Greatest ecological devastation by apex predator

According to Official Guinness Records,

Since its accidental transportation shortly after World War II to the island of Guam, far from its normal South Pacific homelands, the brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis) has wreaked unprecedented devastation as an invasive apex predator. Following a population explosion caused by a lack of predators, not only has it wiped out most of Guam’s native vertebrate species (including birds), it has also caused thousands of residential, commercial, and military power breakdowns, it has preyed extensively upon pets and livestock, and has frequently invaded human habitation, resulting in widespread panic and endangering young children (it is a venomous, aggressive species).

For a complete list of 1945 records, please visit 1945 Guinness Records in Guam.

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Content last updated on 2018-11-27