Essay On Invasive Species

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Invasive species is “Any species that has been introduced to an environment where it is not native, and that has since become a nuisance through the rapid spread and increase in numbers, often to the detriment of native species”.(allwords.com). When I thought of invasive species before I thought of weird looking fish and some animal that just stands out; but the truth is many of these invasive species look like they belong in the areas they are taking over. Most of these species go unnoticed, but in honesty, invasive species are all around us.did you know that invasive species of weeds have taken over more than a 100 million acres of land only in the US. Even scarier than that is that there are more than 800 different types of invasive water …show more content…
If there are no predators to basically control the growth of the species they can reproduce quickly, eat the food that is needed by the native species, and change the natural layout of the land and this can also make them prey on endangered plants and animals. Not only do they ruin everything for the native species; but they also affect us in a big way. We can all agree that the USA economy is not the best since Obama mess it up. But it is starting to get better because of trump.but still, these invasive species have cost us quite a great deal of money in the past.just wild pigs alone cost the government 1.5 billion dollars per year. To me, that is a lot of money that can go to something else.that leads me to my next point in which how do we deal with