[flatulent1]

> So eliminating it from the New World can't do that much damage given that the ecosystem got along fine before it arrived.

I wonder what kind of South American bug pollinates Cherimoya blooms? The Cherimoya fruit is exceptional, but producing it in California requires hand pollination since some bug that lives in the Andes isn't in California.

Hopefully whatever man dumps into the environment won't create some new nasty... flesh-eating locusts perhaps?