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Crowds of Palmyra's crabs chow down on rats' remains

By Susan Scott

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Feb 25, 2013

~~<p>My recent column about the successful elimination of rats from Palmyra Atoll, a National Wildlife Refuge 1,000 miles south of Hawaii, garnered some good questions and comments.</p>
<p>A reader, Jean, emailed, &quot;So the rat poison destroys the rats and the curlews had to be removed. But how are the rats disposed of?&quot;</p>
~~

My recent column about the successful elimination of rats from Palmyra Atoll, a National Wildlife Refuge 1,000 miles south of Hawaii, garnered some good questions and comments.

A reader, Jean, emailed, "So the rat poison destroys the rats and the curlews had to be removed. But how are the rats disposed of?" Login for more...



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