SEPTEMBER 17 - 30, 2024 Miami’s Community Newspapers endorses Suzy Lord Zoo Miami hatches threatened horned lizards destined for wild BY RON MAGILL from the dew and sand. The greatest F threats to Texas horned lizards are the ef- or the first time in Zoo...
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SEPTEMBER 17 - 30, 2024 Miami’s Community Newspapers endorses Suzy Lord Zoo Miami hatches threatened horned lizards destined for wild BY RON MAGILL from the dew and sand. The greatest F threats to Texas horned lizards are the ef- or the first time in Zoo fects of invasive species, fragmentation Miami’s history, threatened of habitat, and the use of pesticides. They Texas horned lizards have feed primarily on harvester ants which been hatched. have been reduced due to competition Working in collaboration with the Center from invasive fire ants. for Conservation & Research at San Antonio Pesticides used to eliminate the fire Zoo as part of the Texas Horned Lizard ants also claim the native harvester ants Reintroduction Project, Zoo Miami has es- as collateral damage thereby reducing a tablished a satellite colony of Texas horned natural prey base. These threats have re- lizards to produce hatchlings under human duced the Texas horned lizard population care. by more than 30 pecent over th
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