Air-dropping Tylenol-stuffed mice carcasses

Wikipedia has some useful information, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_tree_snake" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_tree_snake</a>. In the invasive species section notice that the islands where the snake is spreading to all have US military bases of some form - the snakes seem adept at hiding in the undercarriage of the planes. The snake has the potential to devastate a lot of unique ecosystems across the Pacific and if it ever gets to Hawaii there will be endless opportunities for it to spread far and wide.

Well, that's one of the more interesting things I've read recently.<p>Hopefully it'll work better than attempts at rabbit control in Australia.

So... when will we see Tylenol-resistant snakes emerge? If some of the snakes on the island are already resistant, they're just selecting for them with this air-drop.

I always thought snakes didn't seek out and consume prey that was already dead but apparently that isn't so from this tactic.

If anyone is curious, as I was, apparently brown tree snakes are venomous (neurotoxin), but because of their rear-facing fangs in the back of their mouths, humans only get a trivial dose if bitten. So they're not considered dangerous to adults.

This is an interesting idea, but it will properly end the first time some important persons cat eats them.