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"Ecological Zombies" are going hog wild on the southern landscape

"Ecological Zombies" are going hog wild on the southern landscape

FromEarthly


"Ecological Zombies" are going hog wild on the southern landscape

FromEarthly

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Length:
23 minutes
Released:
Oct 31, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Referred to in some scientific literature as "ecological zombies," feral hogs cost millions of dollars of damage to farms, fields and forests, and they are breeding and spreading at a rate that outpaces the efforts of wildlife professionals to control them. In this Halloween edition of Earthly, Jonathan talks to Greg Yarrow and Andrew Jamison about the feral hog problem in South Carolina and the Southeast. Yarrow is interim dean of Clemson's College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Science and professor of wildlife biology at Clemson University, and Jameson is a graduate student. Together, they're leading an effort to greater understand these "ecological zombies" and finding ways to control them. They also discuss once and for all whether Hogzilla — the 800 pound animal caught in South Georgia — is fact or folklore.For show notes and additonal resources, visit https://blogs.clemson.edu/earthly/.Earthly is hosted and produced by Jonathan Veit.
Released:
Oct 31, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (13)

Earthly is a biweekly interview-style podcast featuring Clemson University faculty, scientists and experts imparting-research based information on a range of topical subjects in agriculture, horticulture, natural resources, wildlife, science, design and more. The podcast also relates national issues and topical news stories in the aforementioned arenas to South Carolina citizens. Earthly adjectiveDefinition of earthly1 a: characteristic of or belonging to this earth   b: relating to the human race's actual life on this    earth