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Japanese island eradicates rabbit-killing mongoose (phys.org)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I cannot think of any way that this can go bad...

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Things had already gone bad. The mongoose were not native to the island. Japan introduced them to the island in the 1970s to deal with venomous snakes. Instead of eating the snakes, the mongoose fed on the endangered rabbit population.

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