Suicidal tree rats

[danny staple]

On 16/08/06, Paul Johnson <paul at pjcj.net> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 16, 2006 at 11:12:41AM +0100, .mykeLyons wrote:
>
> > On 16/8/06 10:58, "Luis Motta Campos" <monsieur_champs at yahoo.com.br> wrote:
> >
> > > Sue Spence wrote:
> > >> Pedro Figueiredo wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> On 15 Aug 2006, at 23:30, Paul Johnson wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>>> They must be stopped.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> But how?
> > >>>
> > >>> shoot them.
> > >>>
> > >>> cheers,
> > >>
> > >> Well, that *IS* cheerful.
> > >>
> > >> Why not offer them poisoned peanut butter sandwiches? That's so much
> > >> more civilised.
> > >>
> > >
> > >   I disagree. The tree rats will suffer a lot more with poison. Shoot
> > > them. But be careful to not shoot nothing else. Specially people walking
> > > on the streets. ;-)
> > Since they are American tree rats we should offer them nice blankets (with
> > squirrel pox) if there is such a thing
>
> Just don't try the catch them.  Or if you do, don't release them.
>
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=389976&in_page_id=1770
>
Would food spiked with Baking Soda have any effect on them? I am not
sure if its an urban myth regarding its affect on birds. Snopes only
have a rice reference..

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