1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:19,440 Hello, and welcome to Invertecast. 2 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:23,200 I am Leah, you know me from Torrentia Leah. 3 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:26,640 And of course, Simon is with me from the Mantis Garden. 4 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:27,640 What's up, Simon? 5 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:29,140 I'll say it back. 6 00:00:29,140 --> 00:00:30,140 Cool. 7 00:00:30,140 --> 00:00:31,140 Good to see you. 8 00:00:31,140 --> 00:00:32,640 I'm glad your week was okay. 9 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:37,360 Sounds like you had a lot of streaming and well, I don't know. 10 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:40,000 Did you, did you pair up some Mantis? 11 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:44,160 I had some hatches and lots of other stuff to do. 12 00:00:44,160 --> 00:00:48,000 I had to change all this because I had more Mantis than I expected. 13 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:49,000 Oh yeah. 14 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:50,000 Wow. 15 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:52,000 And lots of others. 16 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:55,600 So yeah, I've been really busy week. 17 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:56,600 I haven't finished yet. 18 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:58,760 I've sort of like finished just to do this. 19 00:00:58,760 --> 00:00:59,760 So, yeah. 20 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:00,760 Let's go. 21 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:05,880 Oh, hey, you know, we're here. 22 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:07,760 That's what we do. 23 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:13,400 So, today we are going to be talking about invasive species. 24 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:17,880 And I kind of, I found a lot of invasive species and not all of them are inverts. 25 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:19,920 So just a trigger warning on that. 26 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:23,960 We're not only going to be talking about insects. 27 00:01:23,960 --> 00:01:26,560 So, are you cool with that? 28 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:30,760 A lot less, a lot less Latin and Grinkum-y around in a row. 29 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:33,080 We don't know the names of them. 30 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:34,080 Yes, exactly. 31 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:35,080 We're sure. 32 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:44,600 So, first off, I will kind of, I will explain what an invasive species is or what like entails 33 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:47,000 a creature to become invasive. 34 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:53,160 So it's an organism that is not indigenous or native to a particular region. 35 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:57,960 So they can cause great economic and environmental harm. 36 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:06,520 They're not all non-native species and some of them are invasive like food crops that we 37 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:08,200 grow here in the U.S. and stuff. 38 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:11,080 They're not native, but they're not invasive either. 39 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:17,640 So, there is definitely a distinguish like difference between the two. 40 00:02:17,640 --> 00:02:26,440 So to be an invasive species, they must be able to adapt to the new area easily and reproduce 41 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:27,520 quickly. 42 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:35,480 And so, they must also have like harm to property, to the economy and native plants and other 43 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:38,760 animals in fauna in the region. 44 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:44,360 And usually it's an introduced species that are brought intentionally, often as a form 45 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:46,920 of a pest control. 46 00:02:46,920 --> 00:02:51,840 Those sometimes are introduced as pets or decorative displays. 47 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:57,320 So we're talking plants and animals and inverts, obviously. 48 00:02:57,320 --> 00:03:05,760 Many of them thrive because they basically outperform or outcompete the native species 49 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:06,760 in the area. 50 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:12,800 So, they basically like are able to eat up all the resources before the native species 51 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:13,800 do. 52 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:20,760 And so, yeah, but they also sometimes thrive because there aren't any native predators 53 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:25,720 that like are controlling their populations, if you will. 54 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:28,760 So, do you have anything to add to that? 55 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:32,000 No, I think that's a pretty good list. 56 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:37,320 I mean, as far as invasive species are concerned in the U.K., we do have some. 57 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:38,560 Yes, you do. 58 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:39,560 I did. 59 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:40,800 I have a list. 60 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:46,040 I've got some in Florida and here in Colorado, and then I have a list from the U.K. in Australia 61 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:47,040 and Africa. 62 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:55,040 So we'll go through all the like the cute, the little list that I that I procured. 63 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:57,040 Most of us are from you. 64 00:03:57,040 --> 00:03:58,560 Thank you very much. 65 00:03:58,560 --> 00:03:59,560 Yes, actually. 66 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:03,800 So, yeah, well, okay, well, then we can talk about the U.K. first. 67 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:11,800 In the U.K., some of the invasive species that are there include the Japanese knotwood, 68 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:17,760 which was actually introduced by the Victorians in 1886 as an ornamental plant for like their 69 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:19,760 gardens and stuff. 70 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:26,680 But they, I mean, in fact, they probably didn't really realize like the invasive nature of 71 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:35,080 this plant and it just started overtaking other plants and destroying native plants and 72 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:36,080 whatnot. 73 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:41,040 I mean, it's really pretty and all, but it took over pretty quickly. 74 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:47,680 We've actually got it in the back garden. 75 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:52,480 We've got a few invasive species in the back garden that we've not put there. 76 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:53,480 Wow. 77 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:57,080 They just give us a starry ear and you just can't get rid of it. 78 00:04:57,080 --> 00:05:00,680 You know, try to pull up stuff and then it just comes back every year. 79 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:02,680 It's a little bit. 80 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:05,080 Lots of different ones. 81 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:06,680 I mean, hogweed is another one. 82 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:11,880 If you're a secret plant, that one, that was actually dangerous. 83 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:13,880 That was a bird cheer. 84 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:18,480 But yeah, we've got tons of invasive species including your picture plant. 85 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:19,480 Oh, yes. 86 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:28,040 I believe they're usually from like the Southeast America and of course like some parts of 87 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:30,240 South America, the picture plants. 88 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:31,960 But yeah, they're invasive. 89 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:34,640 They grow like weeds. 90 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:36,400 But they're a predatory plant too. 91 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:38,880 So they kind of help with pest control. 92 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:43,040 That's probably how they got to the UK. 93 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:47,920 I had that on my list, but I had to shorten the list up a little bit just because I was 94 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:49,800 like, oh my God, it's going to be too long. 95 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:55,440 It's going to include all of plant samples and insects and stuff. 96 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:56,440 Yeah. 97 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:57,440 It's just too many. 98 00:05:57,440 --> 00:05:58,440 It's too many. 99 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:03,840 It's just reading a list, start and then read the list and then write. 100 00:06:03,840 --> 00:06:04,840 That's it. 101 00:06:04,840 --> 00:06:05,840 Yeah. 102 00:06:05,840 --> 00:06:07,840 You don't have to type it out about it. 103 00:06:07,840 --> 00:06:13,840 But yeah, the major ones like saying that some of the plants are terrible. 104 00:06:13,840 --> 00:06:15,880 Oh, yeah. 105 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:20,640 And they clog up waterways. 106 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:23,200 They can clog up like water ducts and stuff like that. 107 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:27,520 So I mean, they really can create a lot of havoc. 108 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:35,560 Here in the States, we actually have English IVs kind of a problem here because they just 109 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:37,080 climb everything. 110 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:42,440 And they just really in pest control. 111 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:50,400 They in pest control because the house had a new roof on it 14 years ago because the 112 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:52,840 IV has lifted the roof off. 113 00:06:52,840 --> 00:06:53,840 Oh, wow. 114 00:06:53,840 --> 00:07:00,040 It's grown up the back of the house and then gone underneath the rafters and actually lifted 115 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:02,040 the roof off completely. 116 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:03,040 Oh my God. 117 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:05,040 So the IV cut down. 118 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:06,040 So yeah. 119 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:07,040 Yeah. 120 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:08,040 I believe it. 121 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:12,040 The IV is evil and it grows so fast. 122 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:13,040 Yeah. 123 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:14,040 It does. 124 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:18,040 I mean, a couple of weeks growing. 125 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:22,840 You know, I'll get I'll get around to I'll get around to that. 126 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:27,160 I'll get around to that and you never do because so, you know, it's flowing off the opposite 127 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:28,160 thing. 128 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:29,160 I have to get around to that now. 129 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:30,160 Right. 130 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:34,840 It ends up becoming a problem because then winter comes, it carries on growing. 131 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:35,840 Yeah. 132 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:37,840 And you don't go out and notice it. 133 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:38,840 You don't go see it. 134 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:39,840 You don't go and deal with it. 135 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:44,960 And next thing you know, spring's turns up and the roof's gone or it's pulled all the 136 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:46,960 water out of your bricks. 