Introduced animals to the U.S. that cause havoc!

miaheatlvr

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The Chinese Carp, Eating all domestic fish fry AND FLY see www.cnn.com
The Snakehead, another chinese fish, that can WALK from water source to water source and live outside of the water for ore than 3 days.
The Pacu, Live hear in the canals in florida, eat all other fishes.
Iguanas, really thriving here and causing a real mess, and eat all domestic bird eggs.
Feral Hogs, Did you see Hogzilla 1000+lbs can eat a whole crop and can kill quite easily.
Killer Bees, FLEW all the way from Brazil! very agressive and will swarm and kill.
Giant Pythons: 20ft plus here in the everglades
Cane Toads: EAT everything! Eat domestic birds and Eggs.
CAN you add anything else?
 
sharkboy13

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the sad part is some species such as the iguana have been declared native since they r so abundant, one they forgot to mention r savannah monitors, theyre very common to see in the southern part of florida due to the fact that so many ppl buy them as hatchlings and release them when they get 3ft or more
 
tx reef

tx reef

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Originally Posted by MiaHeatLvr
Peacock Bass: Not Domestic

Peacock Bass are stocked on purpose.......
 
reefkprz

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the jumping fish would be amusing if they werent so darn invasive. over all humans have wreaked havoc on the natural order and even if we stopped transporting animals and insects and plants completly it would take thousands of years for the world to properly realign itself into a new natural order. no amount of laws is going to stop some idiot from releasing an unnatural inhabitant to a new area but they might slow the over all impact some.it is what it is. not much else to say about it.
 
reefforbrains

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Why not just do round ups?
They did that out here and almost drove the cyote and rattlesnake completly extinct out here.
Cant be that hard of a task to round up all the boas and monitors out there.
Fed Fish and Game to put a bounty on them, thats all.
As for the fish, poisoning the lakes is always hard to see but to start over sometimes is the only way to save them.
 
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FIRE ANTS!!! I hate those little devils. and water hyacinths are clogging up the marshes, nutrias brought in to control the hyacinths are now eating our wetlands although wildlife and fisheries pays $4 per tail so you can shoot 'em till your shoulder hurts
 
jerthunter

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Originally Posted by ReefForBrains
Why not just do round ups?
They did that out here and almost drove the cyote and rattlesnake completly extinct out here.
Cant be that hard of a task to round up all the boas and monitors out there.
Fed Fish and Game to put a bounty on them, thats all.
As for the fish, poisoning the lakes is always hard to see but to start over sometimes is the only way to save them.
Around here, if you catch a round goby you are supposed to kill it. If you go to a heavy fishing area people will have piles of the fish near by. I am not sure how much of a dent it has made, I suppose it has to help some.
 
ophiura

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And if I may vent for a minute...there is a PBS "add" that annoys the heck out of me featuring a goldfish that jumps out of his bowl and finally makes it to a river with salmon migrating.
It is appalling to me that this is "empowerment" as PBS sees it, since it will seem OK to people to release their fish because it is OK....it was on PBS after all.
 
miaheatlvr

miaheatlvr

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Originally Posted by ophiura
And if I may vent for a minute...there is a PBS "add" that annoys the heck out of me featuring a goldfish that jumps out of his bowl and finally makes it to a river with salmon migrating.
It is appalling to me that this is "empowerment" as PBS sees it, since it will seem OK to people to release their fish because it is OK....it was on PBS after all.
And PBS is usually the inoccuous one! lol
 
reefkprz

reefkprz

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Originally Posted by ophiura
And if I may vent for a minute...there is a PBS "add" that annoys the heck out of me featuring a goldfish that jumps out of his bowl and finally makes it to a river with salmon migrating.
It is appalling to me that this is "empowerment" as PBS sees it, since it will seem OK to people to release their fish because it is OK....it was on PBS after all.
this is an environmental impact that, though protected by law here (in maine) it is illeagle to sell any goldfish for placement in outdoor environments (ponds porch tanks etcetera) the ads like you mentioned seem to bypass as an "oh its just a piece on empowerment, it has nothing to do with ecology" simple blind mistakes, lack of forethought, and living in the now. humanities biggest errors, the price tag yet to be printed.
 
ophiura

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This was my letter to the PBS affiliate, and I will likely never hear back... oh well!
I am just writing to say that the "be more empowered" commercial featuring a goldfish finding its way from a bowl to a river (swimming with salmon no less), is unfortunate to say the least. PBS is a trusted source of information for people, much of it environmental programming, including some programs on the threat from invasive species!
I am trained as a marine zoologist and am active in the aquarium hobby. Irresponsible hobbyists have caused great harm in releasing many of their non-native fish once they could not keep them. It is not clear from your commercial that in fact this is not a good thing, and has tremendously negative environmental impact. Though it is one little fish in a bowl making an impossible journey outside of the imagination, the secondary implication is not necessarily a good one. When take a bit more literally, this add may give people the idea that releasing their fish to the wild is a good and right thing to do, a way of "being more empowered." Nothing can be further from the truth.
Apart from the obvious threat of "successful" introductions where the species begins to reproduce and thrive, many ornamental fish carry diseases that could be introduced even if the one fish didn't survive. Furthermore, releasing many animals can mean a horrible fate for them as well, regardless of the good intention of the "liberator."
Though imaginative and well executed from the pure marketing side, the message here can be misconstrued and is not a positive one for PBS to promote.
PBS has a major role in providing information to the public. It is a trusted resource. I have never before been concerned enough to write a letter like this before, however I wanted to express my thoughts in this case. Invasive species are a major issue and more care should be taken with reviewing the possible implications of a message.
 
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