LeibnizIGBApr 10, 2025
🐟🦀 Do alien #species eat more than their native counterparts? Yes, they do: a meta-analysis led by @ufpr shows that the maximum consumption rates of the non-native species are on average 70% higher. The differences are particularly pronounced for #freshwater species – with far-reaching consequences: https://www.igb-berlin.de/en/news/invasion-gluttons
#InvasionEcology #Neozoa
Invasion of the gluttons | IGB

kernpanik 🐾 🕊️ ☮ 🖖Dec 31, 2024

Red-eared sliders in a pond in the National Garden of #Athens, #Greece.

These #turtles are considered one of the most invasive species on the planet. I wonder why they have them here, as all EU member states are by law required to “take measures for the early detection and rapid eradication of these species”.

– Anyway, they look nice, do they?

#photography #nature #neozoa
(photos: @kernpanik | license: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

AnkeAug 22, 2023
#TIL there are feral yellow-headed amazons in Stuttgart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qssVCUHreIA
(When they talk about temperatures below zero, they mean below freezing; Celsius scale)
#birds #parrots #neozoa
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