The Destructive Power Of Invasive Species

There are people in Texas that don't like one of the invasive species there.
the nine-band armadillo.

They rototiller lawns to no end and are a pest.

Armadillo meat is edible if properly prepared. This may have caused a spread of them as some Mexican have been known to trap and transport them for food use.
www.backwoodsbound.com...
www.cajuncookingrecipes.com...
www.foodreference.com...

"One man's trash is another man's treasure".

Is the carp a pest or a fertilizer?
May 'You' decide and act accordingly.

May Nature nod with a harvest's smile.
.....For every problem 'could' be an opportunity in disguise.

Perception Is what you 'make' of it.
.....as "whether there is a heaven or hell, thinking 'makes' it so".

Work smart, not hard, for the latter is wasting the creativity.....
>In< ; >time>.....itself.
'Your' work should not be hard.
If you do not enjoy what you do, you are denying yourself of yourself.

To be Sovereign unto one's self 'inspires' divine intervention -Less- interdiction.

It works.
It Is.

Of the mind of 'my' mantra:
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Yup! Here in the UK, Grey Squirrels are totally hated, and we're known as a nation of animal lovers.

As far as I know, they are the only animal, other than foxes and fowl that you are legally allowed to shoot on sight and after the damage the little buggers did to my roof space, I would gladly do it. I've even trained my dog to kill the little sods (he's quite good at it too!).

Also, I've only ever seen a red squirrel once in my life. How sad is that!

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Re: Kudzu, we have a very similar problem here with Japanese Knotweed. It;s actaully illegal. I used to work in the property sector for local government and they had a sample leaf in the middle of the notice board, with the words "kill, kill, kill!!!" around it.

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Originally posted by buni11687
Also we cant forget about the Stoolcat,dangerous things!.

The Stoolcat of Europe. When the female lays eggs inside of the male Stoolcat, after about two weeks, the babies are ready to come out. Since the male Stoolcats cannot give birth properly, he explodes. The baby Stoolcats then come out and eat the male Stoolcat's ears clean off. This animal came from the interbreeding of a snake-spider hybrid, and a regular house cat. The Stoolcats' legs are specially designed so that it can travel faster than the speed of light, making it invisible to the naked eye...

I have heard of this creature,

Very dangerous indeed!!

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Life is hard.

Nothing you do can ever be wrong.

We just keep telling ourselves that it is.

While im wiping the slate clean, I remove nothing

My mind is playing tricks on you, don't listen lol.

You are as confused as me.

If you set me free you win.

Ask yourself this one question.

How can you get yourself out of you.

Am I asking for trouble?

Why do I trouble myself?

Is it for you? Then tell me who are you?

Do I need a reason other than that I love you.

Yes I do have problems.

I'm trying to fix.

Can you forgive me.

I push myself farther than most people would, to the brink of extiction.

Only to have sat up on the brink of mind and save myself.

I am filled with too much pride.

I take away my pride, let it go, and watch everything change.

All I did was give birth to my soul, do you feel how much it hurts.

All I did was give up, I give, you win.

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i found a site where you can vote to stop and help eradicate invasive species

here is the site

www.wildlifeforever.org...

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also there is rumor of the Obama Administration to meet with Illinois government to irradiate the Car

It would be interesting wether or not scientists could discover a way to genetically sterilize an invasive species.
But of course this ability could be abused in sinister ways.

The main invasive species around here is Japanese Knotweed en.wikipedia.org..., it's everywhere!
Apparently it's full of resveritol, the stuff in wine that's good for your health.

And this one here:
davesgarden.com...
My backyard is full of it, I pulled a bunch last summer.

One of my most educational experiences was staying with an expert bush tucker man, Koa Windsong here in Queensland Australia

I started to appreciate the variety of uses for different plants, and how every plant seems to have a function

Now I can see that even so called Pests can have a useful function if we are open minded enough to see it. For example one of the most wdespread weeds here is called Lantana. It has spikes that hook onto clothes and it can make getting through bushland a nightmare. It does have edible berries though.

For rabbits I would say a virus, trapping or encouraging mass rabbit hunting would be the way to go

Toads apparently have a psychoactive compound similar to '___' hmm interesting uses there

Those fish could make a good bulk food source if they are edible, and so on

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Hi Nexus...
Just to say that maybe the world's largest freshwater ecosystem would the Amazonian Bassin.

Cheers and all the best!

We could always hunt them like these guys hunt INVASIVE feral non-native hogs:


And you seem to have forgotten to include hogs in that comprehensive list.

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reply to post by Signals


Hey, my dad grew up reall poor. He ate sparrows, but starlings are scavenger bird. They would make nests in the cement blocks and if we pulled out the babies, they stunk!

Plecostomus fish (ugly fish) are invasive too. They get too big for an aquarium and people just throw them in a lake and they get even bigger there.
Another really bad one to rival kudzu is water hyacinth. It really crowds things out and clogs water ways.

What about humans? When the question of this topic uses the word Evasive species........
Just a question and thought to ponder

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Hmm....

You first?