INVASIVE SPECIES RATS by Emma Huddleston FOCUS READERS navigator
ISLAND PROBLEM Sparkling seawater surrounds the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean Green trees and bright flowers cover this chain of islands But a problem lurks below the treetops Black rats scurry across the ground They eat bird eggs As a result the bird population drops When that happens less bird waste flows into Rats have lowered the number of birds on many islands in the Pacific and Indian Oceans including the Chagos Archipelago 5 CHAPTER 1
