Abandoning Animal Eggs South America 
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
While the native apple snail continued declining, another species of apple snail native to South America began to appear in canals and ponds in South Florida. The baseball-sized “Island apple snail”, as this exotic snail is known, spreaded through South Florida. Native snails lay 20-50 eggs at a time during the spring.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 8, 2015
The Brown Pelican occurs in both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of North America and northern South America. They nearly disappeared from North America between the late 1950s and early 1970s because of pesticides entering the food chain. Abandoned fishing line also threatens pelicans along with many marine animals.
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