Invasive species a problem?


redkneck

Invasive species a problem?  

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  1. 1. Invasive species a problem?

    • What the crap is a snakehead?
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    • Don't worry, let nature take its course.
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    • No big deal. Biologists will fix it.
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    • We're screwed no matter what we do.
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What the crap is a snakehead?

Its a type of fish that originated in China I believe. They are very invasive and they decimate native fish populations. The worst part is Im pretty sure they can crawl short distances across land which allows them to move from one body of water to another. They are bad news if they get into our local ponds, lakes, and rivers.

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Invasive species have been ruining things since the Pilgrims landed. Just look up the genius and species name for the starling. The common sparrow is responsible for hundreds of native North American birds to go extinct. This is nothing new. Just another way man is destroying Gods beautiful handywork.

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Invasive species? Oh yeah...the Californians are really starting to ruin Montana.:jaw: On a more serious note, the threat of non-native species overrunning native species and/or destroying the habitat is a serious issue that is going to cost (is costing) taxpayers a lot of money. Kind of sounds like those Californians again.;)

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They had an episode of river monsters on the animal planet a couple weeks ago and it was about the snakehead. There is like 4 or 5 difrent species of them. They cought some of them and said they would eat anything that came within reach,they were catching them in Florida,but said they were spreading all o er the country. They want people to not throw them back in if the cought one,some people sell them to like Chinese markets and make pretty good money. If you get the chance to see it I would watch it,pretty interesting.

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They had an episode of river monsters on the animal planet a couple weeks ago and it was about the snakehead. There is like 4 or 5 difrent species of them. They cought some of them and said they would eat anything that came within reach,they were catching them in Florida,but said they were spreading all o er the country. They want people to not throw them back in if the cought one,some people sell them to like Chinese markets and make pretty good money. If you get the chance to see it I would watch it,pretty interesting.

I did watch it, part of the reason I made this post. I just get sick of seeing crap in the news where folks have released pythons in the everglades, or some other exotic species that threatens native species.

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They had an episode of river monsters on the animal planet a couple weeks ago and it was about the snakehead. There is like 4 or 5 difrent species of them. They cought some of them and said they would eat anything that came within reach,they were catching them in Florida,but said they were spreading all o er the country. They want people to not throw them back in if the cought one,some people sell them to like Chinese markets and make pretty good money. If you get the chance to see it I would watch it,pretty interesting.

Not sure we saw that episode, but have seen a few programs on snakeheads and a problem for sure.

I did watch it, part of the reason I made this post. I just get sick of seeing crap in the news where folks have released pythons in the everglades, or some other exotic species that threatens native species.

Seems a real problem down in some areas of Florida, really no great surprise those non native species are thriving. Was some talk of some non native species of snakes also getting out of zoos and homes during hurricanes in the past.

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It's a big problem for sure. It's not just the animals, reptiles, fish, and mollusks, that's the problem though, look at all the non native plants that are taking over areas. Slovenia is becoming a huge problem in some lakes in La., Kudzu is always an issue, many many others.

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