8 Invasive Species That Battle And Prey On Other Invaders

Invasive species are one of the main factors behind modern day extinctions but of course some areas are worse affected than others
Obviously it's not the animals fault that it's invasive as we humans are the real animals to blame and we are easily the worst invasive species on this planet.
In some of the worst affected areas around the world, some invasive species have started to interact with one another outside of their native range, and in some cases they even prey on one another.

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:31 Tegu And Caiman
3:25 Mongoose And Chameleons
5:32 Trout And Rodents
7:27 Mink And Bullfrogs
9:21 Raccoons And Crayfish
10:51 Foxes And Rabbits
12:17 Cats And Geckos
13:52 Cane Toads And Snakes

Attributions

Tegu images:
Thomas Fuhrmann
CC BY-SA 4.0
María Zeta
CC BY-SA 4.0

Spectacled caiman images:
Bernard Gagnon
CC0 1.0
Bernard DUPONT
CC BY-SA 2.0
Fernando Flores
CC BY-SA 2.0

Spectacled caiman range map:
Derivative work by Textbook Travel Original work by Achim Raschka
CC BY-SA 3.0

Small Indian Mongoose images:
J. N. Stuart
CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Carla Kishinami
CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Small Indian mongoose range map:
BhagyaMani
CC BY-SA 4.0

Extinct Hawaiian bird images:
David Eickhoff
CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Brown tree snake image:
Pavel Kirillov
CC BY-SA 2.0

Gold dust day gecko images:
François Libert
CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Trout images:
NYS DEC
CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

New Zealand aquatic animal images:
Shaun Lee
CC BY-SA 2.0
Jake Osborne
CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Signal crayfish images:
Alaska Region U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
PDM 1.0
Astacoides
CC BY-SA 3.0

Signal crayfish footage:
Jarek Andrzejewski

Australian endangered animal footage:
Australian Wildlife Conservancy

Cat predation on wildlife images:
Brisbane City Council
CC BY 2.0

Cane beetle images:
Malcolm Tattersall
CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Invasive snake images:
. Ray in Manila
CC BY 2.0
Mark Spangler
CC BY 2.0
Michael Eisen
CC BY 4.0
Florida Fish and Wildlife
CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Cane toad images:
Da Vinci Science Center
CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
CC BY 2.0

Rakali footage:
Les Peters
CC BY-NC-ND

Rakali images:
patrickkavanagh
CC BY 2.0

I have edited and adapted some of these clips and images.

Thanks for watching I hope you enjoyed :)

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[GodzillaX]

Its like the simpsons ep where the town gets overrun by invasive lizards so they import snakes to eat the lizards. Gorillas are said to be imported next to remove the snakes

[DonJuanMarco]

Nile crocodiles in Florida?! Crazy!
There should be a tougher laws for the pet trade! Not every animal can be a pet!
Pet owners should be responsible.

[Justagirlygirlll]

I have a pet tegu, and they're the best. It's unfortunate that they're invasive in the United States. :(

[ShanroyWright]

We also have an invasive species problems in Jamaica such as the indian mongoose and white tailed deer.

[coffinkid]

Have you done a video about conservation efforts for these animals? That would be cool to see!

[talwarswell]

15:42 red bellied black snakes, an aussie elapid species have also began evolving a resistance to cane toad venom. fascinating

[Kaigames-e]

Keep up the work, I like your videos😊

[williamandrews]

I love watching your videos.They are full of colorful imagery.l makes me feel like l am there in person.

[sidneyvandykeii]

And dont forget the invasive Arnie. Destroyer of native dog food and maybe even some native shoes and pillows in his younger days.

[PuffPiastri]

Mr. Tsuki, I absolutely love your videos. I searched on Google for countries with the least amount of invasive species, but couldn’t find anything, only “most”.. Not sure if you’ve done a video on countries with the least, but it would be cool to know

[martykitson]

in their native habitat mongoose prey on snakes, so it makes sense they would target reptiles and it's fortunate the ones they target in this case are also invasive. I'm surprised the Japanese haven't picked up on the fact that American bull frogs are food. the signal crayfish is another one that the environment would benefit from people learning they taste good when cooked properly

[thenerdbeast]

If they'd stop persecuting dingoes they'd probably handle the foxes and rabbits easily.

[Nikoli]

I did not know that species of caiman were invasive in florida & im shocked.

[aottadelsei]

Can you do a video on lazarus taxon please

[Drizzly]

“The best Places Beavers should invade” vid would go crazy

[Himynameisbacon-uckt]

Famous ending part 2
Passenger pigeon:Martha
Baji dolphin:qiqi
Pyrenean ibex:Celia
Pinta island turtle:lonesome George
Quagga

[Random-Captain]

Invasive makes it sound like the Huns are coming 😂
Enjoy the content you make bro, can you make one about animals effected by moonlight/full moon?

[JW-cc]

great channel you enclude my favorite animal birds and i gave you a shoutout

[WisGuy]

The problem with importing mongooses to kill rats is that mongooses are diurnal and rats are nocturnal.

[andrewstrongman]

Fresh-water crocodiles have learned to just eat the cane toad's back legs, they are not immune to the poison. Australia also has a species of fresh-water turtles that can eat cane toads, and one of our crow species has learned to flip them over and eat through their bellies, just like the rakalis.