137 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:52,240 Oh, the flags up on the floor, which he does. 138 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:55,240 It's absolutely terrifying to get rid of. 139 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:56,480 It's full plan. 140 00:07:56,480 --> 00:08:02,240 So if you've got somewhere nice to put it, like up a tree, for instance, it's great. 141 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:04,240 It was absolutely fantastic. 142 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:05,640 And it can control it. 143 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:06,640 It looks fantastic. 144 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:07,640 But right. 145 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:08,640 I agree. 146 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:13,240 I mean, if it's able to be controlled, it looks fantastic on, you know, like I've seen 147 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:18,400 a few buildings around town that have English Ivy that just kind of crawls up the side. 148 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:20,480 And it's absolutely beautiful. 149 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:27,000 But yeah, it's kind of a big problem for a lot of forests here and because it just smothers 150 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:34,240 everything like, you know, I've said it and kills it. 151 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:35,240 Yeah. 152 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:36,240 Yeah. 153 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:37,240 You know. 154 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:38,240 Yeah. 155 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:42,840 I think the most invasive species in the UK that I have is the Asian Hornet, which is 156 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:43,840 a predator. 157 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:44,840 Sorry. 158 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:45,840 The Vespa. 159 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:46,840 Yeah. 160 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:47,840 Yeah. 161 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:49,840 I didn't know what they were called Vespa. 162 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:50,840 Yeah. 163 00:08:50,840 --> 00:09:00,040 I just know that the Vespa is the name that the Italians gave to their, all of their mopeds 164 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:02,040 because it sounded like a hornet. 165 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:04,040 That makes sense. 166 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:07,240 No, that totally makes sense. 167 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:10,720 I've got a little towel towel. 168 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:17,560 So I don't have a Vespa, but it definitely sounds like a little bee. 169 00:09:17,560 --> 00:09:22,880 But they are predator to honey bees and other insects. 170 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:26,800 And they were first detected in the UK in 2016. 171 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:34,040 As far as I know, once they were detected, the UK tried to take control of them very, 172 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:41,080 very quickly, so there's not a lot of them left in the UK, which is really good. 173 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:45,680 But there could still be like pockets of populations. 174 00:09:45,680 --> 00:09:49,440 So clearly that's a problem. 175 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:57,880 Another invasive plant in the UK is the Rhododendron, which was first introduced in 1763 for use 176 00:09:57,880 --> 00:09:59,960 in garden. 177 00:09:59,960 --> 00:10:02,880 It typically blocks light from other plants. 178 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:10,320 So like trees and stuff can only grow once they get past the canopy of this flower. 179 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:13,120 It's kind of a, it's almost like a weed type flower. 180 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:19,000 It kind of just spreads like horizontally and just like I said, it kind of smothers everything 181 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:20,000 else. 182 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:21,000 It is beautiful. 183 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:22,000 Yeah. 184 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:23,000 I mean, gorgeous. 185 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:24,000 Absolutely. 186 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:25,000 But very bad. 187 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:26,000 It's a hot thing in the garden. 188 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:27,000 You've got to control it. 189 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:31,000 You've just got to keep chopping it. 190 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:32,000 Yeah. 191 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:33,000 Definitely. 192 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:37,600 And it's hard to get rid of invasive plants because you have to, if you are planning on 193 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:42,040 getting rid of them, you have to get all the way into the roots and some of these plants 194 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:48,760 just, the roots were so deep that if you leave even just a little bit of the root, it'll 195 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:50,880 come right back. 196 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:54,600 So yeah, that's crazy. 197 00:10:54,600 --> 00:11:00,440 So probably one of your favorites is the American Bullfrog is very invasive in the UK. 198 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:03,560 They feed basically day and night. 199 00:11:03,560 --> 00:11:05,880 They do not stop. 200 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:12,800 They carry diseases that have led to an amphibian decline pretty much all over the world. 201 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:16,440 So not just the UK, all over the world. 202 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:25,400 So they carry, you know, amphibious diseases that are just detrimental to other frog and 203 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:31,080 like turtle amphibious features. 204 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:38,400 And then also the gray squirrel, which is another American pest that you guys, they're incredibly 205 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:40,800 pervasive in the UK. 206 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:45,400 They were deliberately released in 1876. 207 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:51,400 Not really sure exactly why, but they carry a pox virus that red squirrels are super susceptible 208 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:52,400 to. 209 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:56,960 Hopefully there is a nice little pocket of red squirrel populations over there. 210 00:11:56,960 --> 00:11:59,480 I believe in Wales or Scotland. 211 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:02,080 Yeah, we've got some up here as well. 212 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:03,080 Oh good. 213 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:04,080 Okay. 214 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:11,840 So I should have done this in my garden because in my garden next to the road to Denver is 215 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:14,760 a tree that's covered in ivy that's been killed. 216 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:15,760 Oh, wow. 217 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:19,920 That tree is a great big gray spiral drain. 218 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:21,080 Oh, geez. 219 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:24,560 So we've got the full lot in the garden there. 220 00:12:24,560 --> 00:12:25,560 You do. 221 00:12:25,560 --> 00:12:30,760 So yeah, we've got all the things you've mentioned so far apart from the wasp we actually have 222 00:12:30,760 --> 00:12:32,840 in the garden at the moment. 223 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:33,840 Wow. 224 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:34,840 Wow. 225 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:36,000 So I mean, yeah, you're seeing it firsthand. 226 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:39,080 So that's that's incredible. 227 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:43,280 Yeah, gray squirrels are the rifty little things. 228 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:48,200 They will they, they just they out competed the red squirrels mainly because that pox 229 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:55,360 virus that they carried and the red squirrels just didn't have that they don't have the 230 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:59,680 immunity to it like the gray squirrels do. 231 00:12:59,680 --> 00:13:04,360 So yeah, that's for poor red squirrels. 232 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:06,360 They're really cute. 233 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:08,360 Yeah. 234 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:09,360 Yeah. 235 00:13:09,360 --> 00:13:10,360 Okay. 236 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:16,160 So let's get into Florida because Florida is another fun, fun place here in the US that 237 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:19,440 is full of invasive species. 238 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:26,880 I mean, the list was so long I had to cut it short, but so first and foremost on my list 239 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:32,720 of invasive species that belong in Florida at the moment are Burmese pythons. 240 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:37,560 These are very big Southeast Asian snakes. 241 00:13:37,560 --> 00:13:41,960 They're constrictors, so they're not venomous, which is obviously a good thing because we 242 00:13:41,960 --> 00:13:44,680 don't need any more venomous snakes in Florida. 243 00:13:44,680 --> 00:13:50,040 We've got plenty, plenty of our own. 244 00:13:50,040 --> 00:13:54,760 But yeah, the Burmese pythons, they prey on endangered birds and their eggs. 245 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:58,040 They prey on frogs and other snakes. 246 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:03,360 The reason that Burmese pythons are so pervasive in Florida is because they were released basically 247 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:10,200 released by irresponsible pet owners who maybe that because this snake is very large, it's 248 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:12,720 about 20 feet. 249 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:18,680 And so they, you know, they release the snake into the Everglades and whatever. 250 00:14:18,680 --> 00:14:27,200 And then I know that there was also a facility that housed a lot of Burmese pythons and a 251 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:32,400 hurricane came through and pretty much destroyed that building and a bunch of them escaped. 252 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:37,320 So not all invasive pythons are because of irresponsible pet owners. 253 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:43,280 There's also escapees and just natural disasters that happen. 254 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:47,680 And yeah, but don't release your snakes into the wild. 255 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:48,680 Just don't do it. 256 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:49,680 Don't do that. 257 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:55,280 Because they have, they have just, I mean, they have almost obliterated so many like 258 00:14:55,280 --> 00:15:00,280 bird species in Florida that are very endangered. 259 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:04,920 And they are kind of a problem too because Burmese pythons, they like to climb. 260 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:09,880 And so a lot of time they will get up high and in like rafters of houses and stuff. 261 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:11,320 And you might not even know they're there. 262 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:16,520 And then suddenly one day a big old nest of Burmese pythons just falls through your roof 263 00:15:16,520 --> 00:15:19,760 and you're like, what, you know, they're scary. 264 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:23,320 I mean, they're so big, they're intimidating, kind of scary. 265 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:28,280 So I can understand how that's kind of scary. 