This story was in the Columbus Dispatch yesterday....
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FROGS WILL GET FATAL COFFEE BUZZ
	The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved using
caffeine in Hawaii to kill the tiny Caribbean tree frog, an invasive
species known for its piercing mating callls.
	The state Department of Agriculture requested an exemption from
federal law to allow the use of a pure caffeine spray to control the
population of the amphibians by inducing heart falure.
	The frogs, beloved in their native Puerto Rico, are about the
size of a dime, but each male chirps up to 90 decibels - comparable to
a lawn mower.  The frogs now infest 226 Big Island sites, compared
with just 11 in 1998.
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Anybody know WHY they are beloved in Puerto Rico?   They are way to
small for fried frog legs!
Dave
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The tree frogs are numerous at a resort we frequent in Jamaica.  We find
their chirping no more offensive than that of crickets.  We even have a
.WAV file of them that we call up occasionally to give us some island
"ambiance".
irie,
--cap'n bob
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