Sentences with phrase «acacia leaves»

Zebras and wildebeests graze the dewy grass; elephants and giraffes munch on acacia leaves; and lions and hyenas survey the scene, looking for their next meal.

The giraffe has an unusual diet of acacia leaves and seedpods, which are highly nutritious but also are toxic to other animals.

In lab tests, bacterial strains of the genera Bacillus, Lactococcus, Pantoea and Burkholderia effectively inhibited the growth of Pseudomonas bacteria isolated from infected acacia leaves.

Because acacia leaves are touched mainly by ants» legs, she extracted the legs of mutualistic and parasitic ants and tested the effect of the extracts on the growth of bacterial pathogens in the lab.

Thai acacia leaves are a springtime treat in Thailand.

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The acacia ants she studies, Crematogaster mimosae, use their fearsome bite to defend their host trees against large animals such as elephants and giraffes that eat the trees» leaves.

They compared the leaves of acacia plants which were inhabited by either mutualistic or parasitic ants to leaves from which ants had been removed.

Intriguingly, the leaves of acacia colonized by parasitic ants showed more leaf damage from herbivores and microbial pathogens than did the leaves that had mutualistic ants.

A K. intermedius colony gets started when a lone female lands on an acacia, such as an umbrella wattle, and starts feeding on one of its leaves.

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Yes, it has a nice dewy glow and even though it might not last, the product description for the pink mask on their website says it has acacia honey, rice ceramide, ginseng root, orange peel, and neem leaf in their masks.

Incidentally, giraffes spend a lot of time around the acacia trees because they feed on their leaves and twigs.

Thousands fly chirping through the leaves of the acacia trees, perch lightly on birch branches, ears of wheat, and the golden rims of sunflowers, pecking seeds from their big black eyes.

After two hours of searching the cactus, aloe, and prickly acacia — sometimes crawling to get a better look at tree trunks and leaf litter — I counted exactly six whiptail lizards, three toads, two geckoes, and one santanero.

This moth feeds on leaves of the mopane (aka mopani) tree, as well some acacia.

On the other side of the world, in Niger, farmers faced with severe drought and desertification in the 1980s began leaving some emerging acacia tree seedlings in their fields as they prepared the land for crops.

Since individuals of this species are usually occupied by obligate acacia - ants, the Beltian bodies are rarely seen because they are usually «harvested» as soon as the young leaves develop.

From left acacia twisted wood, Pier 1 Imports, $ 33 per pair.