4 Invasive Animals That Were Introduced By The Europeans Because They Were Homesick

European explorers have caused the extinction of many plant and animal species around the world and this is mainly through hunting or the introduction of invasive species.
when the Europeans starting setting up their lives in new countries some of them started to feel homesick and to try and cure this homesickness they would introduced species from Europe.
These introductions are still causing problems today.

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:52 Brown Trout In New Zealand
4:15 Rabbits In Australia
6:41 Deer In New Zealand
8:37 Foxes In Australia

Attributions

Feral Australian cat image:
Brisbane City Council
CC BY 2.0

Brown trout images:
NYS DEC
CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Jesús Rodríguez Fernández
CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

European fish images:
Gilles San Martin
CC BY-SA 2.0

New Zealand native fish images:
Julian K. Finn / Museums Victoria
CC BY 3.0
Jon Sullivan
CC BY-NC 2.0
Tony Foster
CC BY-ND 2.0

Galaxias fish footage:
Glenn McGregor
Our Land and Water
CC BY-SA
Jake Osborne
CC BY-NC-SA

Galaxias fish images:
Stella McQueen
CC BY-SA 4.0
John Barkla
CC BY 4.0
Shaun Lee
CC BY 4.0
Bruce Deagle
CC BY 4.0

European rabbit images:
fra298
CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
JJ Harrison
CC BY-SA 3.0

First fleet image:
E. Le Bihan
CC BY-SA 3.0 AU

Australia rabbit invasion images:
CSIRO
CC BY 3.0

Reeves's muntjac image:
Hans De Bisschop
CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Chinese water deer images:
Nick Goodrum
CC BY 2.0

Sambar deer image:
Charles J. Sharp
CC BY-SA 4.0

Rusa deer images:
Candra Firmansyah
CC BY-SA 4.0

Rocky mountain elk image:
Thomas Fuhrmann
CC BY-SA 4.0

White tailed deer image:
Scott Bauer
public domain

New Zealand deer images:
John Charlton
CC BY-SA 4.0

Australian conservation footage:
Department of Energy, Environment & Climate Action

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

Thanks for watching I hope you enjoyed :)

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[PuffPiastri]

As an Aussie, it’s so painful to have so many invasive species. Rabbits and Toads are in crazy amounts. Hell, we even have camels!

[LeonardoAldana]

Pigs and rats in Mauricio immediately come to mind. Dodos didn't stand a single chance

[albino-fish]

Can you do a video on

Animals resistant to venom
1.)pacific gymnothorax eels resistant to banded sea kraits
2.) mongoose resistant to cobras
3.) Hedgehog resistant to European viper
4.) bearded goby resistant to jellyfish
5.) southern alligator lizard resistant to black widow spiders
Or

Animals with a population less than 10 individuals
.1) northern white rhinos
.2) Yangtze giant softshell turtle
.3) vaquita

[danarcher]

I didn't realize that the brown trout was invasive to Canada and Alberta before watching this clip. I just found out that brown trout was introduced to the Red Deer River in Alberta in 1924.

[Tex_Mex_A_Lex]

Congratulations on getting a sponsor! Keep up the great work!

[beastmaster]

Don’t forget the ring-necked pheasant.
Those buggers are just about everywhere now.

[joshuaamos]

In my head I realize that “too many rabbits” really is a problem but they’re just so cute that my heart overrides my head and says “too many rabbits” is never a bad thing

[raulpinto]

There's a fact you got awfully wrong. The decline of Iberian rabbits was nothing to do with predation by lynx and eagles, but by the outbreaks of myxomathosis in the 80s, a period which ironically had also a huge decline in both predator species, to the point of risking extinction.

The rabbit being predated on is a basic fact of the ecosystem, most predators (let's add the Iberian wolf, foxes, mustelids, viverrids, a ton of different hawks and other three species of eagle) have had the rabbit as a staple food for millennia.

[LaurenceDay-dp]

Sheep were introduced to AUS and they have overgrazed and destroyed millions of acres. Camels don't damage the grazing lands, nor do the African antelope.

[mikefrederickson]

What I don't understand your still meant to get a temporary license to fish trout in New Zealand but you can fish eals that are native any time you want

[royhay]

A subspecies of wild boar called the Papuan hog (Sus scrofa papuensis) is endemic to Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea, and Australia (QLD, NSW, and ACT). They've inhabited New Guinea for 6, 000 to 12, 000 years. It's unknown when Papuans and Torres Strait Islanders introduced them to Australia in exchange for dingoes and agile wallabies, but it was probably at least 2, 100 years ago based on when dingoes got to the Torres Strait Islands.

[Nirmal-qogw]

Very interesting and insightful video Tsuki 🙂🙂😲👍.

[naturebeast]

Always love watching your videos mate keep it up👍👏

[JohnDrummondPhoto]

As an American, I'm extremely annoyed by the presence of House Sparrows and European Starlings. They were both introduced by British expats in the late 19th Century and are now among the most common birds in the US. I really, really hate them as they drove bluebirds, creepers, and many other native species deep into the woods.

[Caliber-R]

In the United States, wild mustangs roam the North American prairies and sage flats. These horses, while technically feral, have evolved to thrive in this environment, which historically supported large hoofed animals. The horse is native to this region, with the exception of a few thousand years when it seems to have been absent. There is evidence from a horse tooth dating back 3, 000 years (roughly) found in northern or central Mexico. It's important to manage the population of these horses, whether they are considered native or not.

[anniehill]

Living in New Zealand, it's incredibly hard to try and control the predators that assault our native wildlife and one of the problems is that people don't think that plants are predated, which of course they are, not only by deer, but feral goats, wild pigs, taur, rabbits, hares - the list goes on and on. The finches you mentioned are the least of our problems: they only eat seeds from introduced plants, so don't compete with the natives.

Conservationists also have to work with Fish and Game, and while they do great work supporting clean water programmes, they also insist that having brown trout, deer, pigs, etc is a Good Thing so that people can hunt. They make a big deal out of the fact that they can provide 'high quality protein' for their families, as though that's more important than having native animals live their lives in peace. I doubt there are many people in this country who are so poor that they have to hunt to survive (especially when you think how much they spend on their gear and transport!!). Your comments that maybe we can learn, or that native animals will be able to prosper are definitely based on hope rather than experence!

[brianeisenga]

I live in Michigan. Brown trout are awesome to fish for. My biggest in a small river is 28 inches 11 lbs. Biggest from lake Michigan is 38 inches 19 lbs.

[secondhandlyon]

For the record, Kentucky isn't that upset about the brown trout.

[shojinakayama]

Glad to see that you're being sponsored now

[justinterry]

I mean being paid to hunt deer sounds amazing