Invasive Species: We Asked, You Answered

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🗓️ 12 December 2019

⏱️ 12 minutes

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We couldn't stop at the spotted lanternfly! (We covered that invasive species in an earlier episode.) We wanted to hear about the invasives where you live. You wrote us about cane toads in Australia, zebra mussels in Nevada; borers, beetles, adelgids, stinkbugs, and so many more. From your emails, we picked three invaders to talk about with NPR science correspondent Dan Charles. Follow host Maddie Sofia on Twitter @maddie_sofia. Email the show at [email protected].

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0:00.0	Hey, yo, Maddie here.
0:04.1	You're about to hear a fun little episode that exists because of you.
0:08.4	It was inspired by emails we got from shortwave listeners from all over.
0:12.4	In real talk, we feel extremely lucky to have listeners like you who listen to the show
0:16.9	so much, write us with your own stories and episode ideas.
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0:27.3	Go to donate.mpr.org slash short.
0:30.9	Not shortwave, just short.
0:32.0	We can't even afford both words.
0:35.3	Again, that's donate.mpr.org slash short.
0:39.9	And thanks.
0:42.6	You're listening to shortwave from NPR.
0:47.2	Maddie's to fight here with NPR science correspondent Dan Charles.
0:49.9	Hey, Dan.
0:50.9	Hi.
0:51.9	So, Dan, recently on the show you brought to us a story of a bug called the spotted lantern.
0:56.4	It's an insect and invasive one that has been spreading across eastern Pennsylvania and
1:02.9	into surrounding states.
1:05.3	They're pretty big, a little bit like cicadas.
1:07.9	They jump more than they fly, not dangerous to people, but definitely dangerous to some
1:13.1	things like vineyards and trees.
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