074 Keepiing Alberta Rat Free, and how adding one non-native fish to Yellowstone caused a food web to collapse
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This week I take a look at a little known Alberta claim to fame. It’s the only place on Earth, outside of the Arctic and Antarctic, to successfully keep out the most destructive pest on the planet – the Norway rat.
I also look at a story out of Yellowstone National Park where the introduction of non-native trout 100 years ago, has created an ecological disaster in Yellowstone Lake…
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