SEPTEMBER 17 - 30, 2024 Zoo Miami hatches threatened Ocean Bank provides $40M horned lizards destined for wild to refinance shopping mall F BY RON MAGILL from the dew and sand. The greatest threats to Texas horned lizards are the ef- or the first time in...
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SEPTEMBER 17 - 30, 2024 Zoo Miami hatches threatened Ocean Bank provides $40M horned lizards destined for wild to refinance shopping mall F BY RON MAGILL from the dew and sand. The greatest threats to Texas horned lizards are the ef- or the first time in Zoo fects of invasive species, fragmentation Miami’s history, threat- of habitat, and the use of pesticides. They ened Texas horned feed primarily on harvester ants which lizards have been have been reduced due to competition hatched. from invasive fire ants. Working in collaboration with the Cen- Pesticides used to eliminate the fire ter for Conservation & Research at San ants also claim the native harvester ants Antonio Zoo as part of the Texas Horned as collateral damage thereby reducing a Lizard Reintroduction Project, Zoo natural prey base. These threats have re- Miami has established a satellite colony duced the Texas horned lizard population of Texas horned lizards to produce hatch- by more than 30 pecent over the past 40 lings
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