I went to the doc today for my high blood pressure.  Since my appointment was at the end of the day, I had a long wait (typical).  I started reading an article in National Geographic about alien species taking over eco systems.  Like the Brown Tree snake in Guam (up to 13k per acre!) or Kudzu in the south (you dont have to tell a southerner about that!).

But one of the most facscinating stories was about a little frog!  yes, a little frog called the Coqui?

Why such a strange name?  because it makes a sound like this Co-Keeeeee. BUT.  At 90 decibels, it is not background noise!

This little frog came over from South America and has swamped the main island of Hawaii.  It is not unheard of to have 90 of them around a house, and the noise is said to be deafening!

This little frog really does nothing bad to the eco system, other than irritate the hell out of the residents.  Well, if I had 90 of those 90 decibel fellas serenading outside my window every night, I would not be a happy camper!

But the interesting part is that if you sell your house, and do not reveal to the buyer you are infested with them, that is grounds for a lawsuit that you will lose!

Like all alien species, these dont have any natural enemies.  And before someone suggests tranplanting the brown tree snake (which is also venemous), their diet is mostly birds.

Now you could grab some burmese pythons from Florida (some of them get big enough to eat a deer), but would a 20 foot snake want a little toad as food?  I think not!

So another Island paradise is polluted by noise pollution.  Except in this case, it is not man making the noise, but a LOUD MOUTH Frog!