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Alaskan island on rat alert for invader that threatens ecosystem

A tiny Alaskan island is on high alert over the possible presence of a single rat, which could wreak havoc on its fragile ecosystem.

St Paul Island, a windswept rock hundreds of miles from the mainland in the Bering Sea, is a birding hotspot known as the “Galapagos of the North” for the diversity of its wildlife.

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