31-05-2021, 08:27 AM
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...%20items...%20https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-56510593
31-05-2021, 08:38 AM
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The carnage is beyond comprehension.https://abcbirds.org/blog21/wind-turbine-mortality/
The numbers recorded as roadkill off the scale globally.
31-05-2021, 09:11 AM
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Originally Posted by bret
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seen any wolves around recently? - animals 1. respond or not to their current environments - if those deteriorate they either die or move on 2. OR humans decide to exterminate them with pesticides ; guns ; fox hunting packs of dogs - anyone looked at the stats of disappearing creatures from our planet recently?and we talk about losing our own life styles and wise old sages like David Attenborough - spent his entire life studying our planet and morons here have the audacity to doubt him? - get cuddled!
31-05-2021, 09:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Cinderella
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The carnage is beyond comprehension.https://abcbirds.org/blog21/wind-turbine-mortality/
The numbers recorded as roadkill off the scale globally.
31-05-2021, 09:16 AM
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It's interesting to note that 50-80% of our oxygen is from phytoplankton living in the oceans.https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/plan...ke-thank-ocean
31-05-2021, 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by The Artful Todger
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Monocrops. Lack of insects, butterflies, lack of mammalian things such as rabbits, foxes, mice etc. Huge reduction in birds by numbers and varieties. Away from our little village the country has been made sterile.And that's just for starters.
You have done exactly what I didn't want you to do.....
You have quoted something out of the David Attenborough handbook of the 'Broken planet' word for word.....So unless you are comparing your count of insects with the count you have been doing for the last ten years, your info is coming down the wire.....
I spend the best part of my life observing nature while running and walking out in the country. Now I'm retired I have little else to do. I've noticed that the population of Rabbits have almost doubled since I was a boy. You were lucky to see a Rabbit or Hare, probably because they were hunted to extinction because people ate them round here. Now people can get a substantial meal for a couple of quid down at MacDonald's and the result is; I now see them almost every day...
There has been quite an upsurge in Foxes also, and they are even wandering into suburban areas looking for the waste food everyone now throws out before it's sell by date. Maddie the cat has in the past delivered many mice, moles and even rats to our doorstep, but in the Autumn of her life does not appear to have the speed or inclination she used to have, but the mice remain!
I must admit to not seeing many butterflies in my garden this year, but have noticed plenty in the pastures of buttercups and dandelions. There seemed to be plenty last year though. Sparrows seemed to be rare compared to my younger days, but for the last five years they seemed to have increased to their previous numbers, along with Tits, wrens, finches and blackbirds, and there is never a time when you can't hear the intricate whistling of the Robin or song thrush.
We seem to have attracted large schools of Starlings, they come and work the lawns on a regular basis, and Jackdaws that were rarely seen are now regular visitors. Ladybirds are also popular and regular visitors, especially this year, and the droppings from a hedgehog on the lawn would suggest that at least one is a nocturnal visitor.
I could go on Todger, but you obviously don't get out much and rely on the media and Mr Attenborough for your perception of the world. It would be easy to find all the shitholes of the world and put them together in an hour long documentary to bring despondency and despair to the viewer, but the world is a big place, far bigger than most people comprehend and fortunately these shitholes are few and far between but David knows where they all are doesn't he.....
31-05-2021, 10:14 AM
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Originally Posted by bret
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seen any wolves around recently? - animals 1. respond or not to their current environments - if those deteriorate they either die or move on 2. OR humans decide to exterminate them with pesticides ; guns ; fox hunting packs of dogs - anyone looked at the stats of disappearing creatures from our planet recently?and we talk about losing our own life styles and wise old sages like David Attenborough - spent his entire life studying our planet and morons here have the audacity to doubt him? - get cuddled!
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