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Subject: Re: Ecosystemic Contamination
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Date: 10 Oct 89 20:32:01 GMT
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In article <11681@burdvax.PRC.Unisys.COM> overt@antony (Christian Overton) writes:
>son about the problems that can arise when plants and animals are introduced to
>new environments by man; he got excited by the idea and wanted me to compile a
>list of recent invaders mostly to N. America (n.a.).  I'm looking for any
>interesting additions to my current list, and sources where we can find more
>ORGANISM                             ORIGIN                 INTRODUCED TO
>

cane toad				??			australia


This was introduced to control some other creature (cane snake?),
which might also have been non-native.  Anyway, it is eating
everything in sight and is considered an ecological disaster (wiping
out native species).  There is a movie CANE TOADS which documents the
story, I saw a clip and it looked great.  I think they are now looking
for some non-native predator to introduce to eat the cane toads - who
knows where this could end.

Nigel Goddard