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- From: reynold@binah.cc.brandeis.edu ("Susan Reynold (w/out the s)")
- Subject: Re: Birds in the garden
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.160410.4212@news.cs.brandeis.edu>
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- Organization: Brandeis University
- References: <1992Dec16.222102.8667@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>,<8765.29164@stratus.SWDC.Stratus.COM>
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 16:04:10 GMT
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- In article <8765.29164@stratus.SWDC.Stratus.COM>, jane@soave.swdc.stratus.com (Jane Beckman) writes:
- >
- >Released birds muck up ecosystems. Likewise fish. So many
- >folks "set free" their goldfish, guppies, etc. It plays merry
- >hell with the ecosystem. Just ask anyone in Florida about
- >introduced species!
- >
- >--
- > Jilara [jane@swdc.stratus.com]
-
- My parents (in Miami) have iguana's visit their back yard. Some of
- these guys are two feet long! They even crawl along the phone wires.
- I haven't heard of them being a real problem (besides frightening
- people to death) but I'm sure they're eating or doing something that
- is not in the best interest of something native to the area.
-
- The story is that they came from Cuba. But Haiti seems a likely
- source too.
-
- Susan
-