Border Collies are effective at reducing gull congregation on recreational beaches, resulting in lower E. coli abundance in the sand. Researchers from Central Michigan University reported the findings at the annual meeting of the American Society for Microbiology.
Gull droppings may be one source of the indicator bacterium Escherichia coli to beach water, which can lead to swim advisories and beach closings. In addition, gull droppings may contain bacteria with the potential to cause human disease, according to Elizabeth Alm, one of the researchers on the study.
At the beginning of the summer, 200-meter sections of beach were arbitrarily assigned to be dog-treated beaches or control beaches. Half way through the summer, the beach sections were swapped, so that dogs were moved to the control beaches and the dog-treated beaches were then left to be untreated controls.
During the summers of 2012 and 2013, researchers recorded the number of gulls at each beach section. Once each week samples of beach water and beach sand were collected and the numbers of E. coli in the samples counted. In early summer, samples from beaches where dogs had excluded gulls had significantly lower E. coli counts compared to control beaches.
“Border collies are intelligent dogs that love to work and could be used by beach managers as part of a comprehensive management strategy to reduce bacterial contamination at public beaches,” said Alm.
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It’s not real leaked gameplay.
i saw the leaked footage from the ps4 and i was like um where are the NPCs?
some of the lighting is not interacting with object the way they should and
i was like this looks adverage that best. i’m starting to think those PC
specs are bogus or we may be in for another shitty ubisoft port -.- as for
e3 i know its a long shot but it could be possible more delays are coming.
this generation is a joke across the board and the only way to go is on PC
guys. consoles are becoming pieces of junk
How come when a white dude paints his skin black it’s racist as fuck but
when a black dude paints his skin white it’s funny???
So fucking glad I decided to build a PC this generation, and wait till the
end of the life cycle to pick up a PS4 and X1 for the exclusives. As more
and more shit like this comes to light, I’m more and more confident in my
decision. I may have spent more on my PC than both combined, but I’ll
always be playing the best possible version of games.
PC master race
+IckyxTvIf you live in the 21st century you should already own a pc.
the only reason for delays is because people keep talking about res so xbox
wants dx12 and now we aint gonna be able to play a game cause it needs the
1080p sticker on it or it will get murdered.
stonefox, those leaked footages are fucking fake as hell. The game is not
going to look like gta 4. They are just trying to make people think that
gaming resolution is going to hell. Remember when u made that video about
infamous second son and how bad the graphics were in the leaked footage. It
turned out to look like a beautiful game
FUCK, I am about to say FUCK this next gen shyt……HOW is it that
Infamous can look amazin, hell even COD looks okay…TELL me why, WHY the
fuck are we getting fucked in the ass with no grease. Please fix this shyt
DEV and UBISOFT you should be ashamed…..you had enough time to make this
shyt look BEAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FUCK
GET A WIIU BUSTER THE GOT GAMES O YEAH AND THERE 1080 60FPS …..NEXT GEN
you can keep them shitly made games
The Welfare Edition Of Watch Dogs on PS4 Xbox One. E3 2014 Will Suck Is
Just a Warm-Up to E3 2015
I don’t know about you guys but I’m getting watch dogs for the gameplay and
story, not for the fucking graphics. No wonder so many people in the gaming
community aren’t real gamers, there are too many fucking graphics whores.
At least we got DESTINY!!!!! O_O
No offense but if you spend $200 on this game saying how disappointed you
are in it, is it any wonder why these companies keep putting out mediocre
products? I am so glad I have not bought EITHER console yet because I will
not just hand my hard earned currency to some ungrateful corporation that
is trying to sell me crap. If people want better products then STOP
SETTLING FOR GARBAGE… I understand that you are buying it because this is
a business for you, but to those who buy it, why complain? If you want REAL
change, stop giving your money to companies who do nothing but make empty
promises. If that is really what you want to do, then you might as well
give your money to the Democrats & Republicans. At least then you know you
are REALLY getting nothing in return for giving away for cash :P. Thank you
for allowing me to speak my mind, no disrespect intended.