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Killer shrimp could invade the Great Lakes
February 9, 2015
Killer shrimp, creatures that indiscriminately slay other animals without eating them, may soon join the list of invasive species living in the Great Lakes, a new study finds.
But government regulations for the exotic pet trade and commercial shipping may impede the shrimp's arrival, the researchers said.
More than 180 invasive species have made the Great Lakes basin their home in the past 200 years. Government regulations have curbed the introduction of new invasive threats, but the lakes are still vulnerable, the researchers said.