Comments on: Alien Species Invading The British Isles http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/06/12/alien-species-invading-the-british-isles/ News & commentary on sustainability, activism, urban planning, politics, and our world. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:54:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Uncle B http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/06/12/alien-species-invading-the-british-isles/comment-page-1/#comment-55543 Uncle B Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:49:16 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=1085#comment-55543 Let the real predators in Britain have at 'em! Tell humans where, when and how to catch and eat them and put no limits on the catch. The problem will soon rectify itself when the real predators are let loose! Let the real predators in Britain have at ‘em! Tell humans where, when and how to catch and eat them and put no limits on the catch. The problem will soon rectify itself when the real predators are let loose!

]]> By: Maus pas http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/06/12/alien-species-invading-the-british-isles/comment-page-1/#comment-55539 Maus pas Sat, 14 Jun 2008 09:48:50 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=1085#comment-55539 Nice pic but afraid it's not an American Signal Crayfish freshwater, that's a saltwater species, go to the Environment Agency website to get all the info. Nice pic but afraid it’s not an American Signal Crayfish freshwater, that’s a saltwater species, go to the Environment Agency website to get all the info.

]]> By: website design http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/06/12/alien-species-invading-the-british-isles/comment-page-1/#comment-55540 website design Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:52:37 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=1085#comment-55540 An armor-plated alien invader is eating its way through wildlife in Britain s waterways The problems started during the 1970 s when Signal crayfish bread in farms for the restaurant trade managed to escape. So successful have they been, with their lack of natural predators, rapid breeding rate, and willingness to eat absolutely everything including plants, insects, fish, snails, detritus and their own young, that they have quickly grown into an aquatic army of almost plague proportions. What can we do about this? Not very much it seems. Every time mankind tries to manipulate our environment we usually seem to make a huge mess. Scientists are currently considering plans to breed large numbers of sterile male crayfish, releasing them into the world to upset breeding rates - probably not a bad plan, although adding even more of the monsters to the population does appear risky in the short term. Yes, some bright fool thought WoW, I can raise these mud bugs , cook them and make a fortune and they never once thought that the Crayfish lives in ditches or any other damp place and reproduce like mad, they eat like crazy and all it takes is one slip and poof they escape back into nature and take over the kingdom. Congratulations once more humans, again you mess with nature out of greed and pay the price... Nuff Said..... StarDust An armor-plated alien invader is eating its way through wildlife in Britain s waterways

The problems started during the 1970 s when Signal crayfish bread in farms for the restaurant trade managed to escape. So successful have they been, with their lack of natural predators, rapid breeding rate, and willingness to eat absolutely everything including plants, insects, fish, snails, detritus and their own young, that they have quickly grown into an aquatic army of almost plague proportions.

What can we do about this? Not very much it seems. Every time mankind tries to manipulate our environment we usually seem to make a huge mess. Scientists are currently considering plans to breed large numbers of sterile male crayfish, releasing them into the world to upset breeding rates – probably not a bad plan, although adding even more of the monsters to the population does appear risky in the short term.

Yes, some bright fool thought WoW, I can raise these mud bugs , cook them and make a fortune and they never once thought that the Crayfish lives in ditches or any other damp place and reproduce like mad, they eat like crazy and all it takes is one slip and poof they escape back into nature and take over the kingdom.

Congratulations once more humans, again you mess with nature out of greed and pay the price…

Nuff Said…..

StarDust

]]> By: Mark Seall http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/06/12/alien-species-invading-the-british-isles/comment-page-1/#comment-55541 Mark Seall Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:56:48 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=1085#comment-55541 Thanks for your thoughts Matt.. The only distinction I can draw is that most species tend to live as a part of nature as an integral part of its systems, giving and taking as nature’s systems constantly change and adjust. Humans, on the other hand, don’t live as part of nature, rather we tap it as a resource. Or at least this is what we have done since the dawn of the industrial revolution (which was a great thing for us).. But we are about to digress into a whole new blog post here… Thanks for your thoughts Matt..

The only distinction I can draw is that most species tend to live as a part of nature as an integral part of its systems, giving and taking as nature’s systems constantly change and adjust. Humans, on the other hand, don’t live as part of nature, rather we tap it as a resource. Or at least this is what we have done since the dawn of the industrial revolution (which was a great thing for us)..

But we are about to digress into a whole new blog post here…

]]> By: Matt http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/06/12/alien-species-invading-the-british-isles/comment-page-1/#comment-55542 Matt Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:05:13 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=1085#comment-55542 Great pic! I always wonder, who's to say that we aren't programmed to introduce these new species? The assumption that man is somehow separate from, and a negative influence on nature strikes me as at best bizarre; at worst it ignores the teachings of just about every religion, science and philosophy known to man. The assumption stands firmly on the ground of another assumption; that we have free will. Since that subject is far too complex for a comment, I thought I'd just note that the grey squirrels mentioned in the Guardian pics link you gave are themselves being threatened by black squirrels... see http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/apr/26/endangeredspecies Great pic!

I always wonder, who’s to say that we aren’t programmed to introduce these new species? The assumption that man is somehow separate from, and a negative influence on nature strikes me as at best bizarre; at worst it ignores the teachings of just about every religion, science and philosophy known to man.

The assumption stands firmly on the ground of another assumption; that we have free will. Since that subject is far too complex for a comment, I thought I’d just note that the grey squirrels mentioned in the Guardian pics link you gave are themselves being threatened by black squirrels… see http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/apr/26/endangeredspecies

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