266 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:34,440 But the next invasive animal in Florida would be feral hogs. 267 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:40,560 They were first introduced by early European settlers who brought livestock and everything. 268 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:45,640 So they brought these hogs as food, like a food source, obviously. 269 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:50,520 But again, they escaped, they run amuck. 270 00:15:50,520 --> 00:16:00,120 And so these hogs are basically like decimating plant species throughout Florida. 271 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:02,120 And they, yeah, they just, yeah. 272 00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:03,120 Okay. 273 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:06,520 So the next one we have is the cane toads. 274 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:08,960 These toads are crazy. 275 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:11,840 They secrete a toxin when they're bitten. 276 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:15,280 So they are poisonous. 277 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:17,880 And yeah, and they, let's see. 278 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:18,880 They secrete a toxin. 279 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:21,920 They can bite on the shoulders as well, they can spray. 280 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:22,920 Uh-huh. 281 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:25,960 They're not, which is super scary. 282 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:26,960 Yeah, right? 283 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:33,480 They're like, they're like, they're going to catch it, they can spray on it and secrete 284 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:34,480 that venom, like, yeah. 285 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:40,120 Yeah, and that's definitely scary because I don't think it's deadly if you eat it, for 286 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:41,120 sure. 287 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:43,920 Like if you ingest it, you're in some trouble. 288 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:47,720 You're going to need to go to the hospital and hopefully they can help you out, plump 289 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:49,280 your stomach, something. 290 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:54,840 But yeah, but these, the cane toads, they're actually a problem in not just the United 291 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:55,840 States. 292 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:59,280 They have problems in Africa, Australia. 293 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:01,760 So yeah, they're all over the place. 294 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:04,720 And they eat everything and anything. 295 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:08,640 So they decimate, you know, obviously those plant species. 296 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:11,400 Again, they're a big threat to that. 297 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:13,000 All right. 298 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:18,120 So the next one is an aquatic creature known as the lionfish. 299 00:17:18,120 --> 00:17:20,120 Say what? 300 00:17:20,120 --> 00:17:21,120 Lionfish? 301 00:17:21,120 --> 00:17:22,120 Yeah, lionfish. 302 00:17:22,120 --> 00:17:28,080 Well, think of it, when you say Florida, I always think about lionfish. 303 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:29,080 Yeah. 304 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:30,080 Well, they're not native. 305 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:33,800 They're native to the Pacific Ocean. 306 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:39,920 But they were, obviously people brought them over for their aquariums and things like that. 307 00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:45,880 But again, kind of irresponsible pet owners, they released these lionfish and now they 308 00:17:45,880 --> 00:17:50,400 are all through the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. 309 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:56,880 But they, because of their toxic nature, because they are poisonous, they have those very large 310 00:17:56,880 --> 00:18:02,760 spines and all that because of that, they don't really have a lot of natural predators. 311 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:06,640 And so therefore they just spread like wildfire. 312 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:12,840 But again, they're wreaking havoc on endangered fish species that they predate and stuff like 313 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:13,840 that. 314 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:21,120 And I do believe that Floridians, if that's a word, are starting to eat them. 315 00:18:21,120 --> 00:18:22,120 What? 316 00:18:22,120 --> 00:18:24,840 They're starting to eat them, they're starting to catch them and eat them. 317 00:18:24,840 --> 00:18:28,400 They're trying to get the markets to sell them as fresh fish. 318 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:30,400 Oh, that's wild. 319 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:36,000 You know, come back the problem and make a few quidadov at the same time. 320 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:38,960 So yes, it's quite my idea. 321 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:41,120 Every day they do it with us. 322 00:18:41,120 --> 00:18:43,360 So why not? 323 00:18:43,360 --> 00:18:51,120 I mean, if they, if they're delicious and yummy and that can help bring those populations 324 00:18:51,120 --> 00:18:55,400 down on how for it, eat them up. 325 00:18:55,400 --> 00:19:01,360 And then we also have the giant African land snails. 326 00:19:01,360 --> 00:19:03,360 They're awesome. 327 00:19:03,360 --> 00:19:09,960 I mean, yeah, no, I know you have a bunch. 328 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:16,560 But yeah, they are invasive all through Florida since 2011. 329 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:20,520 They pretty much eat like any and all vegetation. 330 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:26,440 And they also carry a parasite that can cause meningitis in humans. 331 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:29,960 So that is kind of an issue, obviously. 332 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:33,920 And of course, they, you know, eating so much vegetation and stuff that's they're going 333 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:41,200 to outcompete other snail species that, yeah, that are, you know, necessary to keep the 334 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:43,000 ecosystem in check, essentially. 335 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:45,000 Just a point here. 336 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:46,000 Sure. 337 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:49,000 You have to lick the snail or eat it raw. 338 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:50,000 Okay. 339 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:55,440 So dumping going near, it's going to get the meningitis. 340 00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:56,440 It's not. 341 00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:57,440 Okay. 342 00:19:57,440 --> 00:20:02,280 You have to eat it or stick their licking misclime off it, which I don't advise either of those. 343 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:03,280 Yeah, don't do that. 344 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:04,280 Definitely not. 345 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:05,280 They're pretty safe. 346 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:10,760 You can get salmonella often as well. 347 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:11,760 Yeah. 348 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:16,600 Well, any snake species, it has a risk of salmonella and that's why. 349 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:17,600 Thanks. 350 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:18,600 Yeah, yeah. 351 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:20,600 And most lizards, yeah. 352 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:21,600 Right. 353 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:28,560 But they also carry lexosperosis or they can carry lexoprosis if they're around rats. 354 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:29,560 Okay. 355 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:34,920 So, you know, there's lots of reasons to make sure you've got your big lumps or wash your 356 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:35,920 hands. 357 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:36,920 Right. 358 00:20:36,920 --> 00:20:39,840 So if you're going to miss the snails, are you going to collect some of the safe Florida 359 00:20:39,840 --> 00:20:43,640 and wash your nips, wash your paws after? 360 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:44,640 Absolutely. 361 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:46,240 Maintain that personal hygiene, you know. 362 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:47,240 There you go. 363 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:48,240 PSA. 364 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:49,240 PSA. 365 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:57,720 Another species that is invasive in Florida would be the Argentine black and white tegu. 366 00:20:57,720 --> 00:21:02,040 Probably the same reason that the Burmese pythons are an issue is, you know, irresponsible 367 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:04,360 pet owners. 368 00:21:04,360 --> 00:21:10,880 Maybe because they, again, this is a very large lizard species and it gets four feet 369 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:14,280 and, you know, so it's a big lizard. 370 00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:18,720 So I think a lot of people, sometimes they just don't realize how big that lizard is 371 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:20,760 going to get and then it gets too big. 372 00:21:20,760 --> 00:21:24,160 Maybe they just can't feed it anymore, take care of it. 373 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:29,440 And then they release it into the wild and that is just absolutely terrible. 374 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:38,000 There are sanctuaries and places that you can go that will take your unwanted reptiles 375 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:42,200 and they, you know, they'll buy them from you or they'll adopt them out, you know, things 376 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:43,200 like that. 377 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:45,200 So just please don't release your animals. 378 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:46,200 There is. 379 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:53,200 Every year in Florida, there is a invasive species, amnesty. 380 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:57,560 So if you've got a pet and you don't want it, rather than letting it go, you can take 381 00:21:57,560 --> 00:21:59,560 it and it will be looked after. 382 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:04,560 And it's a bit similar to a bug show, you know, if you've ever been to a show or a reptile 383 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:05,560 show, it's similar to that. 384 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:11,920 Those dogs, you go with your animal and they'll take it off your hands and no one will ask 385 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:15,360 you any questions, no matter what it is. 386 00:22:15,360 --> 00:22:16,360 And they'll just take it off you. 387 00:22:16,360 --> 00:22:19,520 It's the amnesty just for the day. 388 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:23,440 And they will look after it and then you're not releasing it in the wild. 389 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:24,440 Right. 390 00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:28,200 And not causing big problems. 391 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:33,400 Tegus have been a threat to ground nesting birds. 392 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:37,520 So a lot of birds that, you know, nest on the ground, they eat the eggs and then they will 393 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:40,440 also eat the birds. 394 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:46,000 They are a threat to sea turtles, which everybody loves sea turtles and we know how endangered 395 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:51,600 and threatened they are, but Tegus in the wild are a threat to these guys. 396 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:52,920 And crocodile eggs. 397 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:59,760 So the American crocodile is threatened by these Tegus, just probably because the eggs 398 00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:05,760 again, Tegus, that's their favorite food is eggs. 399 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:13,360 So here in Colorado, so we're going to take it local here in Colorado. 