{"id":13653,"date":"2018-01-06T16:56:24","date_gmt":"2018-01-06T22:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=13653"},"modified":"2018-01-06T16:56:24","modified_gmt":"2018-01-06T22:56:24","slug":"repelling-the-invasive-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2018\/01\/06\/repelling-the-invasive-species\/","title":{"rendered":"Repelling The Invasive Species"},"content":{"rendered":"

The idea of frozen iguanas plummeting from trees in Miami, as promulgated by many news outlets, including the Palm Beach Post<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, is probably most interesting for its novelty effect:<\/p>\n

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials said iguanas can become immobilized or sluggish when temperatures hit between 40 and 50 degrees.<\/p>\n

This morning, it hit 38 degrees at Palm Beach International Airport and isn\u2019t expected to climb out of the 50s today.<\/p>\n

While you may see cold-stunned iguanas on the sidewalk or in your backyard, wildlife officials warn they may even fall out of the trees.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But it’s also a reminder that invasive species such as the iguana and another plague on Florida, the Burmese python, are not always invading their version of the Garden of Eden. A geographical area experiencing a weather extreme can end up killing a substantial portion of the invasive species if it lasts long enough, perhaps enough so that humans can finish them off. Unfortunately, this cold snap won’t last that long.<\/p>\n

But if a weather extreme could be artificially induced, it might work. I wonder if environmentalists have considered that – at least those that haven’t yet accepted thenotion that species do change geographical ranges as a natural rhythm of the world. The drive to exterminate species alien to a given geographical area is arguably just another management scheme – which doesn’t condemn the practice, but does remind us that managing Nature is a lot trickier than many of us think it might be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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