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Environment & Energy

Klondike Kat

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4. That was my first thought, too.

Reply to Voltaire2 (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 4, 2023, 10:09 AM

Jan 2023

Beavers doing what comes naturally shouldn't really surprise anyone.

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Photos from space show 11,000 beavers are wreaking havoc on the Alaskan tundra as savagely as wildfi [View all] Eugene Jan 2023 OP

Hello? We did that. Voltaire2 Jan 2023 #1

Exactly.. See my earlier post. hlthe2b Jan 2023 #3

That was my first thought, too. Klondike Kat Jan 2023 #4

Interesting, given beavers are being reintroduced in areas of the west hlthe2b Jan 2023 #2

Exactly! nt pazzyanne Jan 2023 #5

Beavers have a place in the ecosystem as a keystone species, but thawing permafrost Eugene Jan 2023 #23

S, it's "furry rodents" now, is it? jaxexpat Jan 2023 #6

Scientifically... GB_RN Jan 2023 #7

Yeah, you guys with the sciency-schmiency. jaxexpat Jan 2023 #9

Here are a couple comparison sat images BumRushDaShow Jan 2023 #8

Okay, they're rodents. Like rabbits. I get it. jaxexpat Jan 2023 #11

rabbits are NOT rodents, they are lagomorphs pirsquared Jan 2023 #13

Thanks for that "extra incisorive" report. jaxexpat Jan 2023 #27

Perhaps the fur trade can get going again BumRushDaShow Jan 2023 #19

I just read that somewhere. What a coincidence. jaxexpat Jan 2023 #36

My money is on BumRushDaShow Jan 2023 #37

Didn't waste any time, did they? hatrack Jan 2023 #26

Give those guys from Primus some banjos BumRushDaShow Jan 2023 #29

dammit Wicked Blue Jan 2023 #10

So the beavers are drilling for oil & gas as they mine coal after which they burn it to produce CO2 Botany Jan 2023 #12

+1 TeamProg Jan 2023 #15

I'm Sure That The Predators Deep State Witch Jan 2023 #14

I don't see the problem. docgee Jan 2023 #16

See; TeamProg Jan 2023 #17

Thanks docgee Jan 2023 #20

Water holds heat Random Boomer Jan 2023 #25

The planet will be fine, the majority of humans, not so much. n/t TeamProg Jan 2023 #18

I wonder how long it would take for all presence of mankind to be gone if we ceased to be? 500 yrs? Evolve Dammit Jan 2023 #28

The beavers are only there because of climate change... Wounded Bear Jan 2023 #21

The Rodentia family. Traildogbob Jan 2023 #22

Wildlife adapts Martin Eden Jan 2023 #24

Just ask the Castoroides. Now there's a beaver that suffered and died. Extinct even. jaxexpat Jan 2023 #32

That extinct beaver might have been even more dangerous Martin Eden Jan 2023 #33

Yeah, even with the extra incisors, Monty Python's rabbit wouldn't had stood a chance. jaxexpat Jan 2023 #35

Unbelievable amount of damage they can do. Historic NY Jan 2023 #30

I think we should re-home them Farmer-Rick Jan 2023 #31

Same thing happened in Western Ky where I used to farm. jaxexpat Jan 2023 #34