7 Invasive Species America Unleashed on Britain

[@LostinthePond]

Don't panic! A follow-up video highlighting the many stupid invasive species that Britain unleashed on America is coming soon.

[@craigcorson3036]

I was going to say....

[@pattymosher8302]

See dandelions!

[@shooter575]

Fucking starlings! Compared to that we still owe you more invasive critters

[@matthew8153]

Lost in the Pond Pigeons, the rats of the sky

[@nathanweiss5174]

Mormons?

[@gregkerr725]

The UK needs some Armadillos.

[@teemusid]

We could spare a thousand or so coyotes.

[@davidwooden4175]

and trash bandits, errmmm I mean racoons

[@brianl8481]

Stink-weed as well.

[@robertstuart480]

Add in some Prickly Pear.

[@2dashville]

Possums on the half shell.

[@jaewok5G]

oh yeah!?! well, you sent us Piers Morgan … so I think we're even

[@MienemLeben]

Britain also gave America John Oliver

[@iloveblue76]

@Brian Morgan He did? Thank God.

[@loripond1839]

@jim ewok. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@loripond1839]

@Brian Morgan ...oh good! We ran him out!!!...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ddemaine]

@@iloveblue76 Yup, on ITV's Good Morning Britain most weekdays.

[@stevejfromak842]

Squirrels are just cute rats. Be happy that Kudzu hasn't got a foot hold in the UK.

[@alphega1983]

I see them all of the time in florida

[@stevejfromak842]

@@alphega1983 They infest all of Alaska and cause a lot of damage and waste. In the springtime we are kept busy eradicating the young ones who try to move onto our land because they are actually very filthy and fearless critters.

[@carrieannmcleod5219]

I read that parts of the kudzu plant is edible. Some adventurous and talented cooks should some up with some recipes.

[@robertstuart480]

Or bamboo.

[@BagoPorkRinds]

@@carrieannmcleod5219 Kudzu are edible, there are Japanese dishes for them since it originated from Japan. Theres also few Southern recipes using Kudzu too.

[@charlesstuart7290]

We have a ton of invasive bird species because some idiot in the 19th century brought in every bird that was referred to in Shakespeare. About twenty species including the sparrow.

[@zimnizzle]

charles stuart SPARROWS!! Ugh! Rats of the sky!

[@stonewallrussians]

Gi Gi they cause so much damage to aircraft building nest in any opening. Such a nuisance

[@spindalis79]

Just European Starlings. House Sparrows and Eurasian Tree Sparrows (actually weaver finches) were brought over in the 1870s to theoretically control crop pests and so the new settlers could enjoy a touch of their native homeland in the New World.

[@reneeparker7475]

Pigeons.

[@monicaqueenan9985]

​@@reneeparker7475Europeans brought pigeons to America?!? Boo hiss.

[@chawndel8279]

I'm thinking someone from Britain wanted them, and we were like, "Well, alright... if you insist..."

[@amandajones661]

😂😂😂😂

[@simonpowell2559]

I'm pretty sure posh Lords wanted all sorts of plants and animals for their estates and just took them.

[@elyenidacevedo1995]

@@simonpowell2559 I wouldn't be surprised. 😂

[@davidkibler5456]

If only the Bard had not mentioned Starlings in a play. We would be free of those nasty buggers.

[@jacquelinehagedorn4562]

David Kibler , I love birds - except Starlings, they are the worst! 😣 You can always hear them coming to the bird feeders , noisy as can be & flinging bird 💩all over; they sound like a bunch of flying drunks.

[@josephcote6120]

We had a fairly large juniper near our driveway that starlings took over. They thought everything they could see was theirs to defend. It was a battle to get in and out of the car, or bring groceries in. We were redoing the yard and the Don King juniper literally got the ax that winter.

[@mplwy]

😂

[@graceskerp]

Their appearance is as nasty as their personalities. At least Blue Jays are attractive and fun to watch. Starlings are indeed nasty buggers inside and out.

[@graceskerp]

@@jacquelinehagedorn4562 Worse, they bully the other birds.

[@joeleoleo]

When I was growing up in Oregon people going for “country drives” would sometimes stop on the road near where I lived to admire the skunk cabbages in the creek bottom below the road. If we saw them we would kindly tell them not to trespass, but almost every year someone go down into the deceptively deep mud to pick what their mind conceived as some dramatic wild form of Water Lilly only to return covered in mud and smelling foul. It’s a good plant to stay socially distanced from.

[@ljcl1859]

I love the Red Squirrels that you have in Britain/UK they are so much cuter than the grey. I love their little tufted ears.

[@HamtaroEL]

Red Squirrel: Skwovet in Galar.

[@sheilas1283]

Sadly, they’re becoming rare here. There are only a few communities left. I’ve only ever seen two reds and they were in Scotland. All our local park squirrels are greys.

