Invasive Species
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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RED-EARED SLIDER TURTLE
- Original habitat: the muddy banks of the Mississippi River and surrounding waterways.
- They were released or they escaped form there owner or from the Mississippi river and when to ever continent except Antarctica because they need lots of swimming pace lake lakes and ponds.
- The effects where that the red eared turtle was stealing resources from the redbelly turtle which is calling it to die
- The red-eared slider turtle adapts to there environment very we'll but the one thing that is hard for them is finding a new home. Otherwise they are have no problem.
- Got information from news.discovery.com
American Mink.
- Original habitat: North America
- They have traveled to Parts Europe and South America. They like bodies of water and like to live on the edges of the banks.
- The American mink are a danger to to boats and ship because if they are in need of food they go and chew on the wires which can start fires and delay important things that's cross the ocean or lakes.
- They have short legs and partially webbed feet because of the Americans mink legs they are very fast swimmers , that can help them survive and catch there prey. These animals live in woods and fields and near streams and lakes to help them survive in there habitats.
- Got information from news.discovery.com
ZEBRA MUSSELS
- Original habitat: North America in 1998 in lake St. Clair a small body of water
- They traveled to Canada, Mississippi, Hudson, Ohio, Missouri, Tennessee, Michigan, Colorado and much more also on ships
- They eat algae a lot of algae and that what fish feed on so if they eat all the algae the fish will starve and die and then fisherman won't have food to eat or sell to restaurants.
- Young zebra mussels are very small and spread by the water currents. The older zebra mussels attach them selfs to hard surfaces by a thing called a byssus and they also attach there selfs to pipe lines it takes a while to adjust but they do it just fine.
- Got all information for news.discovery.com
SEA WALNUT
- Original habitat: the east coast of north and South America in 1982 discovered in the Black Sea.
- They were transported by ballast water and spread to the Caspian Sea.
- They have done a lot of harm to commercial fishing which is where people catch fish and other seafood for commercial profit and with out that fisherman go Hungary they don't make money companies don't make money and fish and other seafood die which is bad for the economy.
- There isn't really any impacts
- Got all information form news.discovery.com
American Lobster
- Original habitat: American lobsters first appeared in Europe in 1999 and have spread since then.
- The American lobster is found on the Atlantic coast of North America and The American lobster thrives in cold, shallow waters where there are many rocks and other places to hide from predators.
- The Adult american lobster eats fish eggs, and rarely eat algae and the bad thing about it is if they eat fish eggs that mean less fish every day and when they do eat algae it give the fish a little less food which may cause starvation which is a situation most fisherman and companies do not wanna be in.
- The impacts are that these lobsters are still in danger of being caught an eating no matter where they go also they have to watch out for new predators. The American lobster it takes a little longer because the basically go with the current not all the time bust some times so they are all over the place now.
- Got all information for new.discovery.com
RACCOONS
- Original habitat: Europe and East Asia face a grave threat.
- A German man intentionally released raccoons into his homeland's forests in 1927. Even more raccoons escaped during World War II from fur farms near Berlin. In Russia, the animals were intentionally released with the goal of establishing populations for fur trapping and hunting. The 'coons found the north coast of the Black Sea particularly inviting and now thrive there and in the Caucasus region. Also they Raccoons now prowl Germany, Japan, France and many central and eastern European nations.
- Beyond raiding the garbage, raccoons threaten human health. Raccoons in Germany tested positive for rabies and roundworm parasites, that is the effect on the economy because it can get the human sick and they can possibly face death.
- The effects on the raccoons is that they are being killed everyday by dumpsters, people just because they are looking for food. I know they are dangerous but where ever they go they will also face danger.
- Got all info from new.discovery.com
Asian Carp
- Original habitat.Mississippi River we'll where dumped in there by farmers. Also Asian carp were imported into the U.S. in the 1970s to filter pond water in fish farms in Arkansas.
- No they travel to the Great Lakes in the water for many years they have spread all over the world.
- Asian carp are a threat to boater because the jump out of the water out of no where and there's a risk of knocking the boater into the water causing death or other injuries they have wicked smacks with there tales they can hurt almost any human which is a problem.
- Asian carp have the risk of getting ran over by a boat eaten by other animals they are so flexible and that is why they are always in danger.
- Got information for cleanwateraction.org.
Rabbits
- Original habitat: they were originally found in North America
- They are now found all over the world for example southwestern Europe, Southeast Asia, Japan and parts of Africa and South America. They got there by people letting them go and also by being born in that country.
- They have been one of the main causes of habitat destruction, native flora and fuana extinction, land degradation and crop destruction also they eat up to 60 sheep a year.
- The impacts on the rabbits is that people shoot them and hunt them which further in life there won't be that many rabbits they are always in danger ether by a predator to getting hit by a car where ever they go.
- Got information from Wikipedia and ma.utexas.edu and news.discovery.com
GRAY SQUIRREL
- Original habitat: western North America and western Canada
- They have now been located from Washington and Oregon, and, California and San Francisco and now It has become the most common squirrel in many urban and suburban habitats in western North America, from north of central California to southwest British Columbia. At the turn of the 19th to 20th centuries, the eastern gray squirrel was introduced into South Africa, Ireland, and England.
- The gray squirrel has a deadly disease to the red squirrel The virus is deadly to red squirrels but does not affect the host. This is cited as an “example of how diseases carried by invading species can act as biological weapons and speed up their conquest of native species "Also they have cost Britain 14 million dollars
- Squirrels have long bushy tails that they use for balancing as they jump from a tree to another, for shade in hot weather, and for slowing their fall. They also have slender toes and sharp claws that enable them to climb trees very fast. Additionally, just before winter, squirrels grow a thick winter coat after shedding their hair to keep them warm in the cold period. They usually live for about 5 to 8 years.
- Got information from ask.com Wikipedia and news.discovery.com
Burmese Python
- Original habitat: Southeast Asia and Florida also approximately 99,000 Burmese pythons were imported to the United States between 1996 and 2006 (compared to only 17,000 between 1970 and 1995).
- They have been let into the wold by owners or have escaped from where they were in the first place they are one in Florida etc.
- They destroy tons and tons of property on farms and eat animals like cow and goats which is food we eat and imagne if this keeps happening we won't have lots of meet or milk we lose resources.
- Got the information from Wikipedia new.discovery.com and. Edis.ifas.ufl.edu
- They have rarely no problem adjusting to there enviorment.
