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  Tra Vinh: Exotic grass variety banned

  (16:00:48 PM 30/10/2012)

  Many farmers in the southern province of Tra Vinh recently planted a species of grass that had not been tested in Vietnam yet. The local authorities have decided to seize the whole seeds and recommended farmers to not grow it.

  Tags: Tra Vinh, Exotic , grass , variety , banned
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  Africa’s Weird Fairy Circles are Termite-Built Water Traps

  (17:03:36 PM 01/04/2013)

  The circles, according to him, are water traps created by a sand termite. The termites eat all the grass within a circular patch, exposing underlying sand grains that store any falling rainwater. These barren freckles are works of ecological engineering, designed to retain precious water in an otherwise dry land. They’re like desert versions of beaver dams.

  Tags: environment, Africa, Weird, Fairy, Circle, Water, Trap