Explanation: Several attempts were made in the 19th century AD to introduce the mongoose, a small predator, into Australia, as a means of pest control. In part to control pests that European colonists themselves introduced. "There was an old lady who swallowed a fly..."
Unlike several other major incidents, like rabbits and cane toads, the mongoose population did NOT uncontrollably explode and wreck the environment. In fact, they failed to take root entirely, despite over a thousand of them being introduced.
Danger Continent too spicy for the mongoose
