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From: palosaari@oxy.edu (Jedidiah Jon Palosaari)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Re: Ecosystemic Contamination
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Date: 11 Oct 89 17:13:40 GMT
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Although not a problem in North America, the mongoose was introduced in
Hawaii to reduce the rat population about 100-200 years ago.  Instead, the
mongooses decided they liked bird eggs better, and reduced the Hawaiian song
bird population to some 23 species, allowing the mongoose to become
populous enough to become a pest.  In fact, all mammals except for one type
of bat were introduced to Hawaii, although most long ago by the polynesians.