🔬 Science · Animals of the World
Invasive Species
Understand that invasive species are animals (or plants) that have been introduced to a place where they don't naturally belong — like grey squirrels outcompeting red squirrels in the UK, cane toads poisoning native predators in Australia, or rabbits devastating ecosystems in Australia — and that they can cause serious harm to native wildlife by competing for food, spreading disease, or having no natural predators
Typical age: 9–11 years
“If your child learns that grey squirrels were brought to the UK from America, can they explain why introduced animals can be a problem for the animals that were already living there?”
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