Invasion of the Yellow Crazy Ants

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Thanks to Wet Tropics Management Authority for supporting MinuteEarth - https://wettropics.gov.au/ • Dealing with invasive species is a real bugger, especially in a modern, globalized world. • CREDITS • ********* • Kate Yoshida | Script Writer • Henry Reich | Narrator • Ever Salazar | Illustration and Animation • Nathaniel Schroeder | Music • Our staff: Alex Reich, Emily Elert, Ever Salazar, Henry Reich, Kate Yoshida, and Peter Reich. • MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC • https://neptunestudios.info • IMAGE CREDITS • ***************** • Earthworm • Photo by: Rob Hille • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil... • Yellow Crazy Ant • Based on photo by: John Tann • https://www.flickr.com/photos/3103183... • Cassowary • Photo by: Flickr user thinboyfatter • https://www.flickr.com/photos/1234abc... • Wooroonooran Josephine Falls • Photo by: Wikimedia user LecomteB • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil... • • SUPPORT MINUTEEARTH • ************************** • If you like what we do, you can help us!: • Become our patron: / minuteearth • Our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth • Our book: https://minuteearth.com/books • Share this video with your friends and family • Leave us a comment (we read them!) • OUR LINKS • ************ • Youtube | / minuteearth • TikTok | / minuteearth • Twitter | / minuteearth • Instagram | / minute_earth • Facebook | / minuteearth • Website | https://minuteearth.com • Apple Podcasts| https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... • REFERENCES • ************** • Bohlen, P.J., Scheu, S. Hale, C.M., McLean, A.M., Migge, A., Groffman, P.M., and Parkinson, D. (2004). Non-native invasive earthworms as agents of change in northern temperate forests. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 2(8): 427-435. http://grownativemass.org/sites/defau... • Boland, C.R.J., Smith, M.J., Maple D.J., Tiernan, B., Barr, R., Reeves, R., and Napier, F. (2011). Heli-baiting using low concentration fipronil to control invasive yellow crazy ant supercolonies on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. 152-156 In: Veitch, C. R.; Clout, M. N. and Towns, D. R. (eds.). 2011. Island invasives: eradication and management. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. http://www.issg.org/pdf/publications/... • Csurhes, S. and Hankamer, C. (2012) Pest Animal Risk Assessment: Yellow Crazy Ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes). Queensland Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation. http://www.daff.qld.gov.au/__data/ass... • Hoffman, B. (2009) Dhimurru Yellow Crazy Ant Management Plan: a report prepared for Dhimurru Aboriginal Corporation. http://www.dhimurru.com.au/uploads/8/... • Hoffmann, B.D., Auina, S., and Stanley, M.C. (2014). Targeted Research to Improve Invasive Species Management: Yellow Crazy Ant Anoplolepis gracilipes in Samoa. PLoS ONE 9(4): e95301. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3... • O'Dowd D.J., Green P.T., and Lake P.S. (2003). Invasional 'meltdown' on an oceanic island. Ecology Letters 6: 812--817. http://wolfweb.unr.edu/~ldyer/classes... • Parkes, J., and Murphy, E. (2003). Management of introduced mammals in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 30: 335--359. http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/... • Pimentel, D., Zuniga, R. and Morrison, D. (2005). Update on the environmental and economic costs associated with alien invasive species in the United States. Ecological Economics, 52(3): 273-288. http://www.forestpests.org/pdf/Update... • Webb, G.A. and Hoffmann, B.D. (2013). Field evaluations of the efficacy of Distance Plus on invasive ant species in northern Australia. Journal of Economic Entomology 106(4):1545-52. http://www.sumitomo-chem.com.au/sites...

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