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BumRushDaShow

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19. Perhaps the fur trade can get going again

Reply to jaxexpat (Reply #11)

Wed Jan 4, 2023, 10:58 AM

Jan 2023

I think what it is establishing is that a lot of that tundra that might have once been permafrost, now has the top layers of their soil thawed, and that has altered the places where these animals have been able to establish themselves - like how you have more and more stranded polar bears in unexpected places.

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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