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#FunFactFriday on #biocontrol: We focus on finding new #invasivespecies & preventing introductions b/c #eradication, especially in the ocean, is hard. Removing small animals by hand is almost always impossible, so sci's must use a mechanical, chemical, or biological solution. 🔎
Introducing known predators of invasives is an effort called "biocontrol" but sometimes these predators don't follow orders. Check out this @SmithsonianMag article about a wasp that *might* save Florida oranges! goo.gl/EnEchH
A well known biocontrol failure is the introduction of the South Am. Cane Toad to AUS 🇦🇺. It was brought to eat an insect pest but the toad didn't like the habitat of the pest & moved quickly to a new area, where its population exploded - a problem since cane toads are poisonous!