[@jackcocker545]

They have red squirrels in the USA too

[@elyenidacevedo1995]

@@jackcocker545 we do?

[@jackcocker545]

@@elyenidacevedo1995 yes, the aptly named American Red squirrel

[@TexasVagabond]

Why would you want a grey squirrel when you already had the much cuter red squirrel?!

[@timesthree5757]

Yea grays are just as an ass here as there.

[@Gala-yp8nx]

Robert Stallard Grey Squirrels can have little to no fear of people.

[@joeymama4666]

This is so racist!

[@jennylee9278]

Indeed, grey squirrels are rats with furry tails.

[@timesthree5757]

@Zachary Rugar I shoot the gray squirrels as they are leaving the eaves of my house with a pellet gun. I then fix the hole they dug in the wood only to shoot them again come springtime.

[@stevenvarner9806]

To be fair, the plants probably weren't "sent over" by Americans. There are a lot of British gardeners who specialize in growing plants from other part of the world, including the U.S. In addition, a lot of aquatic plants and animals are spread worldwide through the ballast water in ships.

[@tauaru]

Brits are pretty famous for 'collecting' things from 'exotic uncivilized' lands. Despite wiping their own asses with dry paper.

[@goldencpu3559]

Of the more civilized folks of the world, we get to wash themselves. No need to rub pulped dead tree carcases into our nether regins

[@geraldmcmullon2465]

@Nicky L Izal was hard and “medicated” with disinfectant used in schools and public loos.

[@jamestaylor2920]

The British Sir Walter Raleigh shipped tons of tobacco from the American colony back to England in the attempt to make the colony profitable.

[@jennylee9278]

That's how we got zebra mussels.

[@jesseberg3271]

Oh, Laurence, do you really want to go there? Hang on, there's someone who should be in on this conversation _Hey Australians! Aussies! Mates! There's a Brit here who wants to talk about invasive species!_

[@christelheadington1136]

Native Americans and native Australians,"Guess WHO we consider an invasive species."

[@jamesware5100]

the japanese gave us kudzu

[@be6715]

@@jamesware5100 Actually we gave it to ourselves, we just imported it from Japan.

[@be6715]

Jesse Berg, Yes, let's talk rabbits, shall we??

[@cannedmusic]

@@be6715 rabbits is delicious

[@donkeyslayer4661]

You could do a whole show on that gift from Britain, the starling.

[@ohioborn9929]

God awful ugly bird, scares all the others away due to so many showing up.

[@danettecadzow9837]

Don't forget house sparrows too.

[@julienielsen3746]

Some starlings made a nest in my stove vent. I had to have them removed so I could use the fan above my stove in my kitchen.

[@jacquelinehagedorn4562]

🐦🔫 two bird species I hate: Starlings & banded pigeons. I agree- they hog the bird feeders and sound like they just left a bird tavern drunk on their butts, ( banded pigeons are just as bad , minus the noise) I love all other birds .

[@lorashampine2454]

I LOVE starlings!!! Thank you brittain for your lovely birds you brought here. Starlings and house sparrows .

[@alskjflah]

"7 invasive American species unleashed on Britain by British people." There fixed your title.

[@johnbaird4912]

Annistar So his next title will be the reverse 7 invasive British species unleashed on america By Americans (post 1776)

[@andrewtaylor940]

The truly absurd thing in that is at least two of those were unleashed on Britain by Wealthy Lords and Landowners, and most of the rest were imported By Tropical Fish and Pet Hobbyists.

[@robertstuart480]

"It looks like a crocodile inside a centrifuge." - Lost In The Pond, on American Bullfrogs. Where do you and zefrank get these analogies? They're brilliant.

[@markzimmerman2057]

I think it looks more like Jabba the Hutt

[@bobby_greene]

That's how Larry do

[@crimineyjenkins1]

I need Ze Frank to narrate my life...

[@haroldwilkes6608]

Look at a bufo (cane toad) - all it needs is Princess Leia.

[@SherryAnnOfTheWest]

Two Words: English Ivy. The scourge of the American temperate forests.

[@mg180yt]

Sherry Ann I thought English ivy was beautiful... until it began to damage my brick mortar. Removing it was harder than eliminating poison ivy. To be fair English ivy is still beautiful... on someone else’s house.

[@historygeekslive8243]

I grew up in the South and my mother used to drive us through the "well to do neighborhoods" to see the nice houses. I always loved to look at the houses that had the ivy growing up it. It was beautiful. I wonder if it ruins the houses though.

[@subgum3403]

I hate english ivy

[@swtv1754]

I used to belong to a group that would remove ivy by the roots, and cut rings around the trees that were engulfed by it. We would have to go back for several years after to make sure that it wasn't growing back. Nothing native could grow were it would take over.

