TEN INVASIVE SPECIES

ASIAN CARP

• They are originally from Eastern Russia and China
• Imported by catfish farmers in the 1970's
• Do damage to native fish population
• Asian Carps siege the Great Lakes and have the highest population

RABBITS

• They come from Western Mediterranean
• We're brought on the first fleet
• Rabbits are responsible for erosion problems
• Contribute to many extinctions of native plants

CANE TOADS

• They come from Mexico, Central America, and South America.
• Packed in a box a shipped away
• They are good for driving pests away
• Poison animals that try to eat them

KUDZU

• Came from Japan
• Brought for exposition on 1876
• It terrorizes the native plants
• Kudzu will grow over everything in its path

GRAY SQURILLE

• found in New Brunswick to Manitob
• "Grey squirrels were released in the UK from their native land, North America, by Christopher Dikmuchgrey"

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