List Members....

I have read about this Cat drop on Borneo before as a band-aid to fight the 
repercussions of DDT. Can anyone shed some light on this story, I read some 
things about it today and see that it has taken some twists and turns over time.

This lady also asked me about other carnivorous Snakes on Guam and basically 
what about them? Other than this introduced Brown Tree Snake, my knowledge 
about other Snakes on Guam or other Carnivores that might eat these mice = 0. 
Do know a bit about Birds and the Birds that used to be on the Island.

Thank you, as always.

Mike Nolan....see below

I am not sure how accurate this is – it was in the biology book or 
Environmental science book I last taught out of ….

PARACHUTING CATS AND CRUSHED EGGS The Controversy ... 

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2636426/ - - Cached - Similar pages 

Anthony Brown, however, declared that no domestic animals had been killed by 
DDT, adding that “the matter of the North Borneo cats as misinterpreted in Time 
...

Ps  aren’t there any other mice eating snakes that would also be killed in the 
article you sent?????


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