BROWN TREESNAKE
In the 1940s, the brown tree snake reached Guam hidden in post-WWII cargo and set off a chain reaction that scientists are still measuring today; birds gone, tree seedlings down by up to 92%, and spiders multiplying up to 40-fold on an island that once had neitherAn invasive brown treesnake on Guam has decimated native bird populations, leading to a silent forest. This loss has crippled the island's ...- Guam forests may be 'irreversibly damaged' by foreign snake speciesCanberra, Sep 1 (IANS) The introduction of a foreign snake species in Guam's forests about 60 years ago might have caused irreversible dama...
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