Crafty rat leads scientists on 18-week chase
Here's an interesting story.
A LiveScience article by Robert Roy Britt, via MSNBC, reports that:
It seemed like a good idea. Let a lone rat loose on a rodent-free island and then figure out how to kill it. That way, when other islands are invaded by rats, you'll know what to do.
Scientists figured they'd trap this foot-long varmint in no time.
Eighteen weeks later, they finally trapped it with some fresh penguin bait. On another island.
In the new study, announced today, a Norway rat was originally lured into a trap with chocolate. Its DNA was recorded, and the rat was outfitted with a radio collar and set free on the tiny island of Motuhoropapa off the coast of New Zealand.
posted by Fergie @ 10/19/2005 03:27:00 PM
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