thanks, but which Books? >From: Henk and Zvia Mienis <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Coral > Starfish > Charonia Story >Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 15:16:54 +0200 > >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 > >[log in to unmask] > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Marcus Coltro <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >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 > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > > _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx