Interestingly, the Carolina parakeet may have been poisonous. The bird ate cockleburs (Xanthium strumarium), a thorny native plant that is itself toxic to many animals. The 19th-century naturalist James Audubon reported that dogs that ate the parakeets died. As with the brush bronzewing, the C...
Witches’ Bells might be poisonous to animals like dogs and cats, but add the element of magnificence to a landscape. Because each flower column is about four feet tall, these biennial perennials are masters at catching the eye. If grown in great conditions, these flowers will self-seed to ...
Foxtail barley is a major weed across many regions of Canada, causing detrimental effects to both crop and livestock production. ... The stiff, sharp awns of foxtail barley act like slivers, creating a hazard for grazing animals by lodging in the noses and mouths of livestock, giving rise to...
Native to:South America.27 In the U.S.:Houseplant or grown outdoors as tender annual in colder temperate regions; outside as tender perennial in southern states.23, 27 Looks like:23, 27 Large, arrow-shaped multiple-colored leaves with a variable color mix of green, white, red, and pink...
There are two species of brown snakes - one is highly venomous and dangerous, while the other is harmless to humans.
Dakota News Now says they've reached out to multiple veterinarian clinics throughout Sioux Falls and none of the clinics have reported any animals displaying symptoms consistent with poisoning. Sgt. Brian Crosby, with the Tea Police Department, told Dakota News Now, that they did receive such a...
(and I don't want to try chemicals that could kill other animals). I accompany our dogs outside day and night watching for toads but this morning there was a massive bufo sitting in the middle of the dog yard that I couldn't see until I was on top of it. Luckily the dogs didn'...
Saint Albertus Magnus, Commentary on Aristotle’s “Animals,” Quoted in Charles P. Bigger, Between Chora and the Good: Metaphor’s Metaphysical Neighbor (New York: Fordham University Press, 2005), 123. 15. Clarke, Sex in Education, 79. 16. Carla Bittel, “Mary Putnam Jacobi and the Ninet...
trees present no danger to adults or children in terms of toxicity. The leaves and bark are not toxic, and the twigs, flowers, and fruit will not poison a human or animal. In fact, crab apple tree foliage, flowers, and fruit are often consumed by wildlife and even domestic animals. ...