There’s another ‘invader’ causing havoc in S. Fla and the rest of the Caribbean.
The Lionfish.
Undoubtedly turned loose by marine aquarium fanciers. They are a Pacific fish, no known enemies, voracious appetites. Poison spines prevent predators.
They are eating all the small fish in an area.
Just another foreign species to add to the list.
Parrots, iguanas, Cuban lizard, bufo toads, water hyacinths, Melaleuca trees(think they’ve about killed them off) .
And insects...
I heard about the lionfish. I never ate one but I heard it is a very tasty fish.
There’s also a giant African snail. It wrecks houses but even more importantly obliterates native snails, which causes a problem for the Everglade snail kite, a bird that eats only native snails.