Noelle's Invasive Species Padlet by Noelle Streuber-Eden https://padlet.com/2700004/37ov8t31nibktlbp 1st period science en-us 2020-10-15 13:28:57 UTC 2026-01-07 02:57:38 UTC hello@padlet.com Mongoose 2700004 https://padlet.com/2700004/37ov8t31nibktlbp/wish/832271764 2020-10-15 13:39:15 UTC https://padlet.com/2700004/37ov8t31nibktlbp/wish/832271764 Scientific Name 2700004 https://padlet.com/2700004/37ov8t31nibktlbp/wish/832290028 The species' scientific name is Herpestidae. Members of the Herpesidae family are meerkats and the Indian Gray mongoose.]]> 2020-10-15 13:43:26 UTC https://padlet.com/2700004/37ov8t31nibktlbp/wish/832290028 Natural Habitat 2700004 https://padlet.com/2700004/37ov8t31nibktlbp/wish/832302060 Mongooses usually live in Africa and India, but some are located in southern Asia and the Iberian Peninsula.]]> 2020-10-15 13:46:08 UTC https://padlet.com/2700004/37ov8t31nibktlbp/wish/832302060 Invaded Habitat 2700004 https://padlet.com/2700004/37ov8t31nibktlbp/wish/832322387 Mongooses were brought to the Hawaiian and Caribbean islands and the islands in the Adriatic Sea.]]> 2020-10-15 13:50:50 UTC https://padlet.com/2700004/37ov8t31nibktlbp/wish/832322387 How They Were Introduced 2700004 https://padlet.com/2700004/37ov8t31nibktlbp/wish/832340583 They were introduced into the islands by a sugar industry because they were taking over the sugarcane fields in Maui, Moloka'i, and O'ahu. They were supposed to control the population of rats.]]> 2020-10-15 13:54:54 UTC https://padlet.com/2700004/37ov8t31nibktlbp/wish/832340583 Intentional or Accidental? 2700004 https://padlet.com/2700004/37ov8t31nibktlbp/wish/835442979 The introduction was intentional to kill the rats, but they ended up taking over the islands and killing endangered species of birds and turtles.]]> 2020-10-16 13:13:28 UTC https://padlet.com/2700004/37ov8t31nibktlbp/wish/835442979 Impact 2700004 https://padlet.com/2700004/37ov8t31nibktlbp/wish/835450968 Mongooses eat birds, small mammals, reptiles, insects, fruits, and plants. They also eat the eggs of ground nesting birds. Mongooses have been blamed for the extinction of eight federally listed endangered species of Hawaiian birds, such as the Hawaiian crow and the Hawaiian goose. Mongooses have caused $50 million damage in Hawai'i and Puerto Rico annually.]]> 2020-10-16 13:15:39 UTC https://padlet.com/2700004/37ov8t31nibktlbp/wish/835450968 Preventing Invasions 2700004 https://padlet.com/2700004/37ov8t31nibktlbp/wish/835482137 People are out trapping mongooses and hunting them. This is the only way to control the populations of them because they have no natural predators.]]> 2020-10-16 13:24:42 UTC https://padlet.com/2700004/37ov8t31nibktlbp/wish/835482137 Credits 2700004 https://padlet.com/2700004/37ov8t31nibktlbp/wish/835503517 https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/hisc/info/invasive-species-profiles/mongoose/

http://www.tsusinvasives.org/home/database/herpestes-javanicus

https://www.britannica.com/animal/mongoose]]> 2020-10-16 13:30:51 UTC https://padlet.com/2700004/37ov8t31nibktlbp/wish/835503517