Fascinating Ted Talk about why lionfish are quite literally the "Perfect Invaders."

Fascinating Ted Talk about why lionfish are quite literally the "Perfect Invaders."  

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Lionfish are quite literally eating the reefs to death.

For many of you, this Ted Talk may be the first you've ever heard of the devastation that lionfish are causing reefs and native fish stock in the Western Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. 

Hunting lionfish and removing them from the waters where they are not native is mandatory if we are to try and save crucial ecological habitat.

 _If left unchecked, lionfish will will destroy local fish populations which will also destroy the lives of those people that depend on them._

Don't believe us?

Watch this Ted Talk, featuring noted Marine Biologist, Mark Hixon, and listen to him explain what's happening now as a result of this perfect alien invader.  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiMTGAbCRV8