Throughout this podcast, we have heard dreadful tales of marine invasive species threatening biodiversity and ruining economies. In our final episode of "The Walden Watch: A Marine Invasive Species Podcast", we're going to explore the interesting, controversial, and, at times, questionably sane methods used to fight back. Along the way, we'll learn about lionfish-hunting robots, Gordon Ramsay catching crabs in the Arctic, and Hawaiian scientists deploying giant vacuum cleaners against invasive algae blooms.
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Photo: A park ranger in Everglades National Park captures a Burmese python.
Photo Credit: Bob DeGross, National Park Service, Bugwood.org
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