eli5 how invasive species make their way across oceans,for example certain beetles coming from Japan to the US

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eli5 how invasive species make their way across oceans,for example certain beetles coming from Japan to the US

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It’s often done deliberately. Rabbits aren’t native to Australia, but someone released a dozen so he could hunt them, now there are millions of them. A couple of centuries ago, a colonial gardener imported Himalayan blackberries. Birds spread them across the country. Now they’re everywhere.

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