# As God is my witness, I believed mice could fly **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 21, 2010, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-i-believed-mice-could-fly/554530 "2010-09-21T13:20:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-i-believed-mice-could-fly/554530/1 "2010-09-21T13:20:31Z")
[Or: there are too many motherfuckin’ snakes on this motherfuckin’ island.](http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/07/tylenol-loaded-mice-dropped-from-air-to-control-snakes/) Or come up with your own headline. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-i-believed-mice-could-fly/554530/2 "2010-09-21T16:13:40Z")
here i come to save the day ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-i-believed-mice-could-fly/554530/3 "2010-09-21T16:31:05Z")
> [@](#): > > The U.S. Department of Agriculture last week began dropping the expired rodents packed with 80 mg of the generic equivalent of Tylenol on the forests of Naval Base Guam. > > Since scientists discovered that the household pain reliever was deadly to the brown tree snakes, they’ve been trying to figure out how to get it to where many of the serpents live in the canopies of the island’s forests, according to a report in Stars & Stripes. The Tylenol-loaded mice are attached to two pieces of cardboard joined by paper streamers that snake exterminators hope will catch on tree branches, providing deadly snacks for snakes at those heights, according to the Stripes report. Snake1: Ouch! That mouse landed on my head. Now I’ve got a headache! Snake 2: Eat a mouse. They’re full of pain relievers! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-i-believed-mice-could-fly/554530/4 "2010-09-21T16:41:36Z")
Hmmm… they can’t really shout out the normal warning when dropping stuff from above. Does the cardboard make it buffered asprin? When the choppers are approaching the island, do they play _Ben_ over the loudspeakers? ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-i-believed-mice-could-fly/554530/5 "2010-09-21T17:00:12Z")
Rx - “Take two mice and call me in the morning.” StG ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-i-believed-mice-could-fly/554530/6 "2010-09-21T17:02:35Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > [Or: there are too many motherfuckin’ snakes on this motherfuckin’ island.](http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/07/tylenol-loaded-mice-dropped-from-air-to-control-snakes/) > > Or come up with your own headline. I knew the snakes were a problem, but if it got to this point where drug-filled dead mice thrown from airplanes, it’s the armageddon. The radio transmitters give it a sci-fi feels. REVENGE: Kamikaze mice apply post-mortem whoopping. “You had it comin’” ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-i-believed-mice-could-fly/554530/7 "2010-09-21T17:07:03Z")
Murine will get that out! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-i-believed-mice-could-fly/554530/8 "2010-09-21T17:17:24Z")
> [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](#): > > I knew the snakes were a problem, but if it got to this point where drug-filled dead mice thrown from airplanes, it’s the armageddon. As opposed to dropping them from automobiles, which would make it carmageddon…thanks, tip the waitress. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-i-believed-mice-could-fly/554530/9 "2010-09-21T17:22:10Z")
The last time they tried something like this, it was a disaster. The U.S. Navy tried the idea of dropping bats with incendiary bombs tied to them on Japan. Most of the bats, refrigerated to kept them dormant, never woke up and splatted into the ground: [http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=154284](http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=154284) ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-i-believed-mice-could-fly/554530/10 "2010-09-21T17:29:35Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Snake1: Ouch! That mouse landed on my head. Now I’ve got a headache! > > Snake 2: Eat a mouse. They’re full of pain relievers! Snake1: Die, fledermaus! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-i-believed-mice-could-fly/554530/11 "2010-09-21T17:35:41Z")
Serious question: What would induce a snake to eat a dead mouse strapped to a piece of cardboard? Wouldn’t the mouse need to be alive to be regarded as prey? And wouldn’t the cardboard interfere with ingestion? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-i-believed-mice-could-fly/554530/12 "2010-09-21T17:36:59Z")
Twenty snakes per acre and they’re worried about it? Brazil’s Ilha de Queimada Grande has an average snake density of five snakes per square meter. And they’re venomous. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-i-believed-mice-could-fly/554530/13 "2010-09-21T18:20:38Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Serious question: What would induce a snake to eat a dead mouse strapped to a piece of cardboard? We’re logistics, we just deliver the mice. Marketing is in charge of whatever is printed on the cardboard in order to sell the product. You’ll have to ask them, they’re two doors down. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-i-believed-mice-could-fly/554530/14 "2010-09-21T18:23:40Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Twenty snakes per acre and they’re worried about it? Brazil’s Ilha de Queimada Grande has an average snake density of five snakes per square meter. And they’re venomous. ::Makes note to never go to Brazil’s Ilha de Queimada Grande.:: ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-i-believed-mice-could-fly/554530/15 "2010-09-21T18:30:33Z")
Why was I thinking of Marley23’s user title when I read the article? ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-i-believed-mice-could-fly/554530/16 "2010-09-21T18:42:07Z")
This just in: Tylenol futures soar on the wings of mice… ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-i-believed-mice-could-fly/554530/17 "2010-09-21T18:50:46Z")
I’ve had dead mice sandwiched between two pieces of cardboard before. I never went back to those restaurants again. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-i-believed-mice-could-fly/554530/18 "2010-09-21T19:07:26Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Wouldn’t the mouse need to be alive to be regarded as prey? I don’t know the particulars of wild snakes, but the corn snake I’m currently caring for will more than happily devour thawed frozen (dead) mice. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-i-believed-mice-could-fly/554530/19 "2010-09-21T19:36:13Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Serious question: What would induce a snake to eat a dead mouse strapped to a piece of cardboard? Aw c’mon… [who could resist?](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Q0JFTRAGL._SL500_AA300_.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-i-believed-mice-could-fly/554530/20 "2010-09-21T19:48:32Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > > [@runner pat](#): > > > > Wouldn’t the mouse need to be alive to be regarded as prey? > > I don’t know the particulars of wild snakes, but the corn snake I’m currently caring for will more than happily devour thawed frozen (dead) mice. Thanks, do you have to wiggle 'em or do the snakes just go for it? ETA **lieu** 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-i-believed-mice-could-fly/554530.md?page=2)