4 American Invaders That Have Taken Over At Least 2 Other Continents

North Americas Landscapes are rich and diverse, with each ecosystem being home to different kinds of animals.
In the humid swamps you'll find giant reptiles lurking amongst the vegetation, and in the colder northern forests you can observe some of the largest deer on this planet, and the many predators that try to take them down.
Because the many different ecosystems in this region are sometimes harsh and unforgiving, the animals that inhabit them have some very useful adaptations, and they've evolved to be extremely hardy and adaptable.
These tools and skills have allowed them to take over distant lands when they've been given the opportunity, and in today's video I'll be going through some of the most successful American invaders.
To feature in this video the invader must've established populations on at least two other continents, and we'll start off with one of the largest animals on the north American continent.

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:52 Elk
4:19 North American Beaver
7:59 Raccoon
11:04 Pond Slider

Attributions:
Beaver images:
Smithsonian's National Zoo
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nationa...
CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Elk images:
Altaileopard
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elk#/me...
CC0

Other deer images:
Francesco Veronesi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javan_r...
CC BY-SA 2.0

Cougar images:
Valentinaalejandratorres
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
CC BY-SA 4.0

Beaver images:
Ryan Hodnett
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
CC BY-SA 4.0
Skot
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
CC BY-SA 4.0
Tim Lumley
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tim_lum...
CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Tanuki footage:
Sorayane FILMS
   / @sorayanefilms  
CC BY 4.0
ゴリさんの動物園日記
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Turtle images:
Quartl
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
CC BY-SA 3.0
Patrick Randall
https://www.flickr.com/photos/animali...
CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
N yotarou
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
CC BY 2.5

I have edited and adapted some of these clips and images.
Creative commons licences:

Thanks for watching I hope you enjoyed :)

Sources:
https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/finding...
https://outdoors-international.com/el....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_A...
https://www.eresus-nature.com/reintro....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanes...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raccoon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rascal_...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-ear...