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Alien Invasion Hits UK

Started by Mike, Oct 13, 2008, 10:04:59

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Mike

Oct 13, 2008, 10:04:59
We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology. Carl Sagan

Rick

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Oct 15, 2008, 16:13:25
Two of the UK's worst aquatic invasive species are set to meet.

Scientists believe that the ranges of the plague-carrying non-native crayfish and the fierce Chinese mitten crab are beginning to overlap.

More: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7575744.stm

Mike

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Oct 15, 2008, 16:14:49
I'd sure hate to have a bad dose of fierce Chinese mitten crabs !  :o
We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology. Carl Sagan

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Oct 15, 2008, 16:17:11
I've a friend who works for the NHM answering letters from the public to the entomology department. Apparently, most (more than 99%) of the reports of "alien" species they receive turn out to be native species...

Rick

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Oct 16, 2008, 17:24:44
"We are sitting on a bit of time bomb," says the RSPB's Graham Madge.

"New species are becoming established all the time and some have the potential to take hold and accelerate: we've got a watchlist of species that could potentially cause devastation."

More: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7573529.stm
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