1.02022 Archive of RENATURED, Marina Zurkow's Research Bloghttps://o-matic.com/blog-archive-2022Marinahttps://o-matic.com/blog-archive-2022/blog/author/admin/[caption id="" align="alignright" width="122" caption="still from Oil Blue, Directed by Elli Rintala. Finland. "]<img src="http://www.vimooz.com/festivalticker/public_html/festivalticker/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/oilblue.jpg" alt="still from Oil Blue, Directed by Elli Rintala. Finland. " width="122" height="81" />[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignright" width="89" caption=" Mnemiopsis leidyi (Comb Jelly)"]<img src="http://www.issg.org/database/species/images/ecology_thumbnail/mnem_n2.gif" alt="The alien ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi (Comb Jelly)" width="89" height="98" /> [/caption] Oil tanker ballast water has carried the beautiful invasive comb jelly to a myriad of seas, where is successfully settled. There is an argument that conquering peoples (or ideologies) are accompanied by a successful invasion of accompanying non-human animal allies, who help settle the land in new ways that upended the unprepared native inhabitants. Of course, this often backfires (as do conquerors). see the<a href="http://www.issg.org/database/species/ecology.asp?fr=1&si=95"> ISSG global invasive species database</a> see also the book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0521546184?ie=UTF8&tag=omat-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0521546184" target="_blank">"Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe" Alfred W Crosby</a>rich