I know that invasive species are bad 99% percent of the time but if you had to introduce a species into a continent/country it didn't inhabit that you thought would help the ecosystem or not do any harm what animal and place would you move it to. I would put tapirs or cassowarys in the rain forests of Africa.
>>2142300
I'm curious, why?
>>2142300
There's no point putting anything in Africa, it'll only get poached. Rainforests are high-biodiversity habitats and there are probably too many variables that will affect getting a species established (also cassowaries primarily eat specific blue fruits, they don't exist in Africa). Deserts are a little simpler though, just look at all the feral camels that took over Australia.
To answer your question, I suppose I'd introduce highly venomous spiders to China, South Asia, the Middle East and Africa, just a little bit of population control. That definitely counts as helping the ecosystem.
I'd put koalas in california.
There are a shitload of invasive eucalyptus here. I mean what the fuck consequences could something as specialized as feral koalas have?
>>2142453
Seeing as spiders virtually never kill humans, that probably wouldn't work great.
>>2142300
While most invasives are bad, some are thought to replace an extinct niche or will accidentally fill an unknown niche that has helped the environment.
In many parts of Florida and eastern North America, Quaker Parrots have become the most successful parrot introduced into the wild. Although they are non native, some speculate that they've filled the empty niche of the extinct Carolina Parakeet.
In parts of North America, again, the introduced Italian Wall Lizard has grown in steady populations. These guys have filled niches in areas that natives don't usually go to. This allows both native and non native to coexist. And as well as that The Italian Wall Lizard is not ignored by predators, it is still at the same level on the trophic mode as all the other lizards and it's population stays in check.
These are VERY rare coincidences of non natives not wrecking an entire environment, which is usually the case. I do not recommend intentionally introducing animals non native to your area for the repercussions that could follow.
>>2142300
I would introduce garter snakes to Ireland.
>>2142523
How the fuck did that place go for so long without native snakes?
