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  2. List of alleged extraterrestrial beings - Wikipedia

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    Grey-skinned (sometimes green-skinned) humanoids, usually 1 m (3.3 ft) tall, hairless, with large heads, black almond-shaped eyes, nostrils without a nose, slits for mouths, no ears and 3–4 fingers including thumb. Greys have been the predominant extraterrestrial beings of alleged alien contact since the 1960s. [5] Hopkinsville goblin [6] [7] [8]

  3. Andropogon virginicus - Wikipedia

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    The species is considered invasive in New Caledonia. [19] The species is featured on the list of Invasive Alien Species of Union Concern. [20] [21] This means that import of the species and trade is forbidden in the European Union. [22] Typical appearance of broomsedge in winter (Stone County, Mississippi, 2010)

  4. 100 of the World's Worst Invasive Alien Species - Wikipedia

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    100 of the World's Worst Invasive Alien Species is a list of invasive species compiled in 2000 from the Global Invasive Species Database, a database of invasive species around the world. [1] [2] The database is run by the Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The ISSG acknowledges ...

  5. Invasive species - Wikipedia

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    Invasive water hyacinths clog the Pasig River in Manila, Philippines in October 2020. [112] Globally, invasive species management and control are substantial economic burdens, with expenditures reaching approximately $1.4 trillion annually. [55] The economic impact of invasive alien species alone was estimated to exceed $423 billion annually as ...

  6. Potential cultural impact of extraterrestrial contact - Wikipedia

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    Alien pathogens could decimate the human population, which would have no immunity to them, or they might use terrestrial livestock or plants as hosts, causing indirect harm to humans. [45] Invasive organisms brought by extraterrestrial civilizations could cause great ecological harm because of the terrestrial biosphere's lack of defenses ...

  7. List of invasive alien species of Union concern - Wikipedia

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    An Introduction to the EU Regulation on Invasive Alien Species (Version 2022) (PDF). Overview of the project. An introduction to the invasive alien species of Union concern (Version 2022) (PDF). This brochure presents the currently listed invasive alien species of Union concern, offering brief, non-technical and informal summaries of each of ...

  8. Caledonians - Wikipedia

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    According to German linguist Stefan Zimmer, Caledonia is derived from the tribal name Caledones (a Latinization of a Brittonic nominative plural n-stem Calēdones or Calīdones, from earlier *Kalē=Black River=don/Danue Goddess[i]oi), which he etymologises as perhaps 'possessing hard feet' ("alluding to standfastness or endurance"), from the Proto-Celtic roots *kal-'hard' and *pēd-'foot', [3 ...

  9. Alien abduction entities - Wikipedia

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    "In North America large-headed gray aliens predominate, while in Britain abduction aliens are usually tall, blond, and Nordic, and South America tends toward more bizarre creatures, including hairy monsters." [3] As noted above, the so-called grey aliens are most popularly associated with abduction reports. Again, however, this seems to be a ...