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News: We get serious and discuss saving of Australia’s native animals and debate culling methods for feral species. Brendan gets centred performing Yoga with friends, and we note an outbreak of a calicivirus variant in the UK.
Main Topic:
Grass seeds – Yes, those annoying little bits of plants. What species do we see grass seeds issues in, and why? Mark and Brendan discuss their preferred techniques and surgical approaches to treating grass seed abscesses. Spoiler alert: it does include the toothpaste method of removal.
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Links:
Saving Australia’s native animals from extinction
Culling noisy miners fails in NSW trial, study
You Can Now Do Yoga in a Field Full of Cute Alpacas