Something strange is happening around the palm trees in “Piazza del Municipio” (Town Hall Square). Their base has ben taped off and a section of the trunk shows a sort of wide bandage.
The mystery is solved if you look closer: two mouse traps are waiting for rodents. It seems that some daring rats climb the trunk in search of food: not a welcoming sight for the busloads of cruise tourists stopping nearby.See also: Piazza del Municipio
Ack, this opens up a new line of scrutiny for me. ~Mary
ReplyDeleteNever seen that before.
ReplyDeleteThe tree must be tasty.
ReplyDeleteGosh.
ReplyDeleteThis is unusual for us up in the north. The tree I mean.
Eeuw!!
ReplyDeleteThese traps may attract bad karma by killing lives
ReplyDeletei feel sorry for rodents :(
The tourists will never notice the mouse traps! :-) Here the problem is more serious: a foreign beetle is killing palm trees, it feeds on the interior of the trunk and you don't notice it until the tree is dead.
ReplyDeleteThose pesky rats are everywhere VP I'm sure tourists will see them wherever they go in the world. I have some benches you may like tomorrow!
ReplyDeleteIt's a good measur, I think.
ReplyDeleteOver here there's this beetle as well. Most trees have already been cut. Rats appear usually after sundown, at least at the beach. Please have a good weekend.
ReplyDeleteInteresting. I wonder if they got complaints from the tourists?
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