Exhibition '"STOP INVASIONS !"' in RIVEO
Exhibition "STOP INVASIONS !"
RIVEO presents a new exhibition… STOP INVASIONS!
An exhibition which tells the short, or long, story of IAS. In other words, Invasive Alien Species…
What are IAS?
Behind these three letters hides the raccoon, the Himalayan balsam as well as the Egyptian goose… among many others on the ever-lengthening list!
These species have often arrived here due to us and our human activities. We use them for business, we farm them, we board them onto boats (often unknowingly) and even carry them in our suitcases… That is all that is needed for them to invade us and bring about the decline of biodiversity. Today they are more and more numerous, and they proliferate in our environment in complete impunity, to the detriment of our native species.
We can improve things by becoming aware of the problem and by taking action!
Then in a semi-underground building, branches of the river have been rebuilt and aquariums present fresh-water fish in a unique and surprising showcase. You will meet the tench and learn why it's nicknamed the doctor fish, the pike with a more sinister nickname - the river shart, and even the smallest of them all, the stickleback, wich builds a nest for its young. It's a funny-looking bird ! All in all, there are around twenty fish and shellfish wearing the Ardennes coulours.
