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The seven plagues of California’s piers are fire, ocean storms, fire, old age, civic budgets, ship worms called teredos, and fire.
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
The warm waters of the Caribbean are paradise for teredo worms, which are actually mollusks with a voracious appetite for wood.
—Kristin Romey, National Geographic, 6 Oct. 2017
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
The warm waters of the Caribbean are paradise for teredo worms, which are actually mollusks with a voracious appetite for wood.
—Kristin Romey, National Geographic, 6 Oct. 2017
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“Teredo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teredo. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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