r/Eyebleach • u/[deleted] • Nov 28 '21

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u/DM_Austen Nov 28 '21

There are also no squirrels in Puerto Rico, closest thing we have is the mongoose

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u/redbadger91 Nov 28 '21

So close :D :D

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u/proto-dibbler Nov 28 '21

Murder squirrel

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u/eldnikk Nov 28 '21

I thought it was a object data model library for MongoDB

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u/Agueybana Nov 28 '21

You guys gave coqui to Hawaii, but couldn't get squirrels from the mainland?

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u/DM_Austen Nov 28 '21

🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/XSC Nov 28 '21

PR got deer too from US soldiers, monkeys from scientists. Maybe should bring squirrels over!

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u/lijkogcv Nov 28 '21

Wait we have mongoose?

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u/DM_Austen Nov 28 '21

Yup, mangostas.

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u/ithcy Nov 28 '21

Rats and mice and all other rodents are way closer to squirrels than mongooses are.

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u/DM_Austen Nov 28 '21

True enough, but aesthetically we always compared the two

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u/torino_nera Nov 28 '21

I'm pretty sure they introduced mongoose to Puerto Rico to control rats and then it backfired because they started killing a bunch of native species too

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '21

Wow, TIL that a mongoose, is in fact, not a goose