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Toad32 t1_j4la8a7 wrote

That picture is a lion fish which is an invasive species to that region.

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FeelinFroggy38 t1_j4lyg4c wrote

Except France has overseas territories that include places the Lion Fish isn’t invasive. You can’t really call it a region, it includes parts of Europe, Africa, the Americas, and the Western Pacific.

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Toad32 t1_j4r7u4h wrote

France has land in the outh pacific and Indian Ocean? Those are the only 2 places that natively have Lion Fish.

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FeelinFroggy38 t1_j4ra6es wrote

Yup.

https://www.worldatlas.com/amp/geography/french-overseas-territories.html

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EFAPGUEST t1_j4mcaac wrote

I thought it was a funny choice as well, but they are beautiful and attention grabbing, and as the other comment said, they are native to other French territories

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Nayir1 t1_j4oum6w wrote

The image caption states that they are also studying the impact of invasive species in these biomes. Definitely the right choice in context, but yeah, looked dumb to me too.

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BernieEcclestoned t1_j4kvqfy wrote

Maybe stopping the killing of tens of thousands of dolphins would be a better place to start?

https://www.seashepherdglobal.org/latest-news/fourth-year-frontline-dolphins/

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alphabravo221 t1_j4mg2k7 wrote

I mean yeah probably, but no one makes money out of protecting over exploiting.

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Nayir1 t1_j4ovbmq wrote

Game reserves and eco tourism in general are exceptions. Not generally winning that battle though.

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DismemberedHat t1_j4lysow wrote

Florida would love to send you back all of these invasive fucking lionfish destroying our ecosystem. They'll be dead and from one of our lionfish tournaments, but you'll have plenty for your genetic sequencing

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-soysauce- t1_j4mm8ml wrote

I’m only here because that’s the fish that was blended in Deauce Biggalow.

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