Parachuting dead mice. What will they think of next?

[Ace-Garageguy]

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/12/02/21724382-two-thousand-mice-dropped-on-guam-by-parachute-to-kill-snakes?lite=&lite=obinsite

Edited December 5, 2013 by Ace-Garageguy

[Joe Handley]

Well, they are dead mice packed with asprin................

[my80malibu]

Hip Hop Hamsters driving a Kia

[Harry P.]

If the dropped mice are already dead, why do they need a parachute?

Even if they were alive, what's the point of the parachute? Just drop them, already.

[Quick GMC]

because parachuting stuff is awesome. Didn't you have the little parachuting army men as a kid? I remember jumping off my friends roof with a pillow case when we were about 6-7. I really don't know how we didn't kill ourselves.

Edited December 6, 2013 by Quick GMC

[Harry P.]

because parachuting stuff is awesome. Didn't you have the little parachuting army men as a kid?

Yeah, I remember them! They were cool But those parachuting army men weren't paid for by the government, they were paid for by my parents.

[Tom Geiger]

Wouldn't live mice wearing little backpacks full of Tylenol be more effective?

[Abell82]

If the dropped mice are already dead, why do they need a parachute?

Even if they were alive, what's the point of the parachute? Just drop them, already.

The idea is to get the parachute stock in the tree, so the mice swings back and forth. Most snakes aren't just going to eat a dead motionless mouse.

Question then becomes what else did we kill in our endeavors to kill the brown snake? Stupid humans at it again.

[Randytheroadrunner]

I've heard of Parrot Shooting and Budgie Jumping. These people are out of hand......what? Oh, never mind.

[charlie8575]

Hello, Acme Pest Control....

Well, I suppose this is one way to do it.

Charlie Larkin

[Jantrix]

I remember hearing about this when I was about to be deployed to Guam (which ended up never happening), and at the time they were considering importing mongooses to predate on the snakes. This was back in '92 so this has been a problem for a long time.

[Tom Geiger]

This kind of stuff happens when humans transport things. The mussel epidemic in the Great Lakes was caused by ships releasing their ballast water (which included the mussels) into the lakes as they cruised along. And most recently the friggin stink bugs that seem to be everywhere in my area. They've been traced back to the importation of furniture and such from Viet Nam and countries from that region.

[Thatswhatshesaid]

8 million dollars for mice and aspirin. Yikes.

[Jantrix]

Especially when the snakes likely won't eat a dead mouse.

[Erik Smith]

8 million dollars for mice and aspirin. Yikes.

"Administrative" fees...

[Tom Geiger]

8 million dollars for mice and aspirin. Yikes.

Yea, Revell could have tooled up 32 new kits for that money!

[Ace-Garageguy]

Especially when the snakes likely won't eat a dead mouse.

"Administrative" fees...

Sounds a lot like Bama Lama care.

Edited December 10, 2013 by Ace-Garageguy

[Brett Barrow]

8 million dollars for mice and aspirin. Yikes.

The snakes are causing $4 million a year in damage to the power grid in Guam. If it takes an $8 million solution that's a bargain in the long term...

[Ace-Garageguy]

The snakes are causing $4 million a year in damage to the power grid in Guam. If it takes an $8 million solution that's a bargain in the long term...

$4000 per mouse seems a little high.

But wait...my bad. The article states that the 2000-mouse drop is only a PART of an $8mil program. I wonder what the "rest of the story" is.

Edited December 11, 2013 by Ace-Garageguy

[Brett Barrow]

Probably buying the Tylenol from the hospital. Those things are like $600 a pill....