[@barbaramollmann5990]

I have a friend whose home insurance was cancelled because of ivy growing up to the top of his two story house. It's known to take down chimneys and even cause the collapse of frame homes. (His was a wooden frame and wood siding) I had it growing up my chimney, removal took years as that stuff is a bear to kill.

[@theguywiththegoatee7801]

As I was fast scrolling through my feed, I didn't get a good look at the thumbnail, and all I saw was a bit of the rabbit, and I thought it was a Jackelope. So my first thought was that the video was going to be something along the lines of "Mythological Creatures That America Has That England Doesn't" and that actually sounds kinda interesting. Like how England may have Griffins, but we have Bigfoot and the aforementioned Jackelope

[@christelheadington1136]

Well most notable was the British Invasion in the '60 s .The Beatles The Stones The Who The Animals......and more too numerous to mention. BUT we liked it. (-:

[@jacquelinehagedorn4562]

Christel Headington , yes! Good one! 👍😄🎸

[@loripond1839]

Yes!!!... Thank God for that invasion!!!... 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🎸🎶🎤🥁🎹✌️❤️🤘🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@donaldcady3839]

Don't forget Black Sabbath and Deep Purple.

[@sheilas1283]

“They’re threatening bog communities. I don’t spend a lot of time there myself.” That made me swallow my coffee the wrong way! 😂

[@haroldwilkes6608]

For those who didn't catch that, boggard or the more modern "bog' is slang a latrine, privy, or place of ease, i.e., toilet. Didn't know they had communities though. Of course in ladies rooms where the swarm goes together, maybe they do.

[@robertschwartz4810]

The Scots say "squihddle". By the way, those flying rats also known as pigeons were brought to America by the British. Thanks a lot.

[@geraldmcmullon2465]

Carrier pigeon. RIP.

[@SuperCasualPleb]

To be fair thay ate all the native pigeons

[@diarradunlap9337]

@@geraldmcmullon2465 You're thinking of the Passenger Pigeon.

[@dubuyajay9964]

Am I the only person that doesn't hate pigeons? 🤔

[@jumbo4billion]

@@dubuyajay9964I like them

[@peterjohnson388]

We have a bunch of different squirrels here in Michigan. Mostly fox, gray, black, but the little red ones kick their ass.

[@ohioborn9929]

They must be a blend of scarlet & gray😆

[@Clown_the_Clown]

Hey! Fellow Michigander! Are you a UPer or a troll?

[@___LC___]

I’m in northern WI and had an American red squirrel on my deck a few days ago. They are such cute little buggers!

[@MickAlderson]

No kidding! North-east Wisconsin here. American red squirrels are half the size of greys and almost as cute as chipmunks, but they are truely fierce! My yard is a war zone. Four reds vs. a dozen greys, and I'll bet on the reds to win. Plus, I have red squirrels living in my walls right now. Been trying to get rid of them all winter. Again, reds for the win! :-(

[@geraldmcmullon2465]

@Robert Stallard There are black versions of both red (tuffed ears) and grey squirrels (round ears), it is a color variation not a separate species. North American reds are different to European red squirrels. Many species have variations in North America to those in Europe. Confused additionally by some being given the names used in Europe for different animals.

[@spencerhasting1258]

It’s always interesting to hear them called crayfish. Growing up in the south I always heard crawdads.

[@donfishing]

I prefer the term mudbugs.

[@mermaid1717]

We never think the squirrels outside are adorable. We think, "that damn squirrel out there stealing all the bird's seed! Johnny, grab the shot gun!"

[@Metal_Auditor]

My cousin moved from Mississippi to the Cotswolds and married a guy who owns a fishing business. When he mentioned to her that crawfish are an invasive species there, she said something like "Go out and catch some. I know exactly what to do with those." So yeah, a group of Brits got to experience a cajun crawfish boil.

[@TheMikoShivae]

I think the best part is seeing the reflection of the hand movements we can't see on camera in the glass behind Lawrence. XD

[@b_uppy]

Starlings came from England. An (expatriate?) *wanted* them here. He missed them. Grrrr. So how many Americans introduced these invasive species, or were these something Brits brought over themselves? Seems to be part of the story is missing...

[@janewagner1601]

Starlings are everywhere in the world. They have wings.

[@christelheadington1136]

English sparrows too.

[@tomhalla426]

It was a literary afficionado who wanted to have all birds mentioned in Shakespeare to be in the US.

[@be6715]

@@tomhalla426 Ding! Ding! Ding! For the Win!

[@illithid3176]

@@janewagner1601 Starlings are all over the world because Humans brought them wherever they went by boat. Starlings are not capable of crossing the Atlantic or Pacific oceans by themselves.

