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Queensland Country Life
  • 8/25/2024
A look at the potential economic impact of unchecked fire ants in Australia and the efforts to prevent their spread.
Transcript
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00:28The impacts are expected to be quite devastating,
00:30particularly if you enjoy an outdoors lifestyle
00:33or for any animals or children that spend a lot of time on the ground.
00:36For me, dogs come up immediately if they like to dig.
00:39Fire ants are known to cause anaphylaxis in a number of people
00:43and at this point eradication is the only way that we're going to
00:45successfully remove fire ants from the Australian way of life.
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