where leaking fuel or an escape of Norway rats could trigger an ecological catastrophe for wildlife.

[skeptoid]

The concern is that the Norway rats could wipe out the indigenous birds and animals very quickly. this is an extremely isolated environment with low biologic diversity, as is much of Alaska.

And regarding the "Norway" rat; it's actually from China and now lives everywhere except Antarctica.

Ref this

[American in Israel]

Men are going to die, and leftists moan that birds might.

Typical...