[@Titus-as-the-Roman]

Europe has some payback here for releasing these huge dirty and annoying flocks of House Sparrows and Starlings upon our countryside. Better hope that Raccoons don't get a foothold in Europe. Here in certain parts of the States Raccoons are making a serious push at becoming the area's dominate species. I expect them to be getting language skills any day now.

[@jesseberg3271]

Actually, I heard recently that there's an island in the America's which is an overseas territory of one of the European countries where they may have to exterminate their Racoons because they're technically part of the EU, and the EU considers raccoons to be invasive anywhere in their territory.

[@robertstuart480]

Raccoons already can open trash cans AND turn on water hoses.

[@ohioborn9929]

We have skunks, racoon & opossums galore, happy to give the island a try on those...see how they take. We can throw in some black widows, brown recluse, rattle snakes and copperhead's to round it out.

[@jackgrattan1447]

Germany already has a raccoon problem due to their being brought over for fur in the '30s. And Japan is infested with them due to a popular anime character from the early '70s. Every kid wanted a pet raccoon, with expected results.

[@pyrovania]

@@robertstuart480 Raccoons are also already in Europe. Common in Germany.

[@lancerevell5979]

My sister used to raise orphaned baby gray squurrels, before she moved into town. I always considered them a game animal. Excellent when batter fried or stewed in brown gravy. The little barstids are aggressive at times, and will throw things at people! Still they are fun to watch.

[@mikefranklin1253]

Eat the bullfrogs, eat the crawfish, eat the squirrels and wear the minks.

[@ras351]

In parts of California people do eat them(not the squirrels, just the first two).

[@manxkin]

My British ancestors were unleashed on the new world of America in the 1630s.

[@AnnieWarbux]

I am a quarter Cornish and as an American, I feel bad about it sometimes..

[@jesseberg3271]

@Clinton Lewis I can't speak for Annie, but I personally am quite embarrassed, ashamed might be a better word, by how my ansesctors behaved after coming to what would become America. We were welcomed by the Native peoples, we made treaties with them, and then we broke those treaties, again and again. I love my country, but I am not too proud to admit when it, and by extension my ansesctors, have done the wrong thing. The way we have treated the First Americans, to this day, is a disgrace that we must carry with us and seek to atone for.

[@iamblackthorne]

Same, on Dad's side. Mom's side was already there, wondering who those weirdos were, and if they were going to stay.

[@imnotbuddha]

@@jesseberg3271 Ok Doomer.

[@meaders2002]

On the matter of invasive species between nine and thirteen thousand years ago roving tribes from the tundras of Siberia invaded the North American continent. They came with bows, arrows and stone tipped spears. Within a few centuries the fossil record tells us the age of giant mamals ended. Fast forward to the early 1600's and another tribe arrived bearing firearms and steel blades. The first wave of tribesmen began disappearing. So it goes.

[@Reihaa]

I am also so sorry about the pitcher plants. Their populations in their home ranges here in the US are in a sharp decline due to habitat loss and climate change.

[@Mrs_Banjo]

In the area of Northern California I live in we call crayfish "crawdads."

[@pcno2832]

Are crawdads the same thing as Crawfish? kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIKynZqOlrh3r5o

[@23rdFoot]

Also crawdads in Oregon. (i.e. ORY gun)

[@markmaki4460]

Washington state too.

[@EricFarmall]

Indiana Too.

[@robertstuart480]

Ditto Arkansas (Different species of Crayfish).

[@markmcmillan7234]

Yeah we gave you the Kardashians and the Hiltons now those are some invasive species.

[@sschmidtevalue]

Yes, they've invaded my new feed and I can't get rid of them.

[@jennylee9278]

A pal of mine had to spend three weeks in jail; he said the worst part was that the other prisoners all wanted to watch the Kardasians. Poor guy.

[@billycampbell854]

If I'm not to mistaken I believe the starlings came from England, also I believe pigeons did as well.

[@jesseberg3271]

Pretty sure wild boars are too and some kinds of ivy.

[@janewagner1601]

Stop the hate.

[@elizabethhenning778]

And house sparrows, which displace native bird species.

[@christelheadington1136]

@@jesseberg3271- OOooooo, English Ivy tried to kill me! I sprained my whole body pulling out of the beds and where it was eating the foundation & siding on my house !

[@KristopherBel]

In the Americas they had a type of pigeon the passenger pigeon I believe and it has gone extinct now the common pigeon has replaced it, I don't remember where it is from.

[@kyleward3914]

I like how you can see him gesturing with the shadow behind him even when you can't see his hands.

[@elizabethhenning778]

The invasive rodent is the Eastern Gray. They're also invasive in the US outside of their original range, where they displace eg Western Grays, which are nice, well-mannered squirrels.

