Modern Australian

Australia's reptiles may be spreading rat poison through the food chain

  • Written by Michael Lohr, PhD Student - Wildlife Ecology, Edith Cowan University
Australia's reptiles may be spreading rat poison through the food chainGould's goanna is commonly eaten in Indigenous communities, but can contain high levels of rat poison.Robert A. Davis, Author provided

Introduced rats and mice have probably troubled most of us at some time in our lives. These pesky invasive rodents are found around the world. We usually target them with toxic baits to stop them spreading disease...