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In 1492, Christopher Columbus arrived in the Americas, and the worlds long separated by the Atlantic suddenly began to clash. Foreign species hitchhiked to the New World, and that, combined with the settlement of Europeans, began to degrade the environment. From cockatoos to jumping worms, the stories of various creatures in environments where they don’t belong show the extremes of human negligence in caring for the environment.
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In 1492, Christopher Columbus arrived in the Americas, and the worlds long separated by the Atlantic suddenly began to clash. Foreign species hitchhiked to the New World, and that, combined with the settlement of Europeans, began to degrade the environment. From cockatoos to jumping worms, the stories of various creatures in environments where they don’t belong show the extremes of human negligence in caring for the environment.