Invasive Species

[Gary Oak]

http://www.newsdaily.com/article/cc546d ... from-south

Could this be a GMO weed which will require farmers to grow GMO crops ?

[Blue Frost]

I just looked the plant up, it has a mass of seeds that come off at the end of the life cycle.

[Gary Oak]

http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/18/tech/inno ... index.html

This beautiful but deadly aquarium fish is reeking havoc

[Blue Frost]

Chinese mussels are still a big issue also in our great lakes.

[Gary Oak]

Are they a good food fish ? If they have lots of young and aren't as slick swimmers as trout then I wonder if they wouldn't make good food fish for the game fish. However I imagine they will just ruin every ecosystem they enter.


http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/geekquin ... 13140.html

[Blue Frost]

I have seen recipes

[Blue Frost]

It looks good, I posted it before
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[Gary Oak]

Now these monsters are very dangerous.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/wild_things/ ... vaded.html

[Blue Frost]

Speaking of invasive species just had 17 people viewing Gary Oaks Corner.

[Blue Frost]

Now these monsters are very dangerous.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/wild_things/ ... vaded.html

there is people on constant patrols killing those snakes, they are killing out a lot of the native wildlife the last few years alligators included.

[Gary Oak]

If they can't be eradicated maybe they could be used to dog food and cat food.

http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/21/55330 ... -waterways

[Blue Frost]

I think feed the homeless, and find a good recipe for them Ill try it.

[Gary Oak]

This spider looks very similar to a huge spider I saw on a Hong Kong island.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015 ... ia-nation/

[Blue Frost]

i worried a lot at work getting into bins of car parts from Asian countries, and South America, there is so many spider, and snakes that can kill you from there.
I saw spiders all the time, dead rats also.
the fruit, and veggies at stores can have them also, i wouldn't dig around much in them.

[Blue Frost]

That's a scary spider, looks like a Garden spider a lot. Makes me wonder about one I saw on the house window last fall .

[Gary Oak]

I was walking along a trail and saw one in this huge web near eye level. They look cool but they aren't dangerous.

[Blue Frost]

We have garden spiders here almost every year, but with those Asian spiders coming it makes me a bit weary of them.
they look a lot alike at a glance.

[Gary Oak]

This gypsy moth in the top photo looks very different from the gypsy moths we have here in BC. I believe the gypsy mopths that we have in BC are also invasive. I often will wipe out a nest of them as they destroy a lot of trees. Check out the video showing the damage this invading caterpillar causes.

Massachusetts is being swallowed by millions of hungry caterpillars

http://www.sciencealert.com/massachuset ... terpillars

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[Blue Frost]

Sad to see, those will weaken the trees, and likely kill them. No leaves no food for the trees. Lets hope they grow back soon so they can live.

[Gary Oak]

If these huge rodents get out of hand at least the Florida golden panther will have lot's to eat. I just hope that they can get rid of those invasive pythons.

Is Florida About to Be Swamped With Capybara?

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/is-flo ... epage-lede