Alien Invasion: Animals And Plants Brought Here From Faraway Places With Their Destructive Forces

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Event Date(s): 02/03/1999 | Event Location(s): Orange County, California;Chicago, Illinois;Everglades, Florida | Description: Close up shots of fire ants (arrived here from South America aboard a boat) seen. Man digging fire ants out of hole in the ground in Orange County, California seen. Close up of chainsaw cutting down tree (infected with longhorned beetles from China) in Chicago seen. Utility worker standing by as chopped tree falls in Chicago seen. Close up longhorned beetle walking up tree seen. Piece of wood with holes made by the longhorned beetle seen. In interview Chicago resident Grisel Colon Martinez says it's devastating to their neighborhood seeing all the trees being cut down. Close up of the longhorned walking up tree seen. Close up of tree with holes seen. Person hammering drains into maple tree (for collection of maple syrup) seen. NBC's Robert Hager reports on camera outdoors. Plane in flight seen. Water gushing out of hole in foreign ship seen. Wide shot of ship seen. In press conference Interior Secretary Bruce Babbit notes that there has been a documented incidence of cholera coming into the seaport in New Orleans. Shots of zebra mussels seen. Gloved hand holding clump of zebra mussels seen. Underwater footage of zebra mussels stuck on pipes seen. Aerial shot of a species of a tree crowding the Everglades in Florida seen. That tree species in the Everglades seen. Close up of mitten crabs from China in California seen. In interview on boat environmentalist Bill Jennings says these crabs introduce diseases and parasites into the bay delta, says it's an economic and biological disaster. Vehicle mowing down trees seen. Close up of the longhorned beetle on a tree seen. Mitten crabs seen in container and man dumping this container of crabs into tub as Hager closes in vo from Washington, D.C.