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The Small Asian Mongoose (Herpestes javanicus), also known as the Indian Mongoose, Small Indian Mongoose, or the Javan Mongoose, was introduced to Hawaii in 1883 in an attempt to control rats in the sugar-cane fields. Unfortunately the mongoose are not fussy eaters, and will eat insects, crabs, frogs, spiders, scorpions, snakes, and birds and bird eggs. They have become an ecological nightmare for local species in Hawaii. Only two of the Hawaiian islands, Lana'i and Kaua'i, are thought to be mongoose free. Kailua-Kona, Big Island, Hawaii

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The Small Asian Mongoose (Herpestes javanicus), also known as the Indian Mongoose, Small Indian Mongoose, or the Javan Mongoose, was introduced to Hawaii in 1883 in an attempt to control rats in the sugar-cane fields. Unfortunately the mongoose are not fussy eaters, and will eat insects, crabs, frogs, spiders, scorpions, snakes, and birds and bird eggs. They have become an ecological nightmare for local species in Hawaii. Only two of the Hawaiian islands, Lana'i and Kaua'i, are thought to be mongoose free. Kailua-Kona, Big Island, Hawaii