Invasive Species

[maikeru]

The wonderful carp of Utah Lake:

Utah Lake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I used to fish for those when I was a kid. :/

[Ganoderma]

Invasive species are a real concern for sure. Taiwan is an island of introduced species, the worst are probably the people lol.

but something that always really annoys me is we (our governments or appropriate agencies) are seeming to go so far in the other direction that they are stopping, or trying to stop, natural spread of species. I find it rather strange, if a plant/animal is naturally going in that direction, i call that evolution/natures way. but we are even stopping this now to protect our investments i guess.

a good example is on Vancouver Island (coastal BC, Canada) there are no Grizzly bears, only black bears. On the mainland there are both. but the odd time there is a Grizzly bear that "island hops" its way over to Vancouver Island. upon its arrival, it enjoys a nice new home until it is discovered and either shot or relocated. I know there are many people who think that is good, but its too much like playing god for my liking and seems that we are putting up walls saying that this species distribution is HERE, and we will not allow it to naturally move outside this blue dot on the map.

for me, this is just wrong. thankfully in the last few billion years nature was not as confined and could give rise to new and wonderful things.