atursvcMaam
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75 years ago, or so an island was found in the South Pacific, and was an interesting view climate and area for a tourism development. However, on further examination it was the home of a number of cobras....That being the case, the scientists were called in, and one suggested, and it was agreed, that a several mating pairs of mongoose be released on the island. this was done with the hopes that the mongoose (mongeese?) would control the cobra population. 20 years later, upon return to the island, the scientist noticed that the snake population was no more, but the island was now overrun by mongoose. The only thing that had not been planned is, that with no natural predators on the island, there was no help for the snakes (now on the endangered species list) and the mongoose were destined to starve from having no primary food source. i don't take the problem lightly, but have more fears of the potential solutions. Global warming was a factor which ended the ice ages, why should our point in time be any different?
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