Introduction of Foreign Species into the Australian Ecosystem
B1. Investigate the impact of human activities on the diversity of living things.
Describe the impact that this activity has on the environment and species diversity. The early European settlers of Australia during the Imperialism introduced feral animals into Australia for many different reasons without knowing the harmful effects it brings to the ecosystem of their new home. For example, rabbits were introduced in 1859 by English explorers to Australia for hunting at home and feral cats were introduced 1788 into goldmines to control mice, then later also used to keep down the number of rabbits and native rats. Their lack of knowledge has impacted the Australian environment and species diversity greatly. It caused reduced population and increased pressure from uncontrolled predator and competition for food, water and shelter for native animal and plant species and degradation of native habitats, soil and waterways. Feral animals typically have few natural predators or fatal diseases and some have high reproductive rates. Their populations have not naturally diminished, so they can multiply rapidly if conditions are favourable. As living things, they need to eat for a living, and they eat native species that doesn’t have any resistance towards them. When this happens, the native food chain is disturbed. Introduced species hunt and kill native birds, mammals, reptiles and insects. Furthermore, they compete with
They are eating the species that have been living and thriving in the Everglades for a while. “With no natural predators, these eating machines appear to be wiping out huge numbers of opossums, raccoons, and bobcats, as well as many bird species” (Source 2). These pythons are taking over the beautiful Everglades by eating most of the population while their population is growing because nothing eats the python. “Burmese pythons are carnivores and survive primarily on small birds and mammals” (Source 1). The Burmese pythons are taking over the Everglades, which is making it harder for the other animals who have lived there for hundreds of years to thrive.
Last, the farmers and ranchers whose cattle land has been invaded by the prairie dogs are eradicating them. Although the loss of prairie dogs is the main logic behind the endangerment of the black-footed ferrets, a few other factors contribute as well. As well as most small animals, black-footed ferrets are prey.
The other predators are introduced animals. The first one was the Dingo. This was introduced as a domestic Dog several thousand years ago; it became feral. More recently, the Europeans have introduced Foxes for recreational hunting. Cats are also a problem.
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Animals were migrating to different parts of the country which is a huge problem because it causes invasive species. Invasive species become in competition with the native animals and sometimes causes native species to die off or migrate somewhere else. Animals were found dead in the fields with dust covering their entire body. Most of the deaths in wild animals were caused from lack of food and drinking water. The disease rate in animals also increases drastically.
In other words, when new animals were introduced to Europe, nothing happened to the environment. This was a positive effect for Europe seeing how they were only benefiting from the introducing of new animals. The Americas however, had a different reaction. The introduction of new animals caused a negative impact on their environment. It caused overgrazing, which is when farmers allow for grasslands to be grazed so heavily that the vegetation is damaged and the ground becomes liable to erosion.
Topic:They mess up the wild life.
Name:Mandi Powell
Having exotic animals in the wild is very bad. The animals will mess up other homes for the other animals, kill other animals, and destroy the food for the other creatures. Destroying wildlife is a horrible thing the snakes killing the mice, the alligators eating the fish in the lake, and the lion eating the zebras. Exotic animals destroy our wildlife by messing up the trees, our ground, and the lakes and ponds.
They’ve crippled the Everglades’ populations of opossums, rabbits, bobcats and foxes, thus dominating the food web to such a degree that there’s not much of a web anymore. Invasive pythons aren’t the only non-native species that threaten the Everglades ecosystem. There are invasive plants too, hurting the balance of the Everglades, not only choking out native species (some vine-like plants actually grow over original trees and plants), but growing so thick that they block water flow and movement of
People will not take good care of them because they get to big and their owners get scared and release them into the wild where there is already other animals habitats without thinking there is other ways you can get rid of your invasive pet. The second reason is, Certain plant rely on animals to keep them alive in their environment in which they live in. If you take the animal away from its original environment it could affect plants that rely on that animal and could cause the animal that went to its new environment to cause it to scare an animal away that had a plant that relied on that animal. or the new animal could eat the plant that the other animal relied on. My third and final reason is, The invasive species multiply and take over the environment causing corruption and harm.
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They are wild predators and threatening to some. But we should also understand why some opt to adopt them despite understanding its dangers. By implementing a law, we can make sure owners are responsible for it and thus provide adequate care for their own pets. We can make sure neighbors feel comfortable and accept these “special” friends. Last but not the least, we can make sure the animal is safe and free from suffocating cages and insufficient food.
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