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“They caused substantial damage, entire lawns and turf grass were damaged,” Cloyd said. Cloyd said armyworms haven’t been a big problem since then, but he has noticed more phone calls in 2024.
Adult slow worms grow to be about 50 cm (20") long, and are known for their exceptionally long lives; the slow worm may be the longest-living lizard, living about 30 years in the wild and up to at least 54 years in captivity (this record is held by a male slow worm that lived at the Copenhagen Zoo from 1892 until 1946, the age when first ...
Red thread disease is a fungal infection found on lawns and other turfed areas. It is caused by the corticioid fungus Laetisaria fuciformis and has two separate stages. The stage that gives the infection its name is characterised by very thin, red, needle-like strands extending from the grass blade.
The jaguar also preys on livestock in cattle ranching areas where wild prey is scarce. [77] [78] The daily food requirement of a captive jaguar weighing 34 kg (75 lb) was estimated at 1.4 kg (3.1 lb) of meat. [79] The jaguar's bite force allows it to pierce the carapaces of the yellow-spotted Amazon river turtle and the yellow-footed tortoise.
A new jaguar cub at a Florida zoo is the first to be born there in 10 years. The baby was born at the Jacksonville Zoo on April 7 to “first-time mother and father, Babette and Harry,” the zoo ...
[citation needed] According to several skunk experts, many baby skunks from skunk farms have B. columnaris present in their bodies. [8] The exact proportion of skunks that are infested is unknown. Since the worms are often at too early a stage in development to begin shedding eggs into the feces, a fecal test may not detect the parasite, and ...
Some worms though have been recorded as living for fifteen years or more. In comparison, Ancylostoma duodenale worms are short-lived lasting for around six months. However, larvae can remain dormant in tissue stores and be recruited over many years to replace the worms that die. [citation needed]
After treatment, the dog must rest, and exercise is to be heavily reduced for several weeks so as to give its body sufficient time to absorb the dead worms without ill effect. Otherwise, if the dog is under exertion, dead worms may break loose and travel to the lungs, potentially causing respiratory failure and sudden death.