HOUSTON puma suede heart satin femme pas cher , Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- Floating colonies of fire ants are posing another threat to Houston residents who are still reeling from the catastrophic flooding left behind by Hurricane Harvey.
These venomous ants have water-repellant waxy bodies, and they link together to form a mass that may contain as many as 100,000 as they look for a dry place to survive the floods and rebuild their home.
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"They don't come to attack you. They're just passively floating along. It's a matter of being just intelligent and evasive," Larry Gilbert, a professor of integrated biology at the University of Texas at Austin puma suede heart reset bleu , told technology news website The Verge.
If it's impossible to avoid the path of fire ants, entomologist Molly Keck suggested creating waves to move them a few inches away.
Experts noted that the rusty color of fire ants make it easy for people to spot and take precautions.
There have been no public reports of flood victims suffering fire ant attacks as of midday Tuesday, according to NBC News.
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The Gambia's Interior Minister Mai Ahmad Fatty said they want a special relationship with the Italian government in better handling the migration crisis that heavily involves his citizens.
""Irregular migration is one of international concerns and The Gambia has a role to play in its solution. That is why today is very significant because it demonstrates the commitment of two nations towards resolving this imbroglio,"" he said at the handover.
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Victorio Pissano, Director General of Italian Immigration said it is important that Italy and other states to work in collaboration through cooperation to put a stop to irregular migration.
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The IAAF is facing a growing crisis over doping after British newspaper The Sunday Times and German broadcaster ARDWDR reported that the IAAF had failed to follow up on suspicious blood tests involving over 5,000 athletes -between 2001 and 2012. Last week, the IAAF temporarily suspended 28 -athletes who competed at the 2005 and 2007 worlds after their retested samples showing ""adverse findings.""
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""I have espoused the concept of an independent testing process. That isn't in any way to question the technical or professional ability of our teams in -Monaco.""
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