Tuesday, June 2, 2015

These species invade our land, but not our hearts

An invasive species is a kind of animal that smuggle there way into American wilderness, and once they're here they become almost indestructible. These species include the European starling, burmese python, and lionfish. Some authorities have completely given up on trying to get rid of these animals. Read more here:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/02/23/like-most-invasive-species-pythons-are-in-the-u-s-to-stay/

22 comments:

  1. In the blog it says "in 2002, deer, raccoon, marsh rabbits, bobcats and possum have declined by as much as 99 percent in some cases, according to researchers for the U.S. Geological Survey." Does this mean all these animals are nearky extinct? Do we know if we van just move these animals rather than killing the invasive species?

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    1. The problem with moving invasive species instead of killing them is that it would be very difficult to find, trap, and relocate them all. Not many other countries would want them there either. Killing off an invasive species would be just as difficult, and although they are harming our wildlife we still wouldn't want them to become endangered. The problem with these species is there is no economical, easy, or definite solution. Our only hope is that our native species will adapt, but that could take years.

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  2. This is a big problem, with all the new species the environment net and habitats of other animals could be affected or harmed.

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  3. I find it very weird that the scientists are giving up on eradicating the invasive species. If the invasive species are really a problem, the scientists should not give up.

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  4. Seeing as none of these species are native to the U.S. we should still push on the eradicating idea, especially Italy in order to protect the native species that we enjoy here in the States

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  5. This is crazy but i don't think scientists can eradicate these species, i also don't think they should because they are now adapted to their environment and other animals will adapt and cope with them, other animals will evolve and they will be prey. But nonetheless that is carzy and very interesting. Also why would the animals want to leave were they came from, how are they this smart?

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    1. Usually the animals don't leave their homes of their own accords. People have brought in species for various reasons, and if they escape enclosure they don't have any natural predators to keep their population under control.

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  6. I hate that animals are killing other animals

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  7. this is truly a problem because i guess if animals come here (that arent supposed to be here) then it could screw up the food chain and that would cause things like over population and under population and lack of food for animals or even too much food for animals causing an over population of plants etc, i could go on for a while about these kind of things but yes this does seem to be a problem.

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  8. This is absolutely a problem for animals that aren't supposed to be in their natural environment could mess up the ecosystem. For example the Burmese Python, has started to invade the swamps Of the Florida Everglades, and according to your article, "Since they were determined to be established and put the squeeze on the swamp in 2002, deer, raccoon, marsh rabbits, bobcats and possum have declined by as much as 99 percent in some cases, according to researchers for the U.S. Geological Survey."

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  10. I know that kind of animal in my friends house there were stink bugs and like the article says "A stink bug is probably in your house right now. They don’t seem to mind that you’re there. They just need a place to rest through winter and crawl out in spring to mate and make millions more stink bugs" and that's exactly what happened once there in u can't get rid of them

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  12. This is definitely a huge issue especially since it is causing a large impact in food chains today. These animals that are being shipped across the country to America believe they can control everything because they have no predators that can destroy them. If we can stop the shipping of these animals it could better help our ecosystems.

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  13. I can see how this can be a large issue not just here in the US, but all around the world! Not only is the species invading our livestock, it could also overpopulate and cause an even bigger problem. If scientists continue to investigate, we could save our ecological community!

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  14. I find your topic on invasive animals to be interesting and a good current issue. The animals which your article talks about are clearly bad for the eco system and damage the environment. By doing things like declining the population of the current animals, killing the plants, and stealing other animas food.

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  15. If unknown species come here then who knows what they will do. I think that scientist should put more research in to finding more species. In the ocean, only 3% of the ocean has been explored. They are many new water based species scientist are finding everyday. In the article it mentions "that animals like deer raccoons and rabbits have been declined by as much as 99percent". This is crazy and does seem to be a problem. If unknown small species get into somewhere they probably won't leave.

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  16. In the article, it stated that "Since they were determined to be established and put the squeeze on the swamp in 2002, deer, raccoon, marsh rabbits, bobcats and possum have declined by as much as 99 percent in some cases, according to researchers for the U.S. Geological Survey". I was wondering how the snakes wouldn't die off quickly when they ate almost 100 percent of their food sources. Did they move on to another species, move to another site, or just wait for them to repopulate?

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  17. Yes! Invasive species are such a huge problem! We need to stop introducing new animals to places, because this always seems to happen. I think we should bring some of the more endangered species into shelters where we can nurture them and give them time and space to repopulate without the interference of an invasive species.

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  18. I agree, it seems like a problem for the authorities because all of these invasive species have large populations, fast repopulation time, and sometimes reproduce in large numbers. We need to protect our endangered species, but not to hunt to invasive species in this country to extinction. We should find methods that are good to the animal and reasonable to the environment.

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  19. I have heard of this problem before and it has always surprised me. The most surprising part was about the Burmese Python,"Why can’t experienced hunters walk into the Everglades and kill them? Burmese pythons from Southeast Asia are so stealthy that even experts with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission have a tough time spotting them, let alone killing them." This quote from the article really surprised me because I never knew how hard they were to catch. I believe one way we could use to catch these animals is find how they mate and use that technique to draw them in.

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