Show tampering with nature the disturbing results of mans whimsical transplantation of rabbits into new zealand have been matched in the case of many of his other similar experiments annoyed by rats in the west indian island of jamaica man imbor ed the mongoose which in an alien land away from its natural surroundings I 1 roun dings and normal enemies mul MUI with huge fecundity it fed on jamaican birds jamaican fruits it ate poultry and slaughtered small domestic animals at present in jamaica a dead mongoose is worth a bounty it is no more esteemed than is 0 our ur own brown rat injudiciously transported to american shores about 1775 or our alien gypsy moth which has prospered frighteningly because its normal parasites are not here or the black tailed wallaby which introduced trod to kawau kabau island in elfons words ate out most of the vegetation and starved out most of the other animals and with the hordes of opossums sums came out at night in the fields grazing like sheep and in the summer went into the garden stripping it of fruit and vegetables |