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15-01-2011, 01:14 PM
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| | | Re: Dikerogammarus villosus, the "killer” shrimp coming to a water body near you
As it's clearly bound to be a losing battle, let's think positive. Might these killer shrimps provide good food for other species such as trout or even otters?
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| | | Re: Dikerogammarus villosus, the "killer” shrimp coming to a water body near you
Sounds like bad news but appears as if it was almost inevitable – maybe we need an E European Cane Toad to sort them out 
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15-01-2011, 04:59 PM
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| | | Re: Dikerogammarus villosus, the "killer” shrimp coming to a water body near you
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Originally Posted by Malcolm Banks  Sounds like bad news but appears as if it was almost inevitable – maybe we need an E European Cane Toad to sort them out
M | ....Do you know the song "There was an old lady who swallowed a fly.... She swallowed a spider to catch the fly.... She swallowed a bird to catch the spider...." etc etc? 
Best not to mess - It's got us into trouble lots of times already! Something will come along without our help, I reckon, but I'm an optimist.
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17-01-2011, 11:00 AM
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| | | Re: Dikerogammarus villosus, the "killer” shrimp coming to a water body near you
 I think Malcolm was joking!
Apparently, the shrimps can reach 30mm?
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| | | Re: Dikerogammarus villosus, the "killer” shrimp coming to a water body near you
I can't seem to see if anyone else has posted this link... https://secure.fera.defra.gov.uk/non...index.cfm?id=3
There is a lot of info there about this species, including an id chart and biosecrurity measures. Worth folk taking a look... | | | |
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