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When:
February 6, 2017 @ 7:30 pm
2017-02-06T19:30:00+00:00
2017-02-06T19:45:00+00:00
Where:
The Monarch
40-42 Chalk Farm Rd
London NW1 8BG
UK
40-42 Chalk Farm Rd
London NW1 8BG
UK
Cost:
£3
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Aliens: supremely adaptable, successful and dangerous. A tagline for a sci-fi horror? No, it’s the reality around us. Invasive alien species – species that have come, or been brought, from one part of the world to another – can pose a huge threat to our health, finances and biodiversity.
However, we can also learn a lot from them. How do we study them? What do we know about them? Can we stop the invasions? Mink, crabs, hogweed, sea squirts, parakeets, algae, giant rhubarb – the list is growing all the time.
Dr Joanna Bagniewska is a zoologist at the University of Reading specialising in behavioural ecology. In her spare time she does science stand-up comedy. She comes from Poland and is married to Batman.