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National Geographic's Strange Days on Planet Earth

16 years ago

Invaders

Part 1 of four looks at the effects of "invaders"---"plants and animals in places they don't belong," says host Edward Norton. It's a problem that has grown exponentially with the rise of modern transportation, as seen in Japanese termites destroying houses in New Orleans, water hyacinths from Brazil strangling Lake Victoria in Uganda and the shallow-rooted myconia causing landslides on Hawaii's Big Island.

Wed. 7/4, 7:00 pm, channel 17

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