Finally, a humane way to quell the out-of-control population of invasive brown tree snakes in Guam - use Tylenol!

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January 25, 2020

Finally, a humane way to quell the out-of-control population of invasive brown tree snakes in Guam - use Tylenol!

The non-poisonous brown tree snake is not native to Guam. Sometime between the end of World War II and 1952, the brown tree snake was accidentally transported from its native range in the South Pacific to Guam, probably as a stowaway in ship cargo or by crawling into the landing gear of Guam-bound aircraft.

The invasive brown tree snakes are devastating Guam's local birds and damaging electrical infrastructure on the island.

The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Wildlife Service bombarded targeted areas owned by the U.S. Government with dead mice, each armed with 80 milligrams of acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol.

The idea was that the snakes would eat the mice and die. It worked killing the snakes humanly using the active ingredient in Tylenol.

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January 25, 2020 in Wildlife and nature | Permalink