INVASIVE SPECIES

SILVER CARP

• Has the potential to cause enormous damage to native species
• It feeds on plankton required by larval fish and native mussels

GIANT BURMESE PYTHON

• They are moved places to where they are not welcome
• Taking up residence in the wetlands of Florida
• They are among the largest snakes in the world up to 26ft long
• Top predators in Florida

RABBITS

• Britain's estimated 40 million rabbits cost than 26m euros a year in damage to crops
• Hated as pests
• They gave them birth control to keep them from not having babies

CANE TOADS

• They come from Central America and South America
• They are taken to other places, by cane growers to be spread
• Move 40 to 60 km per year

KUDZU

• Known as the vine that ate the south
• It's a perennial trailing vine that can up to 1 foot a day and as long as 98 ft
• 1 single root crown can produce as many as 30 vines which become hairy and woody and expand

KILLER BEES

• From Africa and first found in southern Texas
• Negative impact on honey production
• Lives in tree hollows and rotted logs

BEAVER

• From North America in Tierre del fuego
• They have sublime tail impact on landscape and local ecology

EASTERN GREY SQUIRREL

• In Europe squirrels are considered extremely destructive to native trees
• They are second in negative impact
• They carry a disease that's deadly

FEREL PIGS

• Much more destructive than regular pigs
• Brought to the us as domestic pigs from Europe and asana
• Raise swine population

STINK BUGS

• Emits pungent odor when it's disturbed
• Use piercing sucking mouth parts to feed on leaf and fruit tissue
• Mainly on the plants that are at risk in California