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On 21 Jul 2001, at 0:19, Scott Chase wrote:
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> >From: <joedees@bellsouth.net>
> >Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
> >To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
> >Subject: Re: sidents
> >Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 14:32:37 -0500
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> > > ... we in Florida have several invasive
> > > plant species (eg- australian "pine" and melaleuca) which they can
> > > come and take back any time they'd like ;-) They also share a
> > > problem that we have with "marine toads" or "cane toads".
> > >
> >Several years ago, everyone was worrying about the walking catfish
> >invasion here (I'm in Florida, too), but I don't hear much about them
> >any more.
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> I'm not familiar with the walking catfish invasion of Florida. In one
> respect walking catfish are cool because they are weakly analogous to
> the forms which made the transition from "fish" to "amphibians" (or
> the piscine to tetrapod transition?) way back when. > >Whatever
> happened with them? >I AM concerned about a possible piranha
> transplantation. > > > Do you remember the rumors of piranhas being
> found in some Florida waterways back in the late 70's or there abouts?
> If anything substantive it probably shows how the exotic pet trade can
> impact local ecosystems. I'm actually more concerned with the shark
> problem we seem to be having on our shores lately. Bull sharks have
> featured quite prominently.
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Everyone seems to be worried about great white and tiger sharks,
because they're so big, and hammerhead sharks, because they're
so odd looking, but it's the bull sharks, rarely exceeding 8 feet in
length, that are the champion swimmer chompers; they're just so
damn aggressive, and are found lurking in shallow water, where
non-scuba (that is, beach) swimmers are, much more frequently.
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> Ah, I can remember all them fish exploitation movies I grew up with
> featuring menacing sharks, piranhas and barracudas. They got lots of
> mileage out of "Jaws". Didn't the vengeful mechanical ersatz shark
> follow the Brody clan to the Bahamas in the last installment? The
> marine park centered "Jaws 3" was horrible and far fetched enough.
> They should have ended it when the roboshark clamped down on an
> underwater cable in "Jaws 2".
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