Florida Alien (animal) Invasion

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has gotten smart about it. They opened a season and are charging $26 for the permit. It started on March 8th.

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2010-03-08/features/fl-python-season-begin-20100308_1_nonnative-burmese-pythons-african-rock-pythons-nonnative-snakes

I don't know about you but I think I'd rather have a shotgun with 00 buck than a big knife when I'm going after those critters. Those Nile Monitor Lizards scare me especially when I read they can grow to 6 ft or more long.
 
As far as I am concerned ALL species are invasive- this is evolution in action. Where a species is introduced where they flourish, then the niches change and life continues. While it is sad when local species are displaced, this is how all extant species have developed. It bugs me that people are so resistant to change. I do feel that an effort to keep local species viable is worthwhile, but to expect that life will not move, change and take over other life is naive and out of touch with the history of life on earth.

I'll end rant now, but I actually enjoy hearing about invasive species as it shows that life is continuing despite all the doomsday reports that we are killing the planet (specific species/environments sure but not the whole planet).
 
CUTS LIKE A KRIS said:
As far as I am concerned ALL species are invasive- this is evolution in action. Where a species is introduced where they flourish, then the niches change and life continues. While it is sad when local species are displaced, this is how all extant species have developed. It bugs me that people are so resistant to change. I do feel that an effort to keep local species viable is worthwhile, but to expect that life will not move, change and take over other life is naive and out of touch with the history of life on earth.

I'll end rant now, but I actually enjoy hearing about invasive species as it shows that life is continuing despite all the doomsday reports that we are killing the planet (specific species/environments sure but not the whole planet).
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It's not a natural change. It is a direct result of us screwing with the ecosystem. It is one of the ways that we are killing the planet.

The problem isn't just that invasive species displace native animals in the same ecological niche. Much of the time they have no natural predators and the native prey animals have no defense against them.

An introduced species can disrupt the balance that has been established over thousands of years. Life continues, sure, but with less diversity.
 
mikeal said:
It's not a natural change. It is a direct result of us screwing with the ecosystem. It is one of the ways that we are killing the planet.

The problem isn't just that invasive species displace native animals in the same ecological niche. Much of the time they have no natural predators and the native prey animals have no defense against them.

An introduced species can disrupt the balance that has been established over thousands of years. Life continues, sure, but with less diversity.
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I really do not feel that the planet is dying, even if we are having an impact. Millions of species die in short periods of time, and life continues. In my opinion there is never a balance, just oscillations within ecosystems that are constantly changing. I totally agree that introduced species have a drastic impact, but the introduction of new species into an ecosystem has been happening for as long as life has been around. Diversity within a small ecosystem may decrease, but doomsday reports of lack of speciation are greatly overdone IMO, as if this were true then there would be much fewer species on earth right now, especially with the large scale extinctions that have been discovered. I have never heard of an ecosystem that totally died after having a new organism introduced- if any of you have please tell me so I can research it.

I do believe it is sad when species are displaced but this is life in action. The species that exist in an area displaced something else to get there (just like people do), and displacements will occur long after we are dust.

I don't begrudge you your opinion, these are just mine after studying Anthropology and Biology and the world around me, and taking what we are exposed to with a grain of salt no matter if I believe it or not. My belief is that those organisms that are best suited for an area will survive, but nothing lasts forever in the natural world.
 
skitertank said:
:thumbup:not at all,i was watching the same show last night and getting really irritated with the yet again panzee media and society we constantly see on tv. they said they have a problem with the population of pigs and snakes and since i tend to like killing both, the solution is someone buy me a plane ticket and 150 rounds of 44mag and 12gauge,problem solved:Djust keep bringin the ammo:p
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If they would let us, I'd buy you enough ammo until your arm fell off. Then it would be my turn! :thumbup: :D
 
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