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brown tree snakes are an invasive species on guam which have caused near total local extinctions of several native bird species. one bird species, the ko\u2019ko\u2019, nearly went extinct in the 1980s was brought into captivity. starting in 2010, some ko’ko’s were released on the small nearby island of d\u00e5no that was free of snakes\u2026 until it wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

in an effort to improve management of brown tree snakes, farron \u201ctheguamguy\u201d taijeron explores the swimming capabilities of brown tree snakes and the possibility they could have swum to the nearby island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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farron taijeron, also known as “theguamguy,” discusses his personal research into better understanding how brown tree snakes may have traveled from guam to its surrounding islands. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20589,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4929,4935],"tags":[],"storyfest_categories":[],"class_list":["post-45002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biodiversity","category-conservation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nthe backyard science of an invasive species in guam<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"brown tree snakes are an invasive species that have contributed to the loss of native birds on guam. farron taijeron investigates further.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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