In the two books by Mead you will find enough material to boost your war
against growing Achatina in a tropical country like Brazil.

Henk K. Mienis

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----- Original Message -----
From: Marcus Coltro <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 2:42 PM
Subject: Coral > Starfish > Charonia Story


> Hello,
>
> Does anyone knows where I can find (and if it is true) the story about
some
> oil platform somewhere in Pacific where they had problems with coral
weight
> on the base so they decided to put starfish to eat it. Then they had
trouble
> with the quantity of starfish so they decide to put Charonia to eat the
> starfish. Then the problem was they Charonia.
> Is it true or not? Which book has the details?
> I am trying to convince people here to not breed Achatina since many
places
> around the world had problems, and that the "solution" of using Euglandina
> will kill many other species. I am having a lot of trouble because the
> breeders are very strong and I need convincing arguments to tell them to
not
> interfere with Nature like that.
>
> Marcus
>
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