Beetle Warfare

From: High Country News | Date: November 26, 2007| Author: Nijhuis, Michelle | Copyright information

What happens when an exotic bug is brought in to fight an exotic weed?

DOLORES RIVER, COLORADO

When Dan Bean and Tom Dudley were high school classmates in Southern California, their biology teacher offered extra credit for eating oddities of scientific interest. The duo dove into the challenge - Bean, a quiet man with a slow grin, allows that sea-urchin gonads were much tastier than he expected - and their combined score shamed all competitors. Which may partly explain why, on a...

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