#lungworms — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #lungworms, aggregated by home.social.
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A secret war between cane #toads and #parasitic lungworms is raging across Australia https://theconversation.com/a-secret-war-between-cane-toads-and-parasitic-lungworms-is-raging-across-australia-223461
A biological invasion modifies the dynamics of a host–#parasite arms race https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2023.2403
"When the first #CaneToads were brought from South America to #Queensland in 1935, many of the #parasites that troubled them were left behind. But deep inside the #lungs of at least one of those pioneer toads lurked small nematode #lungworms."