invasive species are incredible hitchhikers

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An example of metaphor in public science discourse:

"some these invasive alien species are incredible hitchhikers, and they will hop onto the kayak, and this is both the little tiny invertebrates like little shrimps, but also plants as well…"

Professor Helen Roy

Professor Helen Roy (UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology) was talking to Gaia Vince during an episode ('What's the cost of invasive species?') of BBC Inside Science.

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.