Help! Capybara catastrophe! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Forget mice! Imagine if your home was infested with giant brown guinea pigs! South America’s capybaras are the world’s largest rodents. Some consider them pests, but they’re illegal to hunt. Is there a harmless way to
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Cantankerous Capybaras
Call pest control – we’ve got a Capybara problem! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Termites and rats are bad enough! What if you woke up to find giant brown guinea pigs roaming around your lawn?! Capybaras, native to South America, are the largest rodents
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Call pest control – we’ve got a Capybara problem! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Termites and rats are bad enough! What if you woke up to find giant brown guinea pigs roaming around your lawn?! Capybaras, native to South America, are the largest rodents
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If you can’t stand the heat – get out of the beehive! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Bees are THE SWEETEST. But varroa destructor mites decimate THOUSANDS of bee colonies every year! Chemical pesticides for these mites can be toxic to bees and beekeepers.
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