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Unwelcome and tough to evict: California’s costly, uphill battle against invasive species Avatar

It’s nothing less than an invasion. Interlopers are coming into California by land, by sea…and by FedEx.

That’s what happened with the European green crab, a voracious cannibal that stowed away in packages of worms sent by overnight delivery to commercial fishermen in California. Unknown to anyone, the tiny crustaceans were concealed in seaweed that wrapped the cargo and were freed into the Pacific when fishermen tossed it overboard…

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