http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/09/20/wall-busting-corrosive-pooping-garden-eating-lizards-overrun-florida/ Quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe. Fri, 25 May 2012 18:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/09/20/wall-busting-corrosive-pooping-garden-eating-lizards-overrun-florida/comment-page-1/#comment-75346 Tommazatlan Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:31:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=19350#comment-75346 Introduced 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia Introduced 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/09/20/wall-busting-corrosive-pooping-garden-eating-lizards-overrun-florida/comment-page-1/#comment-75247 Provence66 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:51:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=19350#comment-75247 Besides the Lizards and other unwanted non native plants and animals that have invaded Florida, one of the very worst is the plant Kudzu. This I believe was introduced by President Harry Truman from Japan supposedly to help stop beach erosion. Now it has literally taken over the whole state. Native trees can hardly be seen anymore because they are covered by Kudzu. I have heard the plant grows a foot a day. There is no known solution as yet.The only way to try to get rid of it is to dig down deep and pull out all of the roots, and even then it will eventually grow back because it is virtually impossible to get it all. Steve Besides the Lizards and other unwanted non native plants and animals that have invaded Florida, one of the very worst is the plant Kudzu. This I believe was introduced by President Harry Truman from Japan supposedly to help stop beach erosion. Now it has literally taken over the whole state. Native trees can hardly be seen anymore because they are covered by Kudzu. I have heard the plant grows a foot a day. There is no known solution as yet.The only way to try to get rid of it is to dig down deep and pull out all of the roots, and even then it will eventually grow back because it is virtually impossible to get it all. Steve

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