In general terms, the word exotic is used as a qualifying adjective to mark the rare or strange character that a thing, person or element possesses in certain places or spaces. However, in specific terms, scientists and specialists consider as exotic any living being (be it animal or plant) that is outside its natural habitat area and that is therefore alien to the space in which it inhabits or in the one that has managed to develop accidentally or voluntarily.
When we speak of a plant, an animal or an exotic fruit, we refer to elements or beings that were born in an unnatural space for them. This can happen accidentally as well as voluntarily. In the latter case, the influence and participation of the human being to generate such situations of exoticism is undoubtedly fundamental since he is the only one who can intentionally transport animals and plants from one natural space to another.
One of the main problems of the presence of exotic elements or beings in a given space is that which indicates the possible threat that such strange beings can pose to the new environment in which they are found or into which they are introduced. Thus, a species of exotic animals can alter the normal development of a biome or an ecosystem.
But at the same time, strangeness can be highly detrimental to transported beings since the level of adaptability to the new environment can be very low and even become a matter of life and death. This is particularly clear when we talk about the illegal sale of endangered or exotic animals that are sold at very high prices for their rarity, beauty, colors and aesthetic appeal.
