As a result of climate change, ticks are devastating moose populations.
"They can send a moose to its death, with up to 150,000 dining on
every calf, cow and bull in certain parts of the Granite State, wildlife
biologists estimate. There was a time when eggs laid in this age-old
cycle perished on winter snow. But that hasn’t happened lately in New
Hampshire... As the number of ticks explodes, moose have disappeared by the
thousands in areas where they were most abundant. Many of those still
alive are eerily thin, with rib cages visible through ragged skin. They
are mere shadows of themselves, zombies with antlers."
Rattlesnakes (and other snakes) are important parameters in limiting the spread of Lyme disease by ticks.
A sea snail hatched and grew under the skin of a little boy's knee.
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