ReimTime said: And since I was so Conservative in my previous post......... In a perfect world, I'd like to wipe out all the invasive species from the habitats we have introduced them to, that they aren't supposed to be in. No more Killer Bees threatening honeybee populations, no more of those Zebra Mussels choking up lake ecosystems, no more shitty invasive weeds etc. It is possible. Alberta for example is rat free. We fucked their shit up and we have a rat patrol to fuck up any future wiseguys. |
There would be no more aphids, mustang horses, fire ants, lady bugs, Japanese beetles, and honeybees in North America! It's hard to imagine how much stuff would grow here without those dang aphids. They suck the life out of young growing plants. And those Japanese Beetles do so much damage to the east coast of NA.
The worst example I can think of is one of the now uninhabited Hawaiian Islands that let rats loose and they ate so much of the trees (Sandalwood) that storms were able to wipe out enough of the island that people can't live there anymore.
I love bunny rabbits, but I get that Australia doesn’t benefit from all the wild ones.
To answer the orginal question - sometimes, but you have to be very selective. The results can be devistating. Like how they killed all the wolves in Yellowstone, and if they had not put them back all the forest would have gone. All the beavers would be gone. Which would cause massive floodings downstream - which is much of the USA.