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Post by Michael Catalani on Apr 2, 2007 1:22:30 GMT
Another good choice! Guam - Where the the introduction of the Brown Tree Snake has been an unmitigated disaster. I remember watching a show on this a few years back. They interviewed a man from Guam who was sitting on the toilet, and one of the snakes came up through the sewer pipes and bit him on the scrotum. Now, I'm not sure how everyone feels about invasive species, but this should just about draw the line for anyone. On a side note, my wife said we're never moving to Guam.
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Post by Aidan on Apr 2, 2007 1:52:52 GMT
There's all sorts of potential in responding to that, but I think I'd better not...
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Post by jm82792 on May 25, 2007 3:49:39 GMT
.... but then Hawaii started out as a sterile volcano chain, and now hosts many endemic life forms, all of which started out from somewhere else. Food for thought. Bad example. Many Hawaiian endemics are either extinct, believed extinct or critically endangered. All thanks to introductions by you know who. Your right most of the last plants are ether in universities or private collectors. There is a women who lives down the road very rare things she has money so her collection is extremely large,she is going to be non profit soon. The plants she has are really cool she still wants to get hold of drosera anglica "hawaii". I was going to cultivate it for her but since I am moving I will just call her up and help her through the phone when she gets one from the university. She has 10 acres of land full of things that I find interesting she loves the nepenthes I gave her my mom wanted to give her something because she bought all 5 kids xmas presents the nepenthes is ventrisco I want to give her some baby drosera but I don't think they like being misted.
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Post by venusflytrapman on Sept 26, 2007 16:11:37 GMT
The idea of planting a new species in a country... it would be quite a good idea if they didn't affect other plant's numbers. But, of course, like it has been previously mentioned, how can dionaea survive in a tropical habitat? Dionaea can't have done anything if they are in the wrong growing conditions- they can't grow to outgrow the plants that are already native to the country.
P.S. it is me from CPUK, in case you were wondering about the name.
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