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Non-Indigenous Species: Indo-Pacific Lion Fish
Non-indigenous species, is defined as a species living outside of its own habit range, which arrived by human activity intentionally, or by accident. Some example of non-indigenous species is the gypsy moth in North America, the Canada goose and grey squirrel in Europe, or the cane told in Australia. After non-indigenous species is the Lionfish. Many believe that over the last 25 years, have been dumping their lionfish from their home aquarium into the Atlantic Ocean. Expert believe that this is how the Indo-Pacific Lionfish landed along the southeast coast of the U.S., Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean. Scientists had study that the lion fish is surviving on the southeast cost, due to that fact that they are carnivores and feed on smaller

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