400 00:23:13,360 --> 00:23:19,400 We have a couple of invasive species that have been and have been a problem and they 401 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:20,960 are in birds. 402 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:22,560 So what do you know? 403 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:25,840 We've got emerald ash borer. 404 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:30,760 They came from Asia and the devastate ash trees. 405 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:36,600 They were discovered in Boulder in 2013 and they're still kind of an issue. 406 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:44,200 So a lot of the pine forests up in our alpines and our mountains and stuff have seen a lot 407 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:46,760 of what we call beetle kill. 408 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:52,520 And because of that beetle kill and all that wildfires here are actually especially dangerous 409 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:58,560 because dead trees equals lots of firewood essentially. 410 00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:01,640 And then the other one is the Japanese tree beetle. 411 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:10,680 And it is a pest who hundreds of plant species, but they also really like the pine trees here 412 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:11,800 in Colorado. 413 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:16,400 And so again, that beetle kill is just it's devastating, especially when a fire breaks 414 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:23,160 out because it just it just catches and the fire has plenty of fuel. 415 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:28,120 Thank you very much for the Colorado beetle. 416 00:24:28,120 --> 00:24:30,120 Oh, no. 417 00:24:30,120 --> 00:24:34,320 Is that one that is invasive in the UK? 418 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:35,320 It was. 419 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:36,320 I think we've got rid of it now. 420 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:40,640 But it was, I remember when I was I was doing about the 80s. 421 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:44,760 The Colorado beetle was was absolutely devastating crops. 422 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:45,760 So I believe it. 423 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:46,760 Yeah. 424 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:47,760 Yeah. 425 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:48,760 And nasty piece of work. 426 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:49,760 But that's crazy. 427 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:52,760 I think I think we solved the problem. 428 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:58,080 It's kind of funny how a lot of places it's I noticed something like in this research 429 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:00,120 of invasive species and whatnot. 430 00:25:00,120 --> 00:25:06,720 I've noticed that a lot of creatures from the states have gone to other places and 431 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:12,520 like the UK, you know, with the Grace world and and then a lot of other creatures from 432 00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:16,000 the same places that are dealing with our stuff. 433 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:22,200 We've got stuff from them that we're that we're dealing with over here. 434 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:26,240 It's really kind of interesting because it almost seems like just a global population 435 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:28,840 of animals and plants. 436 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:31,960 And so, yeah, it's kind of wild. 437 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:33,800 All right. 438 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:36,320 So I'm going to move on to Australia. 439 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:40,920 So there's a few invasive species in Australia. 440 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:43,440 One of them again being the cane toad. 441 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:44,440 Sorry. 442 00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:46,440 The wrong folks. 443 00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:47,440 Yeah. 444 00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:48,440 Absolutely wrong. 445 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:49,440 Yeah. 446 00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:50,440 Yeah. 447 00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:51,440 Yeah. 448 00:25:51,440 --> 00:26:03,080 And one of one species was actually really surprising to me was the the Dramadary camels. 449 00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:06,000 So they brought the call. 450 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:07,000 Yeah. 451 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:12,120 Colonists brought these camels to Australia for transportation and construction and things 452 00:26:12,120 --> 00:26:17,880 like that because we know camels can carry a lot and they're they're highly adaptable 453 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:23,800 to those desert areas and like that heat, you know, they can kind of withstand all that. 454 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:30,240 Well, apparently a few of them got loose and now there are wild herds and populations 455 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:36,560 that actually the largest population of these camels in the world are in Australia where 456 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:37,560 they don't belong. 457 00:26:37,560 --> 00:26:43,160 I do believe there's five of them in Saudi Arabia from Australia. 458 00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:44,160 Oh, wow. 459 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:46,160 See, that's wild. 460 00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:47,160 Yeah. 461 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:48,160 That's amazing. 462 00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:49,160 That's a great idea. 463 00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:54,160 The thought that the place where the natives are actually the violent from somewhere that 464 00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:55,160 aren't native. 465 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:56,160 Right. 466 00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:57,160 It's just silly. 467 00:26:57,160 --> 00:26:58,160 Oh. 468 00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:00,160 So we have place, they place lots of different habitats. 469 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:02,160 Something's going to get a photo. 470 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:03,160 Yeah. 471 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:04,160 Take over. 472 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:05,160 Yeah. 473 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:16,160 So they could they have consumed over 80 percent of the plant species in Australia. 474 00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:21,080 So they are a problem just just for that very reason there. 475 00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:26,000 But wow, what what an amazing thing like that, you know, the places where they're native 476 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:27,800 are buying them from Australia. 477 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:29,300 That's a trip. 478 00:27:29,300 --> 00:27:31,160 That's truly a trip. 479 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:32,160 Okay. 480 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:39,400 We also got the European honeybee, which was introduced 180 years ago because they wanted 481 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:47,320 to use them to pollinate the, you know, farming plants and stuff that obviously the, you know, 482 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:51,480 European colonizers brought to Australia for food and all that thing. 483 00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:58,600 But they became aggressive and they became a threat to the native fauna, which includes 484 00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:04,840 the black cockatoo, small parrots and other small birds and insects like that. 485 00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:10,840 So that's really another interesting thing like I don't, I don't know, just doesn't 486 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:12,720 Australia have their own pollinators. 487 00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:17,000 So I was kind of confused as to why they would need to introduce the species to pollinate. 488 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:18,000 That's weird. 489 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:19,520 But we did it with America as well. 490 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:24,080 I mean, it's just a case of what he used to, he's like, ah, this works. 491 00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:25,840 Let's do it over there. 492 00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:30,840 You know, yeah, we just take it with us and this works over there. 493 00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:33,840 And that's that's just humans. 494 00:28:33,840 --> 00:28:34,840 Right? 495 00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:36,840 Oh, people. 496 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:37,840 Okay. 497 00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:44,400 And another species that I was actually kind of surprised was introduced to Australia was 498 00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:46,560 the red fox. 499 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:51,200 They are native here in the States. 500 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:53,600 But I'm also not surprised why they were introduced. 501 00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:58,960 So they were actually introduced in 1855 for recreational hunting. 502 00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:00,240 People like to hunt foxes. 503 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:07,240 It's a very English thing there, I would say. 504 00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:17,800 But yeah, they have caused a caused a pretty big decline in ground nesting birds because, 505 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:18,920 you know, they're predators. 506 00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:25,760 So of course they, they're going to hunt and, you know, do what they got to do to survive. 507 00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:28,600 And they have gone after the ground nesting birds in Australia. 508 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:33,320 So those are just a few of the species I found for Australia. 509 00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:36,040 There's a whole bunch of other ones like water buffaloes. 510 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:41,160 I believe wild boars is another another invasive. 511 00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:43,160 Cantoads, of course. 512 00:29:43,160 --> 00:29:44,160 Yes, cantoads. 513 00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:45,160 Those guys. 514 00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:50,160 I think the biggest one of all of them is rabbits. 515 00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:51,160 Yeah. 516 00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:52,160 The rabbits. 517 00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:58,840 And which is, which are brought over to hunt again. 518 00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:06,360 Spare food is like, oh, I suspect the ones in them, the original ones was 25 rabbits 519 00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:08,360 were sent over and released. 520 00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:09,360 Wow. 521 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:10,720 I think it wouldn't be a problem. 522 00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:13,720 And within a year, there was 5,000. 523 00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:23,720 Well, you know, there's, you know, then you're thinking, oh, check a few rags out there. 524 00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:24,720 It'll be fine. 525 00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:30,520 But there's no, there's no, you know, there's no, there's no breeding season. 