They are so small that Nihat Yildirim, pepper farmer from Turkey, cannot see them with his naked eye. But worldwide the worms destroy more than ten percent of the yield every year. Nihat Yildirim is placing his hopes on a new product from Bayer, which is currently being introduced into the market in
Not even a millimeter long but still able to destroy complete harvests - the nematode. These harmful worms infect the roots of plants and suck nutrients and water out of them. A biological product from Bayer can help the crops. What nematodes mean to farmers is explained by Nihat Yildirim, a sweet
The parasites begin their life cycle as eggs. They reach the digestive tract of whales and dolphins via several intermediate hosts as adult worms. The eggs laid there by the females are returned to the sea with the excrement of the host. Author: ZDF/Terra X/Group 5 Film Production/Tamar Baumgarten/
In North America, earthworms are an invasive species. They were brought over with colonizers thinking the worms would benefit the soil in the "new world." While earthworms can be quite helpful to the ground in which they live, they can also cause problems in certain ecosystems such as large northern
They are transmitted by mosquitoes and can lead to death when untreated: Heart worms. They are well known in the Mediterranean area and in North America. Now researchers at Bayer are working on a new active ingredient, hope for dogs and dog owners. Visit our channel for more interesting science vid
On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover all the animals that aren't arthropods or invertebrates as we introduce you to our other invertebrates playlist. You can learn more on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/animalfactfiles Facebook - https://facebook.com/animalfactfiles/ --- We always do wha
Millions of seaweed rafts float through the ocean. Animals such as crabs and worms easily travel distances of thousands of kilometers by long-distance transport, allowing them to settle in new regions. Authors: ZDF/Terra X/Daniela Busch/Lisa Gradl/Maximilian Mohr Translation and dubbing: alugha C
The Jackson's chameleon could be called a tree triceratops. Well, the males could anyway. Male Jackson's chameleons sport three large horns on their heads giving them a similar appearance to the now extinct triceratops. Females usually have teeny horn-like structures or nothing at all, so these anim
Glass lizards are named so because they can be quite fragile. A glass lizard will drop its tail in self defense and may do this without the tail even being touched! When they tail breaks, it may sometimes do so in pieces, which has led to the myth that these lizards can piece their tails back togeth
Lungless salamander don't have lungs so they aren't able to inhale in order to smell their surroundings. Instead, they use a special groove on their upper lips that move water and scent particles to their nostrils giving them access to the scents all around them! These amphibians obtain oxygen throu
