Giant carnivorous mice

[nancylebov]

Hordes of giant mice are devouring endangered seabird chicks on a remote South Atlantic island and may be pushing some of the birds to extinction, scientists report.

The carnage has harmed the breeding success of endangered Tristan albatrosses and threatened Atlantic petrels on Gough Island, a British territory a thousand miles (1,600 kilometers) off the coast of South Africa.

I don't know if the mice are a new species yet, but are they worth preserving?

Comments

[zenlizard]

Probably not a new species yet, not even by the problematical 'biological species concept'.

As an introduced species, they are most certainly not worth preserving.

[metahacker.livejournal.com]

Only if we can train them to eat the giant flesh-eating centipedes, etc.

[madfilkentist]

This post has been up an hour, and no one's said "Rodents Of Unusual Size" yet? People are slipping!

[jblaque.livejournal.com]

Agreed. They're an introduced, invasive species. I say wipe 'em out.

[osewalrus.livejournal.com]

I don't know if they are of unusual size or if they made me soil my armor. Either way, better stock up on hand grenades.

[captain-button.livejournal.com]

Far more shocking, it has been up for almost a day and no one has hailed their coming mouse overlords.

[henrytroup.livejournal.com]

Do the giant mice have cute little swords?