SciShow's video: Releasing Invasive Species on Purpose

Visit https://brilliant.org/scishow/ to get started learning STEM for free. The first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription and a 30 day free trial. Over the centuries, to fight invasive species, some people have considered using... more invasive species. It's called biological control, and even though many early attempts were disastrous, it can actually work to protect agriculture and native plants and animals. Hosted by: Hank Green (he/him) ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Matt Curls, Alisa Sherbow, Dr. Melvin Sanicas, Harrison Mills, Adam Brainard, Chris Peters, charles george, Piya Shedden, Alex Hackman, Christopher R, Boucher, Jeffrey Mckishen, Ash, Silas Emrys, Eric Jensen, Kevin Bealer, Jason A Saslow, Tom Mosner, Tomás Lagos González, Jacob, Christoph Schwanke, Sam Lutfi, Bryan Cloer ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishowFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow ---------- Sources: Velivelli et al 2014, "Biological control agents: from field to market, problems, and challenges" https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-017-9831-y http://www.jstor.org/stable/3868683 https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://en.wikipedia.org/&httpsredir=1&article=1027&context=bioscilouda https://Hawai'ibirdingtrails.Hawai'i.gov/bird/common-myna/ (Myna birds) https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/rosey-wolf-snail https://www.fs.usda.gov/psw/topics/biocontrol/strawberryguava/biocontrol.shtml #:~:text=In%20Hawai'i%2C%20biocontrol%20has%20been,Klamath%20weed%2C%20and%20ivy%20gourd. https://dlnr.Hawai'i.gov/hisc/info/biocontrol/latest-biocontrol/ https://mauiinvasive.org/2012/04/18/moving-on-from-the-mongoose-the-succuss-of-biological-control-in-Hawai'i/ https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/biological-control/biological-control-declared-plants #:~:text=Biological%20control%20can%20never%20eradicate,to%20individual%20properties%20or%20paddock. https://www.esf.edu/efb/parry/invasivesseminar_readings/Simberloff_2012.pdf https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214574520300304 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1049964409000632 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1049964412001727 https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/handle/2292/58529 https://dlnr.Hawai'i.gov/removerats/home/impacts-of-rodents-mongooses/ https://dlnr.Hawai'i.gov/forestry/files/2013/09/SWARS-Issue-6.pdf https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/bfly/cactus_moth.htm https://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7410.html https://books.google.com/books?id=QvOPufXCJq0C&pg=PA221 =onepage&q&f=false https://hilgardia.ucanr.edu/fileaccess.cfm?article=152759&p=FNUASH https://biocontrol.ucr.edu/cottony-cushion-scale https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1890/1540-9295%282006%29004%5B0132%3ABCOISS%5D2.0.CO%3B2 https://neobiota.pensoft.net/article/66276/ https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://en.wikipedia.org/&httpsredir=1&article=1027&context=bioscilouda http://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7410.html https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/csp2.296 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080508131953.htm Image Sources: https://tinyurl.com/msmhac3m https://tinyurl.com/59zs95bj https://tinyurl.com/fcmzzu7m https://tinyurl.com/4wx9h3vn https://tinyurl.com/3ppp3vhr https://tinyurl.com/5n8z7v6h https://tinyurl.com/ykcxsaz9 https://tinyurl.com/3wsywcvb https://tinyurl.com/bdeymtn5 https://tinyurl.com/3zhezsaz https://tinyurl.com/ms3tj9p5 https://tinyurl.com/3ry8pvrz https://tinyurl.com/ycktamtb https://tinyurl.com/33zay92u https://tinyurl.com/2u36w58x https://tinyurl.com/2j646bcd https://tinyurl.com/384xw2t2 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Starr_070205_4082_acacia_koa2.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Starr_040713-0079_Cibotium_menziesii.jpg https://tinyurl.com/39u54bdm https://tinyurl.com/8axus23r https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Astonished.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kingdavidkalakaua_dust.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Hillebrand_(PP-72-8-012).jpg https://tinyurl.com/bdemczaa https://tinyurl.com/2p8e3yjc https://tinyurl.com/2uywvrzx https://tinyurl.com/3tzp6rbv https://tinyurl.com/2twpt96z https://tinyurl.com/yc56bs38 https://tinyurl.com/mwrpwz7e https://tinyurl.com/mwyexa95 https://tinyurl.com/bddjnjes https://tinyurl.com/3vxf72f4 https://tinyurl.com/u236r29n https://tinyurl.com/y7kw5exc https://tinyurl.com/ycyh4822 https://tinyurl.com/yc6w48ym https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/131807665 https://tinyurl.com/mr2vxn5t