Invasive Species Videos w/ Questions

Vines, snakes, and rabbits can be invasivespecies.Kudzu is native to East Asia, where it is eaten by insects and dies in the winter. It was brought to the southeastern United States for porch decorations, to feed cattle and to reduce soil erosion.The kudzu plant grows uncontrollably because it has no natural predatorsand the mild climate in southeastern USA.Who is the python outcompeting for resources? alligators, panthersWhat controls the python population in its native habitat? diseases, parasites, and predatorsWhat is the problem with European rabbits in Australia? They eat so many plants that they wipe out the food supply for themselves and other herbivores.Why have the rabbits been so successful in Australia? A lack of predators and year long reproduction.Most of the world's ecosystems are a result of millennia of coevolution by organisms. Organisms adapt to their environment and to each other until a stable balance is reached.Healthy ecosystems maintain this balance via limiting factors.The sudden introduction of a non-native organism can upset this balance. Australia's poster child for invasive species: cane toadThe cane toad is native to southern and central America.Farmers brought the cane toads to Australia in the 1930's to control beetles eating their sugarcane crops.How many eggs can female cane toads lay at a time? 35,000What is Australia's hope at controlling the spread of the cane toad population? Meat Ant The mongoose is credited with the extinction of nearly a dozen species across the globe.Where is Macquarie Island located? Halfway between Australia and Antarctica What was used in 2011 to kill off the rats, mice and many of the rabbits on Macquarie Island? Poisoned Rodent Bait What are the 5 strangest ways people have fought back against invasive species in this video. (List them)