SciShow: Weird Ways We've Fought Invasive Species

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Content of the Lesson: Invasive species can wreak havoc in their new habitats, and the survival of entire ecosystems can depend on getting rid of them. In some cases, we humans have gotten pretty creative in our attempts to eradicate the problem. Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Kevin Carpentier, Eric Jensen, Matt Curls, Sam Buck, Christopher R Boucher, Avi Yashchin, Adam Brainard, Greg , Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, Piya Shedden, Scott Satovsky Jr.Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.islandconservation.org/nonnative-vs-invasive-species/ https://www.environmentalscience.org/invasive-species https://www.nwf.org/Our-Work/Environmental-Threats/Invasive-Species https://www.sciencealert.com/guam-s-plague-of-snakes-is-having-a-devastating-impact-on-the-trees https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/08/guam-military-wildlife/536622/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/9/100924-science-animals-guam-brown-tree-snakes-mouse-tylenol/ https://wp.natsci.colostate.edu/findingporpoise/the-problem-of-brown-tree-snakes-why-trojan-horses-only-work-in-troy/ https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3850v3vg https://www.aphis.usda.gov/wildlife_damage/nwrc/publications/97pubs/97-74.pdf https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/es015873n https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/impacts-invasive-lionfish https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/taming-lionfish/ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/lionfish-zapper-hits-open-seas https://psmag.com/environment/fighting-off-a-lionfish-invasion https://newsroom.cisco.com/feature-content?type=webcontent&articleId=1903415 https://dtmag.com/thelibrary/scuba-q-a-common-questions-asked-by-nondivers/ https://www.livescience.com/56251-lionfish-killing-robot-roomba-makers.html https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2009/10/15/eat-for-the-ecosystem https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-we-really-eat-invasive-species-into-submission/ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2014/11/24/invasive-species-electric-shock/#.XZ_TvGZ7laR https://dnrec.alpha.delaware.gov/fish-wildlife/fish-monitoring-via-electrofisher/ https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02755947.2014.942042 https://www.hcn.org/issues/51.15/wildlife-mountain-goat-eradication-is-a-high-flying-balancing-act-in-olympic-national-park https://ktla.com/2019/07/10/government-airlifting-blindfolded-goats-back-to-native-habitat-in-washington/ https://parkplanning.nps.gov/document.cfm?parkID=329&projectID=49246&documentID=87825 https://www.npr.org/2018/09/24/651090927/via-truck-and-helicopter-mountain-goats-find-new-home https://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/the-genetic-variation-in-a-population-is-6526354/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/onward/2014/09/02/on-the-galapagos-the-betrayal-of-judas-goats/ https://www.islandconservation.org/goats-island-ecosystems-not-good-match/ https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0018835 https://www.jstor.org/stable/40208511?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents https://www.researchgate.net/publication/43495888_Manipulation_of_the_reproductive_system_of_feral_goats_Capra_hircus_to_increase_the_efficacy_of_Judas_goats_field_methods_utilising_tubal_sterilisation_abortion_hormone_implants_and_epididymectomy https://www.allianceforthebay.org/2018/02/10-ways-you-can-prevent-the-spread-of-invasive-species/ https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/1030982.pdf https://journal.culanth.org/index.php/ca/article/download/ca32.3.08/175?inline=1 Images: https://www.nps.gov/olym/planyourvisit/mountain-goat-capture-and-translocation.htm https://www.nps.gov/media/video/view.htm?id=3E5FA9E3-DE81-366D-3C4A2647CD6EDC5B https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Galapagos-satellite-2002.jpg


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