Experts deploy helicopters carrying over 500 tons of poison to eradicate dangerous island threat: 'A roll of the dice'

Experts deploy helicopters carrying over 500 tons of poison to eradicate dangerous island threat: 'A roll of the dice'

An invasive population of mice is wreaking havoc on Marion Island, a small island off the southern coast of South Africa, Earth.com reported.  The damage they've done to local seabird populations has grown so extreme that officials are looking to eradicate all of the mice in one fell swoop using an innovative method — rodenticide-laced pellets. What's happening? Mice first arrived on the island two centuries ago, via sealing vessels, and they've…