526 00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:33,760 It's just, you know, whenever they felt like it, go for it. 527 00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:35,880 And rabbits feel like it quite a lot. 528 00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:36,880 Yeah. 529 00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:40,960 They get, well, that what's the, what's the, oh, there's a, there's a verbiage here in 530 00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:47,240 the States that I can't say like completely, but you know, there's a saying that we say 531 00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:49,760 they, they F like bunnies. 532 00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:50,760 Yeah. 533 00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:51,760 Yeah. 534 00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:56,040 There's a reason we say that. 535 00:30:56,040 --> 00:30:57,040 Yeah. 536 00:30:57,040 --> 00:31:01,360 Or, yeah, they spread, they spread like bunnies, you know, because they're just, they're always 537 00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:02,360 doing that. 538 00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:04,360 We have the same saying. 539 00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:06,360 I think, I think you're going over. 540 00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:07,360 Do you? 541 00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:08,360 Okay, good. 542 00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:12,160 I think throughout the world, I think they say that. 543 00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:14,360 Yeah, they probably do. 544 00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:18,360 I, so, um, frisky, unbelievable. 545 00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:19,360 Yeah. 546 00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:20,360 Yeah. 547 00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:21,360 Yeah. 548 00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:25,360 Oh, rabbits and steal the one that you've missed off. 549 00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:26,360 Oh, here's the surprise. 550 00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:28,360 You missed this one off. 551 00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:31,360 Oh, no, I didn't miss cats. 552 00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:33,360 Cats are amazing every day. 553 00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:34,360 Yeah. 554 00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:35,360 I was going to get into that. 555 00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:38,360 Cats are everywhere, everywhere. 556 00:31:38,360 --> 00:31:41,360 So I mean, they are invasive all over the world. 557 00:31:41,360 --> 00:31:47,960 Um, there's actually an island in Japan actually where I was in Okinawa called, they call it 558 00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:50,360 ghost island, but it's full of cats. 559 00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:58,360 Um, so, so yeah, cats that, I mean, cats are, are our favorite companions. 560 00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:01,360 Well, one of our favorite companions, next dogs. 561 00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:05,060 Um, but yeah, I mean, anywhere people are, there's cats. 562 00:32:05,060 --> 00:32:12,060 So even in, in, I, it was actually really fascinated by Istanbul because that is a city 563 00:32:12,060 --> 00:32:15,760 that, you know, it's kind of, they've got a lot of cats that are just running on the 564 00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:20,160 streets, but people there actually really love them and they take very good care of 565 00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:21,560 the cats and feed them. 566 00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:25,160 And it's illegal to, to be cruel to them there. 567 00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:30,560 So if, if people see you being cruel to a cat, a street cat in Istanbul, um, you will 568 00:32:30,560 --> 00:32:35,160 be arrested and charged and all kinds of stuff like that. 569 00:32:35,160 --> 00:32:36,960 I think there's a few cities like that. 570 00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:42,760 I know there's another one in Japan that, that they call it cat island, like, you know, 571 00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:46,560 legitimately cat island and it's basically a sanctuary for cats. 572 00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:54,860 Um, but cats can be really devastating to bird populations and like small rodents. 573 00:32:54,860 --> 00:33:01,560 They are, uh, I mean, they are essentially many wild cats. 574 00:33:01,560 --> 00:33:10,160 They are only 5% like their, their, their biology and their, you know, like how cats 575 00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:14,560 are, they are only 5% different than the actual wild cats. 576 00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:22,720 So of all the animals on earth, they are the least evolved from their wild ancestors, 577 00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:28,720 if you will, um, but that means that they are, you know, perfect little hunting machines. 578 00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:36,400 They've got little claws and, and those, their mouths are those huge, you know, canines and, 579 00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:41,520 you know, they're, they're built to, for speed, for jumping. 580 00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:46,800 They're built to be able to, you know, detect small rodents underground. 581 00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:49,480 They can hear really, really well. 582 00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:55,440 And their eyesight is actually, um, also evolved to be able to detect movement. 583 00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:57,160 So they don't see color very well. 584 00:33:57,160 --> 00:34:04,640 They see things kind of through like a, almost a yellow greenish hue, but they detect movement 585 00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:05,960 incredibly well. 586 00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:09,580 That's why like at home, if you're playing with your cat and you've got one of them 587 00:34:09,580 --> 00:34:17,880 wand teaser toys, they love those because the movement, they're just, you know, um, 588 00:34:17,880 --> 00:34:18,880 that's, that's what they go for. 589 00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:19,880 Yeah. 590 00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:23,320 They are incredibly invasive and anything that moves, they're going to attack. 591 00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:25,320 So, and that's everything. 592 00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:26,320 You think so? 593 00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:27,320 I don't know. 594 00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:28,320 Maybe not. 595 00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:29,320 Oh man. 596 00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:34,520 I can go on about cats all night and I can give you numbers and figures and all sorts 597 00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:35,520 of things about cats. 598 00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:42,560 Did you know by the fact that cats, apart from humans, cats are responsible for more things 599 00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:44,600 growing extinct than anything else? 600 00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:45,600 Yeah. 601 00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:47,720 Humans first, then cats. 602 00:34:47,720 --> 00:34:48,720 Then cats. 603 00:34:48,720 --> 00:34:51,720 And it's not, not much different from us either. 604 00:34:51,720 --> 00:34:55,200 I'm not on the devastation scale. 605 00:34:55,200 --> 00:34:58,720 So yeah, there's something I would provide and it was like, oh, okay. 606 00:34:58,720 --> 00:34:59,720 Please. 607 00:34:59,720 --> 00:35:00,720 Don't keep it inside. 608 00:35:00,720 --> 00:35:01,720 Get it vaccinated. 609 00:35:01,720 --> 00:35:02,720 Get it neutered. 610 00:35:02,720 --> 00:35:03,720 You know, do, do what's right. 611 00:35:03,720 --> 00:35:04,720 I just say don't get one. 612 00:35:04,720 --> 00:35:05,720 I mean, please. 613 00:35:05,720 --> 00:35:14,680 I mean, I know that you're not a big fan of cats, but I am. 614 00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:19,880 And so that's why I'm a fan of cats that are kept responsibly. 615 00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:24,960 Again, that's that responsible pet ownership thing where it's like neuterance, bait your 616 00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:31,480 pets, keep them inside, you know, always have a collar, but make sure it's one of those 617 00:35:31,480 --> 00:35:32,480 tear away collars. 618 00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:36,280 That way if they get caught on something that it doesn't choke them. 619 00:35:36,280 --> 00:35:39,080 But yeah, just, just be responsible with your pets. 620 00:35:39,080 --> 00:35:41,080 This just goes across the board. 621 00:35:41,080 --> 00:35:45,560 You know, that's the reason why I would say to most people it's certainly should I get 622 00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:46,560 cat? 623 00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:51,280 I would say no, because I would say most people are not responsible. 624 00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:55,400 Yeah, unfortunately, I would always advise against it. 625 00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:57,560 It's like someone said, should I buy a cobra? 626 00:35:57,560 --> 00:36:03,600 No, you shouldn't know who it was who asked. 627 00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:05,600 I would say, no, you shouldn't. 628 00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:07,600 Yeah, you're going to die. 629 00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:12,160 You're not responsible to look after something like that. 630 00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:13,160 So yeah, I agree. 631 00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:14,160 Don't have it. 632 00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:18,160 And everyone thinks it can because it's a cat and lots of people have them. 633 00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:21,840 Well, and I think I think a bigger problem too. 634 00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:23,840 That happened correctly. 635 00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:30,440 Well, and I think a bigger problem would be the hybridized breeds of cats like the bangles 636 00:36:30,440 --> 00:36:32,720 and the savannas and stuff. 637 00:36:32,720 --> 00:36:34,960 That's for me, that's kind of an issue. 638 00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:37,880 I don't really, I don't agree with it. 639 00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:43,960 I think it's really bad for like the bangles across between obviously a domestic house 640 00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:49,120 cat and the Asian forest leopard. 641 00:36:49,120 --> 00:36:56,640 And that hybridizing of those cat breeds, I mean, you're just making a hyper, hyper 642 00:36:56,640 --> 00:36:58,360 predator. 643 00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:07,880 And those cats, even if you get the F4s, like they are purebred, bangle or whatever, they're 644 00:37:07,880 --> 00:37:09,400 highly energetic. 645 00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:13,400 And so they need to be very active. 646 00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:15,320 They need to be wearing off that energy. 647 00:37:15,320 --> 00:37:17,160 And it's a daily process. 648 00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:19,680 It's not just once a week or whatever. 649 00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:21,040 It's every day. 650 00:37:21,040 --> 00:37:29,080 You have got to be fulfilling this cat's primal instinct of hunt, catch, kill, eat, sleep. 651 00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:30,080 That is it. 652 00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:38,080 I kill cats as well, which is something, you know, I just can't sound them. 653 00:37:38,080 --> 00:37:40,080 I just can't sound the felines. 654 00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:42,560 It's just, you just end up in mentality. 655 00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:45,360 Just like they're people so much. 656 00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:49,240 I can't stand them because of that. 657 00:37:49,240 --> 00:37:51,240 It's like that mentality. 658 00:37:51,240 --> 00:37:53,240 Kill for fun. 659 00:37:53,240 --> 00:37:55,240 It's like, really? 660 00:37:55,240 --> 00:37:57,240 It's so fun. 661 00:37:57,240 --> 00:37:59,240 It's just like fox hunters. 662 00:37:59,240 --> 00:38:01,240 Yeah, exactly. 663 00:38:01,240 --> 00:38:06,360 Like gladly, gladly, stripped down to their underwear and chasing around the field with 664 00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:07,360 a stick. 665 00:38:07,360 --> 00:38:10,360 You know, because they're just pathetic people. 666 00:38:10,360 --> 00:38:12,360 They're not even people, really. 667 00:38:12,360 --> 00:38:16,360 So yeah, I feel the same way about cats. 668 00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:22,480 If you're going to let them, I mean, not in their natural environment because that's 669 00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:24,480 where they're supposed to be. 670 00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:28,640 They're designed to be that way to live where they live. 671 00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:30,440 So nothing against that. 672 00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:31,440 Yeah, absolutely. 673 00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:38,040 If people's got one in the house, they let it in, they feed it, they open the door and 674 00:38:38,040 --> 00:38:40,040 it goes back outside again. 675 00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:45,280 Well, and there's, you know, for my cats, you know, they don't really appreciate the 676 00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:50,600 outdoors as much as other cats, but I also am one of those cat owners that I spend a 677 00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:52,360 lot of time playing with my cats. 678 00:38:52,360 --> 00:38:55,360 I make sure that they're, you know, releasing that energy. 679 00:38:55,360 --> 00:39:01,320 So if you do get a cat, make sure you're doing your research and doing the things that the 680 00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:05,720 cat needs because then that's going to reduce the chances that your cat is going to be like, 681 00:39:05,720 --> 00:39:08,200 I want to go outside because that's what they want to go outside for. 682 00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:09,200 They want to hunt. 683 00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:10,200 That's it. 684 00:39:10,200 --> 00:39:11,200 Plain and simple. 685 00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:13,000 They hunt, catch, kill, eat, sleep. 686 00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:14,000 That is it. 687 00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:15,000 That's what they do. 688 00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:18,400 So if there's any other animal, well, it's just being responsible. 689 00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:24,680 It's like saying, yeah, yeah, owner, do your research, look after it. 690 00:39:24,680 --> 00:39:27,080 It's supposed to be looked after. 691 00:39:27,080 --> 00:39:28,080 Yeah. 692 00:39:28,080 --> 00:39:30,720 You know, and don't, don't let it go out. 693 00:39:30,720 --> 00:39:33,120 Don't let it go outside. 694 00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:34,120 Build a catio. 695 00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:39,680 You know, it's not from your country, no matter what it is, wherever I live, it doesn't need 696 00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:41,680 to be lived in your country. 697 00:39:41,680 --> 00:39:42,680 Yeah. 698 00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:43,680 Don't let it outside. 699 00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:44,680 Yeah. 700 00:39:44,680 --> 00:39:45,680 Don't let it go outside. 701 00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:46,680 Don't do that. 702 00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:49,680 It's just, it's just, you know. 703 00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:50,680 It's, it's, it's, yeah. 704 00:39:50,680 --> 00:39:51,680 Okay. 705 00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:52,680 Let's get back on. 706 00:39:52,680 --> 00:39:53,680 Anyway, off cats. 707 00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:54,680 Off cats. 708 00:39:54,680 --> 00:40:01,680 Another one I just remembered because you saw Australia's talk on next door to New Zealand. 709 00:40:01,680 --> 00:40:02,680 Yeah. 710 00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:06,200 What other problems they have in New Zealand is, is the hedgehog. 711 00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:07,200 That's really. 712 00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:08,200 Yeah. 713 00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:09,200 The hedgehog. 714 00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:12,680 The hedgehog was sent from Britain. 715 00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:14,640 Oh, wow. 716 00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:17,720 And somebody wants a pet hedgehog. 717 00:40:17,720 --> 00:40:20,120 So they got a bunch of hedgehogs sent over. 718 00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:21,120 Oh my goodness. 719 00:40:21,120 --> 00:40:28,120 And now they're eating the way through all sorts of like endangered books and stuff. 720 00:40:28,120 --> 00:40:29,120 Oh no. 721 00:40:29,120 --> 00:40:31,120 Because you've got a lot of the. 722 00:40:31,120 --> 00:40:33,120 Well, in New Zealand. 723 00:40:33,120 --> 00:40:34,120 Great. 724 00:40:34,120 --> 00:40:35,120 Yeah. 725 00:40:35,120 --> 00:40:40,120 And New Zealand is one of those special places in the world that you can only find certain 726 00:40:40,120 --> 00:40:41,120 species there. 727 00:40:41,120 --> 00:40:42,120 Yeah. 728 00:40:42,120 --> 00:40:48,120 Like Kiwi, the Kiwi bird is, is only native to New Zealand. 729 00:40:48,120 --> 00:40:51,120 So yeah, that's, that's, that's. 730 00:40:51,120 --> 00:40:56,880 They eat, because they got, because New Zealand doesn't have many predators. 731 00:40:56,880 --> 00:40:57,880 Right. 732 00:40:57,880 --> 00:41:02,840 The birds tend to have ground nests. 733 00:41:02,840 --> 00:41:03,840 Yeah. 734 00:41:03,840 --> 00:41:07,840 So they're just a, they're a yaiopa or whatever, but they're doing on the ground. 735 00:41:07,840 --> 00:41:08,840 Right. 736 00:41:08,840 --> 00:41:09,840 And the egg blocks detects. 737 00:41:09,840 --> 00:41:10,840 Oh goodness. 738 00:41:10,840 --> 00:41:12,320 So they're like the tegu. 739 00:41:12,320 --> 00:41:13,320 Yeah. 740 00:41:13,320 --> 00:41:14,800 They'll also eat chicks. 741 00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:15,800 Oh yeah. 742 00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:17,800 And they'll eat the, the, the birds. 743 00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:20,800 They'll get to eat, they'll eat small snakes. 744 00:41:20,800 --> 00:41:21,800 Oh goodness. 745 00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:22,800 They'll eat frogs. 746 00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:23,800 They'll eat small lizards. 747 00:41:23,800 --> 00:41:25,800 They'll eat small rodents. 748 00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:26,800 Wow. 749 00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:29,600 So you think of an egg jog. 750 00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:33,200 You probably think about cat food and slugs, because that's what most people think. 751 00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:34,200 Yeah. 752 00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:36,640 I actually didn't know they were omnivores like that. 753 00:41:36,640 --> 00:41:37,640 So. 754 00:41:37,640 --> 00:41:38,640 Oh, extreme. 755 00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:39,640 Yeah. 756 00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:40,640 Yeah. 757 00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:42,160 They'll have to go with anything. 758 00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:43,160 Yeah. 759 00:41:43,160 --> 00:41:44,160 Wow. 760 00:41:44,160 --> 00:41:45,160 If it's small, they'll have to go with it. 761 00:41:45,160 --> 00:41:47,160 If it's actually, they'll have to go with it. 762 00:41:47,160 --> 00:41:48,160 Wow. 763 00:41:48,160 --> 00:41:52,600 So it's like people, people don't realize that's what they are. 764 00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:54,120 So imagine letting that go. 765 00:41:54,120 --> 00:41:55,120 Oh. 766 00:41:55,120 --> 00:41:59,240 Things that's just not used to having that kind of predator. 767 00:41:59,240 --> 00:42:04,000 Well, you know, and that's why we're covering the invasive species, because any species 768 00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:09,960 that is introduced to a place where it's not from, it's going to wreak havoc. 769 00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:16,840 I mean, it's going to, you know, the ecosystem there is, every ecosystem is fragile in its 770 00:42:16,840 --> 00:42:18,160 own way. 771 00:42:18,160 --> 00:42:23,360 And so when you introduce something that is just not natural into that ecosystem, it's 772 00:42:23,360 --> 00:42:26,520 definitely going to have a detrimental cost. 773 00:42:26,520 --> 00:42:30,600 It's going to have these consequences that I think some people don't really take into 774 00:42:30,600 --> 00:42:31,600 account. 775 00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:36,720 Like the Burmese pythons, I mean, they're eating other snakes in Florida, which means 776 00:42:36,720 --> 00:42:40,400 they're eating Florida king snakes, which is native to Florida. 777 00:42:40,400 --> 00:42:45,760 They're probably eating water moccasins or as we call them cotton mouths. 778 00:42:45,760 --> 00:42:51,000 That's a venomous snake, but the Burmese python has the size. 779 00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:57,480 So yeah, I mean, they're outperforming all the other snakes in the area. 780 00:42:57,480 --> 00:43:01,840 And there aren't any natural predators for these Burmese pythons that they're going 781 00:43:01,840 --> 00:43:05,920 to control the populations except for people. 782 00:43:05,920 --> 00:43:08,760 And unfortunately, that's pretty much what's happening. 783 00:43:08,760 --> 00:43:12,440 So all right, we're going to move on to Africa. 784 00:43:12,440 --> 00:43:13,440 There's a few things. 785 00:43:13,440 --> 00:43:14,440 I mean, Africa, yeah. 786 00:43:14,440 --> 00:43:19,240 I mean, yeah, I don't even know, even such age or anything, but yeah, Africa, yeah. 787 00:43:19,240 --> 00:43:20,240 Yeah, Africa. 788 00:43:20,240 --> 00:43:25,040 They have a problem right now with the Louisiana crayfish. 789 00:43:25,040 --> 00:43:30,040 So it's, they're kind of a type of like shrimp. 790 00:43:30,040 --> 00:43:33,560 They almost look like a lobster shrimp kind of thing. 791 00:43:33,560 --> 00:43:41,360 They were introduced in 1970 after the native crayfish were wiped out by a disease. 792 00:43:41,360 --> 00:43:48,840 So they introduced Louisiana crayfish, but that wasn't the greatest idea because these 793 00:43:48,840 --> 00:43:57,280 guys are still doing, you know, they're eating natural vegetation. 794 00:43:57,280 --> 00:44:01,000 They're causing problems with the natural fish species in Africa. 795 00:44:01,000 --> 00:44:02,000 Yeah. 796 00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:05,160 So it's an issue. 797 00:44:05,160 --> 00:44:14,120 And the Argentine ant, which was accidentally introduced and they displaced native ant species, 798 00:44:14,120 --> 00:44:19,160 but they were accidentally introduced by hitchhiking. 799 00:44:19,160 --> 00:44:20,960 And then they house mouse. 800 00:44:20,960 --> 00:44:25,960 So a house mouse, which I think here in the States we call them field mice. 801 00:44:25,960 --> 00:44:31,960 They're just, you know, regular little mouse that, yeah, but they have been killing native 802 00:44:31,960 --> 00:44:35,760 insects and lizards. 803 00:44:35,760 --> 00:44:42,560 And they also have been reducing the native bird species, which is really bad, obviously. 804 00:44:42,560 --> 00:44:44,400 Again, there's that ecosystem. 805 00:44:44,400 --> 00:44:45,480 It's very fragile. 806 00:44:45,480 --> 00:44:50,320 So one species goes, it topples the whole chain. 807 00:44:50,320 --> 00:44:54,080 And then the next one I have is a native to Colorado. 808 00:44:54,080 --> 00:44:55,800 It's called the red-eared slider. 809 00:44:55,800 --> 00:45:01,320 It's a type of turtle, like a tortoise turtle. 810 00:45:01,320 --> 00:45:09,160 But because of their large size, they are out competing native turtle species in Africa. 811 00:45:09,160 --> 00:45:15,880 They also are threatening the species there by transmitting diseases that African species 812 00:45:15,880 --> 00:45:18,960 are super susceptible to. 813 00:45:18,960 --> 00:45:21,400 And then, I mean, they were a really popular pet. 814 00:45:21,400 --> 00:45:23,840 And I think they still are. 815 00:45:23,840 --> 00:45:29,480 But here in Colorado, because they're native, you cannot buy them like a really small size. 816 00:45:29,480 --> 00:45:32,560 They have to be like an established juvenile. 817 00:45:32,560 --> 00:45:36,840 We just have to get those. 818 00:45:36,840 --> 00:45:42,640 I remember in the 70s and 80s, sliders used to be available in the pet shop. 819 00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:43,640 Oh, yeah. 820 00:45:43,640 --> 00:45:45,480 I've not seen one for years and years. 