[@ANPC-pi9vu]

They also displace Fox Squirrels who require a lot of old growth trees to support a population, which puts them at a disadvantage as humans remove old growth trees.

[@ddemaine]

Grey squirrels have been culled in some areas of the UK, notably Scotland and Anglesey. Red squirrels have been untouched by greys in some parts: Isle of Wight, Brownsea Island, Jersey, Northumberland, Formby, Yorkshire Dales, parts of Cumbria. Mink eat just about any creature, that's less than double their body weight.

[@johnsaia9739]

Start trapping the mink.

[@thudthud5423]

The dandelion was brought to the US from European settlers for food. The dandelion clones itself and doesn't use pollenization to reproduce. Crayfish? Oh, last week I came across a 4.5" specimen in the lot between buildings at work. It looked like a miniature lobster. I went around work showing a video of it to everyone and everyone was very impressed by it. I kept it in a weld cap for a while and eventually brought it back to a creek that runs through the company's property.

[@mordeys]

dandelion leaves is wonder food and makes great jelly and wine. and that mini lobster is ...a mini lobster. covered in garlic butter.

[@simonpowell2559]

If it's the "American signal crayfish." Which it almost certainly is. It is classed as an invasive species and should not be released. (Cooked in a little garlic butter is the way to go.)

[@iamblackthorne]

Yum!

[@boobah5643]

It's my understanding that dandelions don't clone themselves; they do the usual flower thing, but if they're not pollinated by the time the flower closes it self-pollinates (which is less cloning and more having sex with itself and all the possible problems with inbreeding that brings.)

[@ANPC-pi9vu]

Pretty sure ragweed is also European and was one of many plants introduced to America with the intention of industrial farming as an herbal plant. Also Queen Ann's lace, Angelica, various types of mint, etc.

[@dustinshadle732]

my family, until 1977, lived off of the land. lots of fish, turtle, squirrel, and other things that jump and run, and sometimes slither away. the only supplies they got from the store were spices, milk, cheese, and certain pie fillings. oh, and ammunition to kill more animals to put on the plate. my dad joined the army in 1968 and said that the food was worth joining the army for, while most hated it. when it came to survival training, my dad actually showed the instructor better ways to process freshly killed game, and also pick out signs of diseases or parasites so the soldier would be less likely to end up out of action.

[@be6715]

You know that the red squirrel is thought to be a source of bubonic plague, right? Also, you should have more respect for the skunk cabbage as it has the ability to raise the temperature of the ground around the plant. That is pretty cool! Lastly, I doubt that it was Americans importing all these plants and animals - rather Brits doing it to themselves. Oh, and one more lastly, all your lords who wore ermine, I mean, mink... :) Love your channel! This is one of the funniest videos of yours I've seen. Our isolation here in IL must be giving you some real incentive! Good Work!!

[@simonpowell2559]

Ermine is the winter (white.) Version of a stoat. Kind of smaller cousin of the mink but indigenous to the UK. not like the blood thirsty bloody mink.

[@misanthropicmusings4596]

Actually I've heard it was the gerbil who actually was a source for the plague.

[@historygeekslive8243]

BE your so right. I remember in class we were studying the Wild West and they said that English authors would roam the country and write books about the Wild West and other things ( I don't think they were saying nice things LOL). I also know back in the day English botanists would travel the world picking up plants from all over the place and then take it back to the UK.

[@jennylee9278]

That's how Florida got a huge constrictor problem--the US didn't turn them loose--their owners let them loose when the snakes got too big to keep. So now Florida has pythons and boas.

[@calliarcale]

Many rodents can carry plague, and if they also carry fleas, then they have a nice handy vector to transfer it to humans. In the United States, one of the biggest reservoirs of plague is in prairie dog colonies.

[@shirleyk7647]

The Grey Squirrel is an eastern squirrel not native to here in western North America, but introduced here for the same reason as they were introduced in the UK. Our native squirrel is the red Squirrel also, and have had a hard time since. The Greys are great backyard bird feeder horrors. I paid an arm and a leg for squirrel proof feeders just to keep them out!!

[@DJK1793]

Comparing the American Bullfrog to a crocodile in a centrifuge, or Andrew Lloyd Weber - hilarious! Oh Laurence, you are so bad, but really funny!

[@metalslinger]

My favorite is kudzu. That crap is everywhere down in the southeast.

[@NoPowerintheVerse]

I thought it was weird that crayfish were indigenous to the west coast and I’d never heard of them despite living there my whole life. Then I saw a picture and was like, “Oh. Crawdads!” I never realized that wasn’t their actual name. 🤣🤣

[@worntraveller7360]

Nurse08 crawdad is their name

[@kristinabenson2758]

Oregonian here, they’ve always been crawdads to me.

[@andyfletcher3561]

Yep, born in Tacoma...Crawdads. But I've known the other names for most of my life as well.

