A seemingly innocent bag of Cheetos dropped by a visitor of Carlsbad Caverns National Park has turned into a full-blown ecological disaster that’s wreaking havoc on the cave’s delicate ecosystem. The ...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A bag of Cheetos gets dropped and left on the floor. Seems inconsequential, right? Hardly. Rangers at Carlsbad Caverns National Park in southern New Mexico describe it ...
trash bags, water, bleach mixtures for decontamination, vacuums and even bamboo toothbrushes and tweezers for those hard-to-reach spots. As for the spilled Cheetos, Ward told The Associated Press ...
A Snack of Serious Consequence Spider at the top of the Cross Cave, Big Room, Carlsbad Cavern. Image by CarlsbadCavernsNPS, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons When a visitor dropped a bag of Cheetos ...