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Martin Rundkvist
Martin Rundkvist
@mrundkvist@archaeo.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Astonished to learn that the Atlantic sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus established itself in Northern European streams and along the coasts only 6000 years ago. On an evolutionary time scale, that's NOW, which means that the sturgeon is an invasive species. It was driven regionally extinct in Sweden 100 years ago, yet now they're restoring the population!? Sturgeon = kudzu!

I guess the distinction is that of nature vs. culture.

#biology #zoology #invasivespecies

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Bjørnar (he/him)
Bjørnar (he/him)
@btuftin@social.coop replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@mrundkvist 12k years ago most of Scandinavia was under ice, so on a "evolutionary" scale, every species here is "invasive". Species presence isn't evolution though. So it's the wrong time scale to use.

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