[@victorwaddell6530]

Crawdads here in the Garolinas and Georgia .

[@juliamahler415]

thank you ! You are so entertaining, right now we need this!

[@jasonprocellous5268]

Never realized how much you talked with your hands till I saw your reflection in the cabinet behind you

[@racafritz]

This was one of your funniest. Always entertaining and, funny. You comments about the bullfrog had me lol.

[@shellh929]

It's amusing to me that I can see that you're talking with your hands because of the glass cabinet behind you but I can't see them from the front because of the way you've got yourself cropped.

[@kimfleury]

I didn't know this. Thank you. I enjoy learning things I didn't know. And now back to the later follow-up video....

[@thannthen]

Little Shop of Horrors with Steve Martin was actually a remake of a much funnier original Roger Corman's 1960 film where young Jack Nicholson had a small but memorable role.

[@sallyphillips9175]

FEED ME, SEYMOUR! FEED ME NOW!

[@robertstuart480]

The original "Little Shop Of Horrors" was made in three days because Roger Corman had three days left on a lot he rented and he was gonna get his money's worth!

[@wullaballoo2642]

Was he the one eating the flowers

[@joeymama4666]

And, as of now, it's free and available on KZbin. Talk about low budget! kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJ_RhZqXmLaibdk

[@donkeyslayer4661]

Was before or after Jack learned that his sister was really his mother?

[@lorishaw7468]

Oh Lawrence, you crack me up. No matter what subject you cover, you always make smile!

[@burningbeard9478]

Said a guy who's never heard of English Ivy 😂....cheers 100k son

[@dner75-xh9le]

Damn, bro - you were on fire with your rapid-fire humor in this one. Like I tell friends and family, we need to maintain levity throughout this pandemic. It keeps us sane. Thank you for the fascinating and hilarious content.

[@raymonddavis1370]

And England gave us the lovely invasive chickweed and Rats.GEE THANKS

[@Dingomush]

I live in Illinois and we hate the grey squirrels too as they push out the fox squirrels.

[@mikeoneil5741]

we’ll take that stuff back if you take back the starlings!

[@wendylane7603]

I love your videos; thank you for continuing to post! Considering Ke Gardens in London is entirely sourced from actualy government-sponsored Plant Hunters... stones and glass houses? Similary for the animals species, how many times did the UK do it to its colonies? I look forward to your next video.

[@HaroldCrews]

Gray squirrels are delicious. You're welcome.

[@jamesdarnell8568]

In the UK, they are tough to bring down with a knife.

[@skylx0812]

Slingshot? Bow & arrow? Spear? ...ACME anvil??

[@Primalxbeast]

Yeah, I was thinking about sending him over some hillbillies to deal with the squirrel problem, but they reproduce very quickly and their population might get out of control.

[@wullaballoo2642]

I can't be arsed picking the shrapnel out of their mangled little bodies, just vistit the pie shop/butchers on the way home, they sell frozen pies.

[@HaroldCrews]

@@skylx0812 Air rifles work well.

[@yepimafanatic]

For what it's worth, the British pronunciation of squirrel always makes me smile. It suits them.

[@jumbo4billion]

@Robert StallardIts weirder than that. Skwrrll like the whole country has a speech impediment

[@heatherpayne1995]

Bullfrogs are invasive in the Pacific Northwest as well.

[@kathyorourke9273]

Heather Payne I’ve never seen one around here. I’ve lived in the Portland metro area for 40 years.

[@RepentfollowJesus]

Its ok they will eat your bugs

[@bekind6763]

You have a great singing voice and you are very entertaining. Thank you!

[@restlesshomebody]

Squirrels are the "Tree Chickens" we may need depending on the duration and scope of this pandemic! Oh, and thanks a lot for Scotch Broom. The most annoying invasive species in the Pacific Northwest!

[@daniellegroves4830]

I don't know if it was the British or the Spanish but one of you guy's brought horses back to America. (Which is weird because they originally came from the America's then went extinct...) I don't think it counts as an invasive species but thanks for bringing them back!

[@jesseberg3271]

It was the Spanish, they were first anyway, and the Eurasian horses were a different species from the extinct American horses. Same common ansesctor, different evolution.

[@sallyphillips9175]

The first one sounds like Britain's version of kudzu. You can literally watch that stuff grow.

[@maidenminnesota1]

Weird how it seems to mostly infect Georgia, though. Either that, or Georgia's neighbors know better how to control it.

[@sallyphillips9175]

@@maidenminnesota1 Yeah, I live in Georgia.

[@rhondaprice5202]

Lots of that mess in NC! The DOT made a grave mistake of planting it beside if the highways. It was so abundant that the Japanese wanted to buy it from us to use as food but there was no economical way to harvest it. The state tried and tried to get rid of it because it was choking trees far from the road. I still see evasive patches of that stuff!

