Imagine aliens arriving to Earth, with the intentions to survive. They take up space and take human food sources. This is essentially what invasive species do here on Earth, causing many problems. A prime example of invasive species are the Europeans coming to the Americas and settling, eventually taking all of the land and resources from the natives. An invasive species is a foreign species that gets transported, whether intentional or not, to a new ecosystem. They then disrupt the ecosystem, usually growing in population and killing other species, because there are checks and balances already set in the ecosystem. Some of the damages caused by invasive species, gave us ideas on how to eradicate them, and what methods we can do to prevent
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According to Entertainment News Service’s “Toxic Mice Latest Weapon Against Guam’s Brown Tree Snakes”, “The brown tree snake is responsible for the extinction of nine of 12 forest birds on Guam”. Brown tree snakes are dangerous to both humans and wildlife. It is essentially annihilating the forest ecosystems of Guam, and taking over the island. Guam’s brown tree snakes aren’t the only animals to harm other ecosystems. Yellowstone Park in Wyoming, has had many invasive trouts in their streams. These fish usually get bigger than the natives, occasionally eating them. If the native fish are being eaten, then the grizzly bears, bald eagles, and other predators, lose a main food …show more content…
Aquarium dumping is a big problem, like in Utah. People dump their little goldfish into a body of water, believing it will be harmless. Next thing you know, the once little goldfish is 18 inches long. This is a big problem with all types of animals. People purchase exotic pets, then can no longer care for them, so they release them into the wild. If enough people do this, then the species may become invasive in that area. Climate change is a touchy subject, but many scientists believe that one reason invasive species get there is because the species’ habitat is destroyed and they then have to find a new home. Sometimes when invaders get to the locations, it’s unintentional, like in the great lakes with zebra mussels. The mussels attach to ships without knowledge, then being moved to new bodies of water where they then reproduce rapidly, taking over the area. Invasive species are everywhere in the world. Almost, if not all, reasons that invasive species get to new locations is because of man. Man is also the only one who can eradicate or prevent this from happening by either using other animals or by just not releasing the animals into the wild. These invasive species can cause many damages. With the variety of animals, we have a variety of methods to remove them. But we also can prevent all of these species from getting transported anyways.
According to Entertainment News Service’s “Toxic Mice Latest Weapon Against Guam’s Brown Tree Snakes”, “The brown tree snake is responsible for the extinction of nine of 12 forest birds on Guam”. Brown tree snakes are dangerous to both humans and wildlife. It is essentially annihilating the forest ecosystems of Guam, and taking over the island. Guam’s brown tree snakes aren’t the only animals to harm other ecosystems. Yellowstone Park in Wyoming, has had many invasive trouts in their streams. These fish usually get bigger than the natives, occasionally eating them. If the native fish are being eaten, then the grizzly bears, bald eagles, and other predators, lose a main food …show more content…
Aquarium dumping is a big problem, like in Utah. People dump their little goldfish into a body of water, believing it will be harmless. Next thing you know, the once little goldfish is 18 inches long. This is a big problem with all types of animals. People purchase exotic pets, then can no longer care for them, so they release them into the wild. If enough people do this, then the species may become invasive in that area. Climate change is a touchy subject, but many scientists believe that one reason invasive species get there is because the species’ habitat is destroyed and they then have to find a new home. Sometimes when invaders get to the locations, it’s unintentional, like in the great lakes with zebra mussels. The mussels attach to ships without knowledge, then being moved to new bodies of water where they then reproduce rapidly, taking over the area. Invasive species are everywhere in the world. Almost, if not all, reasons that invasive species get to new locations is because of man. Man is also the only one who can eradicate or prevent this from happening by either using other animals or by just not releasing the animals into the wild. These invasive species can cause many damages. With the variety of animals, we have a variety of methods to remove them. But we also can prevent all of these species from getting transported anyways.