821 00:45:45,480 --> 00:45:53,640 So we had a big thing in the UK where we sort of banned a lot of imports of reptiles because 822 00:45:53,640 --> 00:45:58,240 it came to light that when it was being shipped over, it was like something like 80% of them 823 00:45:58,240 --> 00:46:01,240 died. 824 00:46:01,240 --> 00:46:05,600 So they were just stopped it basically because of that. 825 00:46:05,600 --> 00:46:09,480 They said, OK, that species does not travel well. 826 00:46:09,480 --> 00:46:10,960 We're not selling that anymore. 827 00:46:10,960 --> 00:46:11,960 Yeah. 828 00:46:11,960 --> 00:46:13,360 You couldn't get hold of them. 829 00:46:13,360 --> 00:46:18,440 I myself used to have an Australian mum, it's Elizabeth. 830 00:46:18,440 --> 00:46:22,360 Oh, well. 831 00:46:22,360 --> 00:46:25,240 Now you can't buy them for a lot of money. 832 00:46:25,240 --> 00:46:27,480 There's no way you'd get another one. 833 00:46:27,480 --> 00:46:32,920 That was in the late 80s that I just picked one of them up. 834 00:46:32,920 --> 00:46:36,000 You won't find it anymore because it's just well important now. 835 00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:41,560 Well, yeah, because they're too susceptible to a lot of things during travel. 836 00:46:41,560 --> 00:46:46,160 I don't know if that's anything to look at for them. 837 00:46:46,160 --> 00:46:51,040 What we do need is governments to be, our government's pretty responsible to be honest 838 00:46:51,040 --> 00:46:52,040 with the invasive species. 839 00:46:52,040 --> 00:46:53,040 I've got to give them that. 840 00:46:53,040 --> 00:46:54,040 They really are. 841 00:46:54,040 --> 00:46:59,600 They do a good job when something comes over and they get it right away. 842 00:46:59,600 --> 00:47:00,600 I agree. 843 00:47:00,600 --> 00:47:05,360 They'll get it right away and I deal with that situation no matter where it is in the country 844 00:47:05,360 --> 00:47:06,840 or how widespread it is. 845 00:47:06,840 --> 00:47:09,520 They'll deal with it right away and get rid of it. 846 00:47:09,520 --> 00:47:10,520 Right. 847 00:47:10,520 --> 00:47:11,640 They'll prevent it. 848 00:47:11,640 --> 00:47:17,760 But there's a lot of countries out there that are completely irresponsible with it. 849 00:47:17,760 --> 00:47:21,360 And the government just, they're whatever. 850 00:47:21,360 --> 00:47:26,920 I think a big problem with that too is that the legislation that does come out to hopefully 851 00:47:26,920 --> 00:47:31,680 prevent the invasive species, they're not doing the research on these things. 852 00:47:31,680 --> 00:47:39,080 Like I believe in Canada, it's illegal to own like any tarantulas outside of five species. 853 00:47:39,080 --> 00:47:44,520 But the problem with that, because again, they want to prevent an invasive tarantula 854 00:47:44,520 --> 00:47:48,440 species, but the problem with that is no tarantula survives. 855 00:47:48,440 --> 00:47:52,720 And the frozen tundra of Canada. 856 00:47:52,720 --> 00:47:59,920 So again, like you're, it's not great for the hobby, if you will, and like, you know, 857 00:47:59,920 --> 00:48:03,880 kind of that whole thing because then it just makes everything really complicated as far 858 00:48:03,880 --> 00:48:04,880 as that goes. 859 00:48:04,880 --> 00:48:07,120 But it's also, as well, it's unfair on them. 860 00:48:07,120 --> 00:48:10,480 It's not really a threat. 861 00:48:10,480 --> 00:48:11,480 It's not a threat. 862 00:48:11,480 --> 00:48:15,400 So they'll say we're monsters, you know, because we have a few monster species. 863 00:48:15,400 --> 00:48:16,400 Yeah. 864 00:48:16,400 --> 00:48:18,680 And it's like, why? 865 00:48:18,680 --> 00:48:19,680 Right. 866 00:48:19,680 --> 00:48:27,400 Honestly, then minus 20 degrees of mantises, or it's not, it's going to die. 867 00:48:27,400 --> 00:48:33,400 And that's why we're not regulated for things because if anything does escape, it's got 868 00:48:33,400 --> 00:48:34,400 about a day. 869 00:48:34,400 --> 00:48:37,280 So yeah, that's a bad day for tarantula for sure. 870 00:48:37,280 --> 00:48:38,280 I agree. 871 00:48:38,280 --> 00:48:42,080 Yeah, no, the cold is going to happen. 872 00:48:42,080 --> 00:48:47,080 If I had a tarantula of tape and it got out of this room, it would die. 873 00:48:47,080 --> 00:48:48,080 Yeah. 874 00:48:48,080 --> 00:48:49,080 Out of this house. 875 00:48:49,080 --> 00:48:51,760 So, so what's the point of banning it? 876 00:48:51,760 --> 00:48:53,920 You know, yeah, it doesn't make sense. 877 00:48:53,920 --> 00:48:58,200 I, you know, again, it's just that, that research that people lack. 878 00:48:58,200 --> 00:49:00,440 They just don't do. 879 00:49:00,440 --> 00:49:06,560 But there are things that we can do here in our home that will help prevent invasive 880 00:49:06,560 --> 00:49:10,400 species from becoming a problem in your area. 881 00:49:10,400 --> 00:49:15,240 So the first thing that you can do is if you are going to be purchasing some house plants 882 00:49:15,240 --> 00:49:20,360 or maybe plants for your garden, verify that they are not invasive. 883 00:49:20,360 --> 00:49:23,760 So that, that is one thing that is really, really big. 884 00:49:23,760 --> 00:49:28,160 Like don't just go out and get some English Ivy and think, oh, it's going to be so beautiful 885 00:49:28,160 --> 00:49:29,560 on the side of my house. 886 00:49:29,560 --> 00:49:32,560 No, it will overtake everything. 887 00:49:32,560 --> 00:49:35,720 So yeah, verify that it's not invasive. 888 00:49:35,720 --> 00:49:41,200 And if you do have invasive plants, replace them with native species. 889 00:49:41,200 --> 00:49:43,680 That's always the best bet. 890 00:49:43,680 --> 00:49:46,960 The second thing that you can do is clean your boat. 891 00:49:46,960 --> 00:49:52,120 If you have a boat and you're taking it, you know, to different bodies of water, you know, 892 00:49:52,120 --> 00:49:57,560 doing that recreational boating, clean it up real good between, between bodies of water. 893 00:49:57,560 --> 00:50:02,560 That way you're not transporting bacteria, you know, other plants. 894 00:50:02,560 --> 00:50:06,360 But I know it's the thing about me, it's not a big thing, your breathing, because we don't 895 00:50:06,360 --> 00:50:10,080 really do the boats, but it's a different line for that, isn't it? 896 00:50:10,080 --> 00:50:14,840 Clean, dry and something, isn't it? 897 00:50:14,840 --> 00:50:15,840 Well wax? 898 00:50:15,840 --> 00:50:19,880 Oh no, it's clean, dry, clean, sort of thing. 899 00:50:19,880 --> 00:50:23,520 It's like, if you're taking your boat from one place to another, you've got to clean 900 00:50:23,520 --> 00:50:25,200 it and then you've got to dry it. 901 00:50:25,200 --> 00:50:26,200 Yeah. 902 00:50:26,200 --> 00:50:28,200 And then you've got to do something else. 903 00:50:28,200 --> 00:50:33,680 But anyway, yeah, there's a thing for that because it is a big thing in the USA. 904 00:50:33,680 --> 00:50:34,680 It's an issue, absolutely. 905 00:50:34,680 --> 00:50:41,240 If people drive somewhere to a lake or something with a boat, go out on a day out, bring the 906 00:50:41,240 --> 00:50:43,600 boat back and then go to another lake next time. 907 00:50:43,600 --> 00:50:46,720 And then that's, yeah, so I can imagine it being a big thing. 908 00:50:46,720 --> 00:50:52,240 Yeah, I mean, you're going to transport different kinds of allergies and bacteria and mollusks 909 00:50:52,240 --> 00:50:54,320 and stuff like that with your boat. 910 00:50:54,320 --> 00:50:57,960 So it's definitely important to clean up. 911 00:50:57,960 --> 00:51:03,160 On that same kind of idea, if you go on hikes a lot, like a lot of people here in Colorado 912 00:51:03,160 --> 00:51:09,880 love to hike because we have lots and lots of beautiful hikes, clean your boots before 913 00:51:09,880 --> 00:51:19,800 going to new areas because it helps rid like weed seeds and pathogens that may be cool 914 00:51:19,800 --> 00:51:21,680 in one area. 915 00:51:21,680 --> 00:51:27,920 But let's say I did a hike over at Red Rocks and now I want to go take a hike over at Minnesota. 916 00:51:27,920 --> 00:51:33,160 So the same pathogens and species are not going to be in Minnesota. 917 00:51:33,160 --> 00:51:37,600 So I could possibly introduce them just from my hiking boots. 918 00:51:37,600 --> 00:51:38,800 So don't do that. 919 00:51:38,800 --> 00:51:41,640 Make sure you clean those between hikes. 920 00:51:41,640 --> 00:51:46,760 And the fourth thing is if you are traveling between different regions, so like if I was 921 00:51:46,760 --> 00:51:52,600 going to Mexico or something like that, don't want to pack fruits and veggies while you 922 00:51:52,600 --> 00:51:57,880 travel because they again, you know, you're going to have hitch hikers that possibly will 923 00:51:57,880 --> 00:51:59,920 be in those fruits and veggies. 924 00:51:59,920 --> 00:52:01,320 And the same thing with firewood. 925 00:52:01,320 --> 00:52:05,120 If you need firewood for camping, buy it locally. 926 00:52:05,120 --> 00:52:11,680 That way you're not transporting hitch hikers and pests that aren't native to that region. 927 00:52:11,680 --> 00:52:14,680 And number five on my list is volunteer. 928 00:52:14,680 --> 00:52:19,920 If you are really adamant about doing something with invasive species, volunteer to be a part 929 00:52:19,920 --> 00:52:21,440 of a removal project. 930 00:52:21,440 --> 00:52:24,080 There are plenty of them around. 931 00:52:24,080 --> 00:52:27,800 And that is a really great way to give back. 932 00:52:27,800 --> 00:52:33,880 If you see an invasive species reported, make sure that you know, you take the proper authorities 933 00:52:33,880 --> 00:52:40,240 because they have again, things and ways that they control those populations and try to 934 00:52:40,240 --> 00:52:43,080 try to keep that balanced. 935 00:52:43,080 --> 00:52:47,360 And the last thing on my list is probably the best thing that you can do to help prevent 936 00:52:47,360 --> 00:52:52,720 invasive species would be to plant native species in your garden. 937 00:52:52,720 --> 00:52:54,000 I love Columbines. 938 00:52:54,000 --> 00:52:55,480 They're native here to Colorado. 939 00:52:55,480 --> 00:53:02,520 So if I had a garden, I would probably only plant Columbines, just saying because they're 940 00:53:02,520 --> 00:53:04,520 absolutely beautiful. 941 00:53:04,520 --> 00:53:05,520 They're unique. 942 00:53:05,520 --> 00:53:07,840 They're native to Colorado. 943 00:53:07,840 --> 00:53:08,840 And they come back every year. 944 00:53:08,840 --> 00:53:13,840 So you plant them once and then boom, you'll have more next year. 945 00:53:13,840 --> 00:53:25,080 I love all kinds of flowers, but not all of them are great for the natural ecosystem. 946 00:53:25,080 --> 00:53:29,160 As you guys know, we kind of already went over some of those species. 947 00:53:29,160 --> 00:53:32,800 Make sure you're planting native species in your garden. 948 00:53:32,800 --> 00:53:35,320 Or a shark. 949 00:53:35,320 --> 00:53:36,320 Anything else, Simon? 950 00:53:36,320 --> 00:53:37,320 Did I miss anything? 951 00:53:37,320 --> 00:53:38,320 No, I thought it was pretty good. 952 00:53:38,320 --> 00:53:39,320 I thought it was pretty good. 953 00:53:39,320 --> 00:53:46,600 If you're already on your report, anything you can report it to deffra.gov.uk. 954 00:53:46,600 --> 00:53:50,400 Just type in Google, report your invasive species UK. 955 00:53:50,400 --> 00:53:54,160 You'll get a direct form to fill in. 956 00:53:54,160 --> 00:53:59,760 Telephone numbers and all sorts if you really need to deal with it. 957 00:53:59,760 --> 00:54:05,480 There's plenty of places, all the universities run identifications. 958 00:54:05,480 --> 00:54:13,200 So if you want to ID something first, you can contact the university and they will ID 959 00:54:13,200 --> 00:54:17,080 it for you and then you'll know if you've found. 960 00:54:17,080 --> 00:54:19,760 That's pretty much just for inverts, really. 961 00:54:19,760 --> 00:54:20,760 Yeah. 962 00:54:20,760 --> 00:54:24,840 Because everyone knows, if you saw an alley walking down the street, you'd pretty much 963 00:54:24,840 --> 00:54:26,360 guess what it was. 964 00:54:26,360 --> 00:54:32,840 But you get things like Spanish moths over here, which are harmless and they only come 965 00:54:32,840 --> 00:54:35,720 over here like on the outwind. 966 00:54:35,720 --> 00:54:36,720 Sure. 967 00:54:36,720 --> 00:54:37,720 They're no big deal. 968 00:54:37,720 --> 00:54:40,560 They come and go, we don't survive. 969 00:54:40,560 --> 00:54:47,880 So there's lots and lots of places to report invasive species. 970 00:54:47,880 --> 00:54:55,360 Tessian man, please keep your eyes open because there are lots and lots of those American 971 00:54:55,360 --> 00:54:58,880 type crayfish that we have been around. 972 00:54:58,880 --> 00:55:04,040 And carp, carp is also an invasive species and it takes over. 973 00:55:04,040 --> 00:55:05,040 Is it? 974 00:55:05,040 --> 00:55:06,040 I believe so. 975 00:55:06,040 --> 00:55:07,040 Yeah. 976 00:55:07,040 --> 00:55:10,720 I can't be Asian, won't it? 977 00:55:10,720 --> 00:55:11,720 Maybe. 978 00:55:11,720 --> 00:55:17,160 But I also know that walking catfish is an issue in Africa. 979 00:55:17,160 --> 00:55:18,160 Yeah. 980 00:55:18,160 --> 00:55:19,160 Yeah. 981 00:55:19,160 --> 00:55:20,880 So yeah, definitely. 