# Invasive Species **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 21, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invasive-species/961435 "2022-03-21T16:47:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invasive-species/961435/41 "2022-03-31T23:08:14Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Also blackberries. I call them ‘Kudzu of the North’. At least blackberries are good to eat, if you want to take the trouble to collect them. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invasive-species/961435/42 "2022-03-31T23:38:10Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Also blackberries. I call them ‘Kudzu of the North’. They are invasive. But they taste so much better than kudzu… ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invasive-species/961435/43 "2022-03-31T23:39:57Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > At least blackberries are good to eat, if you want to take the trouble to collect them. It depends on the bush. Cultivated ones are big and sweet, but wild ones quickly revert to small and much less sweet. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invasive-species/961435/44 "2022-03-31T23:42:15Z")
Really, the blackberries I remember as a kid were wild & small but sweet. The biggest issue was they liked the same areas as poison ivy. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invasive-species/961435/45 "2022-04-01T01:10:03Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > It depends on the bush. Cultivated ones are big and sweet, but wild ones quickly revert to small and much less sweet. Some wild ones are delicious; others less so. Some have better flavor than most of the cultivated, at least in years when the weather’s suitable. ---
**Author:** ![md-2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@md-2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md-2000)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invasive-species/961435/46 "2022-04-01T16:23:59Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > The solution to invasive species is . . . > > . . . more invasive species! > > /s Exactly. The usual reason an invasive species is so destructive is that they have no (or much fewer) natural predators in their new environment. The trick is to find predators that work against them without being equally as devastating to the new environment, since new predators come with the same issue… nothing to limit their spread. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invasive-species/961435/47 "2022-04-06T17:28:44Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > When tawny crazy ant colonies bump into other tawny crazy ant colonies, they simply merge their colonies amicably, rather than fight for territory as most ant species would do. This has greatly facilitated the spread of this invasive nuisance species – but it also facilitates the spread of this fungal pathogen that has been reducing their numbers and even completely exterminating many colonies. this is fantastic news! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invasive-species/961435.md?page=2)