technologyvista: U.S. Air force Paradrops 2000 Mice Commandoes On Guam To Combat Snakes Anderson Air Force Base in the U.S. territory of Guam has been under attack since 1950. This week, finally they called in commandos who were parachuted into the region and took care of the attackers. A total of two thousand commandos took part in this operation and landed onto the territory using cardboard parachutes. Wait, what? Cardboard parachutes and used by Commandos, what the heck is going on here? Oh yeah, we missed out on a few important details, didn’t we? Okay, time to come clean we suppose. Anderson Air Force has been experiencing a problem in shape of snakes. These brown snakes have been killing local native birds and also causing financial losses. Almost 80 times a year, these brown snakes get entangled in electricity transmission lines and result in huge electrical breakdowns. The result? Almost 4 million dollars in repairs and lost productivity. Since hiring Samuel L. Jackson was not an option, they went for another technique which involved 2,000 dead mice. These mice had Tylenol in them, a painkiller, which can eradicate the snakes in this region. The invasion of brown snakes in this region began in 1950 when they managed to get shipped off here due to lack of a proper cargo check and have multiplied ever since resulting in astonishing numbers; 2 million reptiles are reportedly present in Guam area whereas the concentration at some areas reaches 13,000 per square mile. That’s more than the Amazon Forest! - See more at: wonderfulengineering/u-s-air-force-paradrops-2000-mice-commandoes-on-guam-to-combat-snakes/#sthash.gQcUR6PW.dpuf
Posted on: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 10:30:00 +0000
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