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Invasive Species Research Project

Published on Nov 23, 2015

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TEN INVASIVE SPECIES

  • Sarah Bingenheimer
  • Hr:6
Photo by Zeusandhera
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RED-EARED SLIDER TURTLE

  • Original Habitat: Mississippi River
  • The red-eared slider turtle moved from the Mississippi River to
  • everywhere but Antarctica by mostly trade.
  • This turtle is on the list of invasive species because it carries a bacteria of the genus
  • salmonella, this bacteria causes illness in animals and humans.
Photo by Chris Yarzab
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AMERICAN LOBSTER

  • Original Habitat: Europe
  • The American lobster moved from Europe to worldwide by distribution
  • American lobsters harbor diseases than can kill the native crustaceans or cause deformations to
  • their shells, which reduces their market value.
Photo by Ryan Somma
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BULLFROGS

  • Original Habitat: Mississippi River
  • Bullfrogs have been blamed for native species declines in much of North
  • America.
  • Bullfrogs moved from the Mississippi River to around North America by the
  • art of hopping with two hind legs,
Photo by wackybadger
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GRAY SQUIRRELS

  • Original Habitat: England
  • The British revile the rodent interloper because it threatens the native red squirrel.
  • This Gray Squirrel moved from England to the U.S. by trade and or distribution.
Photo by U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region
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RACCOONS

  • Original Habitat: North America
  • Raccoons moved across North America after escaping or being let free from
  • fur farms.
  • Raccoons are invasive cause they are the carrier of roundworm which can be
  • Dangerous to other species of mammals and birds.
Photo by Penh
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AMERICAN MINK

  • Original Habitat:
  • The American mink moved from to across the country after being set free or
  • Escaping from fur farms.
  • Mink pose the greatest threat to the water vole whose population has declined by
  • by up to 95% from its pre-1960 level..
Photo by Peter G Trimming
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CRAYFISH

  • Original Habitat: Ohio River
  • Impacts: Rusty crayfish are aggressive invaders.They can harm native fish communities by feeding on
  • their eggs and young, drive out or hybridize with native crayfish, and eliminate aquatic vegetation.
Photo by Rob Swatski
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LARGEMOUTH BASS

  • Original Habitat: Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins
  • Largemouth bass were originally distributed throughout most of what is now the United States east
  • of the Rockies. The largemouth bass has been introduced into many other countries due to its
  • popularity as a sport fish. It causes the decline, displacement or extinctions of species in its new habitat
Photo by Phil's 1stPix
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ROSY WOLF SNAIL

  • Original Habitat:southeastern United States
  • rosy wolfsnail was introduced to islands in the Pacific and Indian Oceans from the 1950s
  • rosy wolfsnail rapidly started eliminating local endemic species such as Partula tree
  • snails. Already, many Partula tree snails have been lost and survivors mainly exist in zoos and in the world’s first
  • wildlife reserves for snails.
Photo by Patrick Feller
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COLORADO POTATO BEETLE

  • Original Habitat: Rocky Mountains
  • Colorado beetles are a serious pest of potatoes. They may also cause significant damage to tomatoes
  • and eggplants. The insect began its rapid spread eastward, reaching the Atlantic coast by 1874.
Photo by AussieBotanist

Sarah Bingenheimer