[@FrancisLapeyre]

We've got our share of imported pests in the southern US -- the red imported fire ant, and the Formosan termite. Dealing with them both as we speak.

[@victorwaddell6530]

Snakehead fish and nutria ,

[@firstgoinpostal]

Monitors,Bufo marinus toads,english jay,english sparrow,python,walking catfish,plecostamous, white amur catfish,moon rat,green iguana,banjo spider,huntsman/housekeeping spider,blue tilapia,fire weed,Norway rat,ect..

[@agoogleuser4443]

Yeah fire ants are real fun. I had to get used to them when I moved from the Piedmont region of NC to the eastern. I had never seen them in Forsyth Co before, but I learned fast. Ouch! Now they are as far west as where my parents live in Iredell Co.😖

[@shalacarter6658]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, if only I was feeling like listing the invasive species that the English brought here! But, that would be rude. Ok...Purple Loosestrife. Chokes out waterways. Love your spectacles!

[@LostinthePond]

Oh, believe me. The reverse of this video is definitely happening!

[@brrjohnson8131]

@@LostinthePond kudzu

[@blindleader42]

@@LostinthePond Oh boy. Here's where you can start your research: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Acclimatization_Society Who knew that there were home-grown terrorist groups in the 19th century.

[@victorwaddell6530]

@@brrjohnson8131 I think kudzu came from Japan .

[@___LC___]

I loathe purple loosestrife and spend so much time trying to remove it, along with garlic mustard and wild alliums.

[@ElementofKindness]

The commentary is absolutely brilliant!

[@bylen8589]

Hey Laurance, I'll trade you a cute trash panda for one of those adorable hedgehogs!

[@Oracladeus]

Floating pennywort is a nuisance in the southern US as well.

[@TS_Mind_Swept]

“people are animals” well, some people, that’s for sure..

[@Undomaranel]

I just know it as Skunk Cabbage. It grew all around the lake next to the high school (PNW coastal town). In spring all you could smell was Skunk Cabbage. Though you got us back with Scotch Broom, which blooms all summer long and drives out EVERYTHING ELSE. Well played.

[@hunglui4146]

Have you ever eaten frog legs? They're tasty. Most people in America say it just tastes like chicken. I like it.

[@Bill.Pearson]

That's what chicken is for! We already have chickens.

[@victorwaddell6530]

Tastes like chicken crossed with catfish to me . Yum !

[@deepgardening]

@@Bill.Pearson Yeah, I got a pond full of chickens!

[@neilbuckley1613]

French food!, nuff said.

[@gailcrestin179]

YOU are my favorite english species! Love love your humor and chatter! Keep up the hilarious work!

[@TS_Mind_Swept]

“A decrease in the red and an increase in the gray, and no I’m not talking about my bank account” wish I could about mine...

[@namorrison1979]

Love your videos always good for a laugh keep up the great work

[@bhami]

What, no: kudzu; myrtle spurge; dandelion; Virginia creeper;... ? Here in Utah, I personally consider the latter a noxious weed, but Wikipedia does not. And yes, those cute gray squirrels are rather in excess even here in Utah. Sadly, world travel has brought invasives to every corner of the globe. Chinese coronavirus, anyone? :-/

[@cactusman1771]

We could give the UK goathead plants. Im sure they would love them.

[@quabledistocficklepo3597]

This guy is terrific, I can't watch all of his videos today, but I'll certainly be back.

[@buildingblocks51]

I have no idea why you keep saying that we "sent" these things to you when all of these things ended up in your native land do to the British habit of collecting things from less civilized lands

[@LymeDiseaseRadio]

I am so glad I found you! This has got to be the best one yet! I couldn't stop laughing! On another note, I like your red squirrels better!

[@lone6718]

Technically, these items the brits took back with them.....just saying.

[@simonpowell2559]

I don't think Lawrence said anything different. We were "collectors."

[@sylentlight6771]

You had me rolling at the bullfrog commentary :D As a southerner (Middle Tennessee), it sounds like we sent y'all a bunch of food! Bullfrogs, crawfish, … Maybe squirrel... I ain't tried it myself but I've heard it ain't bad. But I CAN say that frog legs are some good eating! Plus it's fun to watch them jump around in the pan (if you don't believe me, google it). Anyways, love the channel!

[@WG55]

In the USA, "squirrel" only has one syllable: SQUERL.

[@sschmidtevalue]

Only in some places. Some of us use 2.

[@Markle2k]

I say skwir-el, but not skwEER-ul.

[@jeffcoat1959]

Where's Eddie? I heard he eats these &$%^@# things!

[@joeymama4666]

Squirrel rhymes with curl.

