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Introduction of European Species upon North American dirt:
Posted on 12/14/16 at 8:55 am
Posted on 12/14/16 at 8:55 am
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Pigs, Lambs and Cattle.
Ivy, Honeysuckle and English peas.
We have loads of thanks to European people(s) for these types of things.
Very much glad to be American...but do any of you guys remember where you "come from"?
My grandmother always tries to remind me of these things so just wondering.
Pigs, Lambs and Cattle.
Ivy, Honeysuckle and English peas.
We have loads of thanks to European people(s) for these types of things.
Very much glad to be American...but do any of you guys remember where you "come from"?
My grandmother always tries to remind me of these things so just wondering.
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Posted on 12/14/16 at 8:58 am to Mister Tee
Pretty much thought it was all American food.
Posted on 12/14/16 at 11:13 am to Mister Tee
Starlings
Posted on 12/14/16 at 11:59 am to GnashRebel
English Sparrows.
Starlings.
Those 50 pairs have become 250 million. They and English Sparrows are causing untold damage to breeding sites for native birds.
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A homesick Englishman by the name of Nicholas Pike brought with him 50 House Sparrows from England and released them in Brooklyn, New York. Those 50 sparrows quickly adapted to the American lifestyle, driving out birds that had been native here.
Starlings.
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In the early 1890's, the Acclimation Society of North America released 50 pairs of Starlings into New York's Central Park as part of a project to introduce every bird ever mentioned in a Shakespeare play. Only 50 years later their populations had spread across the continent, competing for nesting sites with our native birds.
Those 50 pairs have become 250 million. They and English Sparrows are causing untold damage to breeding sites for native birds.
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Posted on 12/14/16 at 3:36 pm to Mister Tee
Kudzu, burmese pythons, zebra mussels, africanized bees... frick non native species and arse clowns who proliferated them.
Posted on 12/14/16 at 3:44 pm to MoarKilometers
I hate honeysuckle with a passion. The stuff is taking over our forests.
Add Japanese Carp and beetles to the list while you are at it.
Add Japanese Carp and beetles to the list while you are at it.
Posted on 12/14/16 at 3:59 pm to Mister Tee
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2009 Kudzu bug from Asia first documented in the southeastern US.
These critters came on a jet to the ATL.
When I was living in Georgia a few years ago there was random day where there were thousands of these things swarming everywhere. They were on doors, cars, everything.
And they smell bad too.
Posted on 12/14/16 at 3:59 pm to Mister Tee
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Posted on 12/14/16 at 4:11 pm to MoarKilometers
They aren't always intentional introductions. Many are accidental byproducts of international travel & trade.
Fire ants, for example, didn't exist in the United States until about 100 years ago when they appeared around the port of Mobile. They didn't exist in Australia until early this century.
Fire ants, for example, didn't exist in the United States until about 100 years ago when they appeared around the port of Mobile. They didn't exist in Australia until early this century.
Posted on 12/14/16 at 4:16 pm to Mister Tee
I'm pretty sure the Spanish brought horses here.
Changed a lot of things.
Indian tribes that were more culturally and physically advanced were eventually overtaken by much weaker physically and less cultural tribes who mastered horse riding.
Changed a lot of things.
Indian tribes that were more culturally and physically advanced were eventually overtaken by much weaker physically and less cultural tribes who mastered horse riding.
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Posted on 12/14/16 at 4:32 pm to Mister Tee
Jumping Asian carp in the Mississippi River.
Posted on 12/15/16 at 8:17 pm to Mister Tee
Melanin enhanced people were forceably introduced to North America. does that count? just sayin...
Posted on 12/16/16 at 11:00 am to MoarKilometers
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frick non native species and arse clowns who proliferated them.
As revenge, we gifted Europe with Canada Geese.
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Posted on 12/16/16 at 12:46 pm to Mister Tee
I believe Horses could be added to that list as well. Pretty sure there are no native horses to America.
Posted on 12/16/16 at 5:08 pm to AggieDub14
They first evolved in North America, as did camels, but died out. They were reintroduced by Europeans.
Posted on 12/16/16 at 6:02 pm to Kentucker
Lion fish.
Taste great, but they can whip out food supply with a quickness. People just had to have them in the pet trade.
Taste great, but they can whip out food supply with a quickness. People just had to have them in the pet trade.
Posted on 12/16/16 at 7:39 pm to memphisplaya
They have spread all over the Atlantic, displacing many other species of fish. They're the Atlantic Ocean's worst environmental disaster ever.
Posted on 12/17/16 at 1:38 pm to Kentucker
Was gonna post the Asian carp
Posted on 12/17/16 at 1:40 pm to Mister Tee
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1930s Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta, identified after Brazilian ships unloaded ant-infested cargo in the port of Mobile, and a 13-year-old boy–a certain E.O. Wilson, as he would later be known–reported the first colony of Red Imported Fire Ant in the US.
I refuse to be thankful for this
Posted on 12/17/16 at 7:08 pm to Mister Tee
Not European but I would like to thank Owen Denny for introducing these to the US in 1881
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