982 00:55:20,880 --> 00:55:26,960 And another thing with that is cleaning your fishing gear is obviously really, really 983 00:55:26,960 --> 00:55:34,880 beneficial to the natural lake ecosystems and well areas that you fish in. 984 00:55:34,880 --> 00:55:40,800 But yeah, cleaning your gear is a really great way to help prevent those invasive species 985 00:55:40,800 --> 00:55:41,800 from spreading. 986 00:55:41,800 --> 00:55:46,320 I think it actually treats a lot of it like COVID, haven't you? 987 00:55:46,320 --> 00:55:49,640 Yeah, you know, they say six feet away. 988 00:55:49,640 --> 00:55:52,320 It's a bit more obvious if you're sensible. 989 00:55:52,320 --> 00:55:54,640 It's not, you don't have to go too much precaution. 990 00:55:54,640 --> 00:55:55,640 Right. 991 00:55:55,640 --> 00:56:01,960 So these are really easy steps that people can take that really, they cost you nothing 992 00:56:01,960 --> 00:56:06,160 honestly like it's really not difficult to do. 993 00:56:06,160 --> 00:56:10,880 But they have a really, really big impact in preventing. 994 00:56:10,880 --> 00:56:11,880 Yeah. 995 00:56:11,880 --> 00:56:19,240 I think it matters really because I've got quite a lot of invasive species in my garden. 996 00:56:19,240 --> 00:56:21,680 That are my fault, you know, through cleaning out. 997 00:56:21,680 --> 00:56:22,680 I don't know. 998 00:56:22,680 --> 00:56:26,600 I think people before you, that's not your fault. 999 00:56:26,600 --> 00:56:29,600 Oh no, these are definitely my fault. 1000 00:56:29,600 --> 00:56:30,600 Oh no. 1001 00:56:30,600 --> 00:56:32,600 They smell so nice the buds. 1002 00:56:32,600 --> 00:56:36,600 They just are cleaning, you know, like cleaning out, like cleaning out, like cleaning out 1003 00:56:36,600 --> 00:56:37,600 in the air. 1004 00:56:37,600 --> 00:56:40,400 You know, people are probably cleaning some of that stuff outside. 1005 00:56:40,400 --> 00:56:45,960 I just generally, it should be substrate but I think I've got everything. 1006 00:56:45,960 --> 00:56:49,360 And then a year later I'll go, oh, what's that there in there? 1007 00:56:49,360 --> 00:56:50,360 You know. 1008 00:56:50,360 --> 00:56:52,800 It's not too bad, but it's not too bad. 1009 00:56:52,800 --> 00:56:53,800 It's just my gut. 1010 00:56:53,800 --> 00:56:54,800 Yeah, well that's good. 1011 00:56:54,800 --> 00:56:58,320 I mean, you've got it under control, you know. 1012 00:56:58,320 --> 00:56:59,320 I'm sure you're a... 1013 00:56:59,320 --> 00:57:00,920 I'll keep you in my eye on it. 1014 00:57:00,920 --> 00:57:05,600 I'm sure you're an avid gardener so it's, you know, it's probably not as big of an issue 1015 00:57:05,600 --> 00:57:06,600 for you. 1016 00:57:06,600 --> 00:57:10,320 It's not too much of a problem. 1017 00:57:10,320 --> 00:57:11,320 Yeah, there you go. 1018 00:57:11,320 --> 00:57:13,480 So, I mean, it's cool. 1019 00:57:13,480 --> 00:57:14,720 It's all good. 1020 00:57:14,720 --> 00:57:21,320 And I think the biggest thing that has caused a lot of problems is that irresponsible pet 1021 00:57:21,320 --> 00:57:27,520 ownership and allowing for those species to be released into the wild and stuff. 1022 00:57:27,520 --> 00:57:32,360 It's really caused a great deal of damage. 1023 00:57:32,360 --> 00:57:34,880 And like you said, cats. 1024 00:57:34,880 --> 00:57:36,200 Cats are so pervasive. 1025 00:57:36,200 --> 00:57:46,320 They, you know, I believe I've read somewhere that in one cat's like lifetime or no, in one 1026 00:57:46,320 --> 00:57:52,360 breeding season can cause 448 some odd cats. 1027 00:57:52,360 --> 00:58:01,000 So like one cat and then her kittens and then the kittens from those kittens in one year, 1028 00:58:01,000 --> 00:58:03,560 you know, like that's a lot of cats. 1029 00:58:03,560 --> 00:58:12,360 So, um, I was like, I've just released 25 and you know, yeah, it's next year. 1030 00:58:12,360 --> 00:58:23,360 300, you know, the original canto order was pretty much similar to the way I spent mantis. 1031 00:58:23,360 --> 00:58:26,360 It's just like your mantis, I'll send you a few extra. 1032 00:58:26,360 --> 00:58:29,760 And that's what they did with the cane toads, the order of the cane toads. 1033 00:58:29,760 --> 00:58:36,160 And they originally sent them 102 cane toads, which sounds like not number, of what died 1034 00:58:36,160 --> 00:58:37,160 in the post basically. 1035 00:58:37,160 --> 00:58:40,960 So they really, it's 101 cane toads. 1036 00:58:40,960 --> 00:58:48,560 And now there is hundreds of millions of cane toads, all from that original 101. 1037 00:58:48,560 --> 00:58:49,560 Wow. 1038 00:58:49,560 --> 00:58:50,560 Wow. 1039 00:58:50,560 --> 00:58:57,560 So it's scary how fast that they can get to such a ridiculous level. 1040 00:58:57,560 --> 00:58:58,560 Yeah, absolutely. 1041 00:58:58,560 --> 00:59:04,200 And in a new place because you've got to take a place, you've got no predators, the climate 1042 00:59:04,200 --> 00:59:06,760 might be better than you're used to. 1043 00:59:06,760 --> 00:59:07,760 Right. 1044 00:59:07,760 --> 00:59:12,480 It might be missing a winter, which you used to. 1045 00:59:12,480 --> 00:59:13,480 Like in Australia. 1046 00:59:13,480 --> 00:59:17,920 This thing, I can do what I want all year round. 1047 00:59:17,920 --> 00:59:22,360 It's warmer than in Norway, it's more active. 1048 00:59:22,360 --> 00:59:27,360 And this is what happens, it just wash off the ground, next thing you know, everywhere. 1049 00:59:27,360 --> 00:59:29,360 I mean, I'm quite lucky. 1050 00:59:29,360 --> 00:59:37,640 Living in England, it's, you know, you get excited seeing invasive species because it's 1051 00:59:37,640 --> 00:59:40,160 pretty rare. 1052 00:59:40,160 --> 00:59:43,080 It's not a thing that's going to happen. 1053 00:59:43,080 --> 00:59:47,960 Things here are stricter to get a hold, you know, get a grip. 1054 00:59:47,960 --> 00:59:51,560 Every year someone will say, oh, oh, see the mantis, see the mantis. 1055 00:59:51,560 --> 00:59:56,080 And it will hit the main newspapers if someone sees a mantis. 1056 00:59:56,080 --> 00:59:57,080 Sure. 1057 00:59:57,080 --> 01:00:03,400 And that's going to come over on some plants from Europe. 1058 01:00:03,400 --> 01:00:06,000 So it's not really even here. 1059 01:00:06,000 --> 01:00:10,400 You know, and they'll get really excited about it. 1060 01:00:10,400 --> 01:00:12,400 Well, yeah, yeah, for sure. 1061 01:00:12,400 --> 01:00:19,920 But the other ones that you have and we have is the howling bird, which is the ladybird. 1062 01:00:19,920 --> 01:00:20,920 Oh, yeah. 1063 01:00:20,920 --> 01:00:25,800 And that's that, that, which you see, I think it's the Japanese one, it's our Chinese one, 1064 01:00:25,800 --> 01:00:27,320 Asian, Asian, Asian. 1065 01:00:27,320 --> 01:00:30,840 And it's a fighter, isn't it, as well. 1066 01:00:30,840 --> 01:00:31,840 Yep. 1067 01:00:31,840 --> 01:00:37,040 But that's, that's what seems to be getting a photo here and with you. 1068 01:00:37,040 --> 01:00:39,040 Yeah, definitely, definitely. 1069 01:00:39,040 --> 01:00:42,200 All right, well, let's do our shameless plug. 1070 01:00:42,200 --> 01:00:45,080 We're, we're almost out of here. 1071 01:00:45,080 --> 01:00:47,080 It's like waffling. 1072 01:00:47,080 --> 01:00:50,080 No, it's like carrying on again, so excited. 1073 01:00:50,080 --> 01:00:51,080 Three hours straight. 1074 01:00:51,080 --> 01:00:52,080 Yeah. 1075 01:00:52,080 --> 01:00:53,080 It was awesome. 1076 01:00:53,080 --> 01:00:54,080 It was well timed out. 1077 01:00:54,080 --> 01:00:55,080 We did great. 1078 01:00:55,080 --> 01:00:57,680 We did, you know, plot points I wanted to. 1079 01:00:57,680 --> 01:00:58,680 So good job. 1080 01:00:58,680 --> 01:00:59,680 Thank you, Simon. 1081 01:00:59,680 --> 01:01:02,600 What are you back going on this week? 1082 01:01:02,600 --> 01:01:04,600 What's coming up? 1083 01:01:04,600 --> 01:01:09,160 Um, pairing and posting, I think, this week. 1084 01:01:09,160 --> 01:01:10,160 Yeah. 1085 01:01:10,160 --> 01:01:12,160 Everything's just map. 1086 01:01:12,160 --> 01:01:20,920 Again, it's just that time of year where winter's finishing and things start to move 1087 01:01:20,920 --> 01:01:23,320 again because you go on a slow down. 1088 01:01:23,320 --> 01:01:24,320 Yeah. 1089 01:01:24,320 --> 01:01:25,320 And then you start to get a little bit of a buzzer. 1090 01:01:25,320 --> 01:01:26,320 Oh yeah. 1091 01:01:26,320 --> 01:01:31,240 If it's like minus two outside, it's like, ah, I'm not posting today. 1092 01:01:31,240 --> 01:01:32,240 I'm not posting tomorrow. 1093 01:01:32,240 --> 01:01:34,240 Oh, I can't post this week. 1094 01:01:34,240 --> 01:01:35,240 It's up again. 1095 01:01:35,240 --> 01:01:41,520 You've got that constant, you know, roll again so you can start sending things out 1096 01:01:41,520 --> 01:01:42,520 a bit more. 1097 01:01:42,520 --> 01:01:44,520 So it makes things a little busier. 1098 01:01:44,520 --> 01:01:51,760 And when it wasn't busy because it was too cold to post, you spent pairings and now 1099 01:01:51,760 --> 01:01:56,760 we're putting up and hatching new things. 1100 01:01:56,760 --> 01:01:59,240 I'm going to get a few more mantises in this week. 1101 01:01:59,240 --> 01:02:00,240 Sounds good. 1102 01:02:00,240 --> 01:02:04,640 I keep saying every time you ask me, like make a video if I get a chance. 1103 01:02:04,640 --> 01:02:05,640 Yeah. 1104 01:02:05,640 --> 01:02:09,800 Like I said, I've been too busy. 1105 01:02:09,800 --> 01:02:16,080 So I'm struggling to find time to make a video because I do like to do the research before 1106 01:02:16,080 --> 01:02:17,400 I make the video. 1107 01:02:17,400 --> 01:02:18,400 Of course. 1108 01:02:18,400 --> 01:02:23,680 I'm pretty sure I know what I'm talking about for the video. 1109 01:02:23,680 --> 01:02:27,080 But I like to make sure that I'm not talking rubbish. 1110 01:02:27,080 --> 01:02:28,080 Yeah, absolutely. 1111 01:02:28,080 --> 01:02:29,080 I just imagine it. 1112 01:02:29,080 --> 01:02:36,080 I like to make sure that it's in a paper somewhere. 1113 01:02:36,080 --> 01:02:37,080 It's accurate. 1114 01:02:37,080 --> 01:02:38,080 Yeah. 1115 01:02:38,080 --> 01:02:41,040 It's in a paper somewhere, I'll say. 1116 01:02:41,040 --> 01:02:42,040 You know, I respect that. 1117 01:02:42,040 --> 01:02:45,200 I respect that a lot because I'm the same way. 1118 01:02:45,200 --> 01:02:51,680 I don't like to put out any kind of information that's not accurate or correct because there's 1119 01:02:51,680 --> 01:02:56,480 a lot of misinformation out there on the web and I don't want to contribute to that. 1120 01:02:56,480 --> 01:02:58,520 So I lost. 1121 01:02:58,520 --> 01:02:59,520 Yeah. 1122 01:02:59,520 --> 01:03:00,520 Yeah. 1123 01:03:00,520 --> 01:03:01,520 How old? 1124 01:03:01,520 --> 01:03:02,520 I'm with you. 1125 01:03:02,520 --> 01:03:06,120 I'm actually going to be putting out some new videos and stuff here coming up soon because 1126 01:03:06,120 --> 01:03:07,840 my voice is back. 1127 01:03:07,840 --> 01:03:12,080 So I'll be able to do those voiceovers and all that fun stuff. 1128 01:03:12,080 --> 01:03:16,200 I think the next thing that I will be putting out is going to be kind of a short video, 1129 01:03:16,200 --> 01:03:20,640 but it's basically how I clean my used enclosures. 1130 01:03:20,640 --> 01:03:25,800 So once I move one to Ranchela or an invert tube, like a bigger enclosure, I'm going to 1131 01:03:25,800 --> 01:03:30,040 show you guys how I clean those old enclosures so you don't have to throw them out. 1132 01:03:30,040 --> 01:03:35,400 You can save them and the cleaning goes for pretty much any enclosure. 1133 01:03:35,400 --> 01:03:36,400 It's awesome. 1134 01:03:36,400 --> 01:03:37,400 So look out for that. 1135 01:03:37,400 --> 01:03:38,400 That's a really good idea. 1136 01:03:38,400 --> 01:03:39,400 That's a good video. 1137 01:03:39,400 --> 01:03:45,640 Because a lot of people don't realize that, you know, I've got a vantus in here. 1138 01:03:45,640 --> 01:03:46,640 It's dyed. 1139 01:03:46,640 --> 01:03:48,440 I'll put another vantus in here. 1140 01:03:48,440 --> 01:03:51,920 They don't realize, you know, it's a good idea to clean it. 1141 01:03:51,920 --> 01:03:52,920 Yeah. 1142 01:03:52,920 --> 01:03:53,920 You definitely want to see it. 1143 01:03:53,920 --> 01:03:54,920 It's like... 1144 01:03:54,920 --> 01:03:58,480 It kind of goes along with that invasive species, you know. 1145 01:03:58,480 --> 01:04:04,080 You can go to Ranchela Lea and give her a salt so you don't miss it. 1146 01:04:04,080 --> 01:04:05,080 Heck yeah. 1147 01:04:05,080 --> 01:04:06,080 Thank you. 1148 01:04:06,080 --> 01:04:07,080 Thank you so much, Simon. 1149 01:04:07,080 --> 01:04:08,080 I appreciate it. 1150 01:04:08,080 --> 01:04:13,640 Of course, check out the Mantis Garden and his channel because he is fantastic as far 1151 01:04:13,640 --> 01:04:15,160 as information goes. 1152 01:04:15,160 --> 01:04:18,000 He covers a lot of topics, not just mantises. 1153 01:04:18,000 --> 01:04:20,000 So check out Simon. 1154 01:04:20,000 --> 01:04:21,560 He's great. 1155 01:04:21,560 --> 01:04:24,560 As always, thank you all, everybody, so much for being here. 1156 01:04:24,560 --> 01:04:25,560 Thanks for watching. 1157 01:04:25,560 --> 01:04:28,360 If you liked what you saw, make sure you like and subscribe. 1158 01:04:28,360 --> 01:04:34,040 Leave us comments and check us out on all the other audio streaming. 1159 01:04:34,040 --> 01:04:37,040 And we also have a Discord and I will link that below. 1160 01:04:37,040 --> 01:04:39,040 And again, thank you. 1161 01:04:39,040 --> 01:04:40,040 Bye-bye. 1162 01:04:40,040 --> 01:05:09,040 Bye-bye.