[@doncarlton4858]

We have grey, red and flying squirrels in the Northeast USA. We think of gray squirrels as pests too. They canfamage your house and garden and they steal tons yfood from our bird feeders!

[@victorwaddell6530]

In the Southeast we havd grays and fox squirrels.

[@glennchartrand5411]

So we gave you worts?

[@b_uppy]

Lol!

[@David.M.]

I don't know if you ever saw it, but Mounds State Park in Anderson had a natural fen and every March or early April the stunk cabbage would bloom. We used to go look for it every year. The bloom was pinkish and smelled like rotting meat. It was to attract flies for pollination. Later in the summer they would grow very large green leaves.

[@thanksfernuthin]

Errmmm... and what did the Brits give the Americas? Ummmmmm... small pox. (Too soon?)

[@jesseberg3271]

And ivy, wild boars, and apparently the starling, from what people are saying.

[@AnnieWarbux]

Hawaii was infested with rats and boars. They are wreaking havoc more than ever!

[@davehoward22]

America full stop?

[@stphilomena911]

Don't forget about the red fox. Brits brought them here because they didn't want to give up their fox hunts.

[@___LC___]

And a ton of plants...really too many to list. There are entire sites dedicated to it...along with all of my free time trying to kill all the invasives in my gardens and city.

[@beverlycrusher9713]

3:03-the pitcher plant is in England, seriously, that is amazing, here in the states, it is a threatened species, if you want to give it back we are more than willing to take them back.

[@alanlee1355]

Did you send that from the USS Enterprise?

[@HistoryNerd808]

Before the video, I'm here reminding everyone that invasive species are not necessarily bad. It just means simply an animal who is not native to an area.

[@LostinthePond]

Thanks, Michael. I had an entirely different and more in-depth intro explaining exactly that. And I accidentally deleted it from the camera. Hence the improvised intro.

[@HistoryNerd808]

@@LostinthePond No problem. Seems to be a common misconception people have so just setting them straight ahead of time.

[@coolestdude11111]

That is not true. Non native species are what you described but for it to be described as an invasive species it has no predators or pests to control its population and they can rapidly take over and area and spread die to rapid growth and prolific seeding usually. An invasive species by definition causes harm to the ecosystem. Yes some non native species have a relatively small impact on the environment, but that means that they are not invasive as well, they are just non native

[@adde9506]

This is incorrect. Invasive does mean that it is bad for the environment it's been introduced to. A non-native species can be described introduced, naturalized, or invasive. They are not the same thing. Camels in Australia are considered naturalized, cane toads are invasive. Introduced often means that the impact of the species isn't being discussed or hasn't yet been determined.

[@be6715]

@@adde9506 & rduke - Correct! You beat me to the correction punch! :)

[@GimmeJimmy23]

Since the British gave us dandelions, we'll call it even.

[@dallasalice1170]

Meghan Markle. We’re sorry.

[@sophiebean1624]

and Wallace Simpson

[@Joanna-il2ur]

We used to live in rural Oxfordshire and we had muntjac regularly coming into our back garden. We backed into a farm.

[@theoldman8877]

According to the native people of America that would be British people and French and Irish and Dutch and everybody else that came over here shuttle.

[@AR-jx6wr]

Thomas LeMay they weren’t native either. Just earlier to party.

[@charlestaylor9424]

Pine Martens have discovered over the last few years that grey squirrels are larger, tastier and slower than red squirrels.

[@cawfeedawg]

When colonialism comes home to roost. 😂

[@bettysaleh468]

Coqui frogs. Here on Big Island, Hawai’i, we have been inundated with coqui frogs (thanks Walmart). The sound they make is very loud! (Think of crickets on steroids). We tried to eradicate them, but the little buggers are tiny, hard to catch, and do two things very well. They make noise and they breed! No natural predators, so yeah, invasive is probably a tame word for them,

[@johnsaia9739]

Tropical and not going to ever establish itself in the UK.

[@howlinhobbit]

never saw a red squirrel in the wild for all my 62 years... until I moved to Michigan a few months ago.

[@RickyChavez3216]

I absolute love the skunk cabbage. I fly to Seattle each spring to watch it bloom. Hmm I also love the corpse flower the biggest flower in the world. I guess I love stinky flowers.

[@gunlovingliberal1706]

Both the dog whistle voice and a Pennywise imitation. Best video yet. Oh, and America to Britain, you're welcome. My "favorite" invasive species? Kudzu. It can wipe out entire eco-systems (forests, fields, vines, etc.) by out growing them. Thank you Japan.

[@DNulrammah]

"Squirrils" heheh "..I Don't eat Squitrrils ...OK. maybe a FEW...."

[@DecKrash]

What you do with the signal crayfish (or crawfish as they would be called down here) is, you harvest them and then ship them here to south Louisiana. We eat those things in huge amounts every spring.