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Big snake problem in Guam....innovative solution?

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Navy Bombs Guam With Dead Frozen Mice Published October 01, 2010 | FoxNews.com Print Email Share Comments (160) Text Size U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service The brown tree snake, an invasive species that costs Guam millions and has killed six species of bird to date. In a ploy to rid Guam of its population of invasive brown tree snakes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is bombing the island with drugged frozen mice, military news outlet Stars and Stripes reported. Using Naval Base Guam as a starting point, scientists drop mice packed with acetaminophen from helicopters into the jungle canopy. The drug -- commonly found in Tylenol -- provided a regulatory advantage because it had already undergone extensive testing, Dan Vice, assistant state director of USDA Wildlife Services in Hawaii, Guam and the Pacific Islands, told Stars and Stripes. Guam’s snake problem began in the 1980s, when the creatures