I used to live on a small Caribbean island. Way back when, someone got the bright idea to import Mongoose to be released to control the snake population. Note that the snakes were not poisonous, just frightening to the workers cutting sugarcane on plantations. Well, the Mongoose did its job, it wiped out the snake population. Ever since then the Mongoose has had its way with chickens, etc. and no one has figured out a way to get rid of the Mongoose. What fun.

Actually, I found a baby Mongoose in a field when I was growing up, just born and blind at birth. I raised him and it was fun until he turned wild/mean at about 3 yrs old. Neat pet though.

You mess with nature long enough and it will mess you back. RT

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