How “invasive species” are *forever* (it seems) invasive?

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My thought process is that, after enough time, an invasive species of some plant or animal would find its way into its new ecosystem, and properly become a part of the ecological cycle? Does this ever happen? Maybe it just needs far more time to do so?

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Invasive is a human term.

We decide pretty much arbitrarily if something is considered invasive or not.

My favorite example of this is Hawaii when the government decided to remove some “invasive” plants and animals.

Animals and plants that turned out to be religiously important to the native population. At which point the native Hawaiians asked… are we not native?

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