on the move
By jb78000
@jb78000 (15139)
December 24, 2009 10:18am CST
you might have already noticed animals moving into new areas because of changing temperatures. it has been very obvious here (seen kingfishers myself for the first time in my life because of this) with species moving north. however the rate of change could be too fast for animals that can only tolerate a narrow range of temperatures, and certainly is difficult for plants to keep up with. there has been suggestions that we might need to actually physically move some animals - which sounds unrealistic to me - how can you move an entire ecosystem? so have you noticed any new animals recently appearing in your area and if it came to it would you join in efforts to move some of them?
here's a link with a bit more detail: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/dec/23/global-warming-spreading-quarter-mile-year
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@sunny68 (1327)
• India
25 Dec 09
that is the effect of climate change. with Copenhagen summit being a disaster, we might as well see more of this since no one is willing to compromise. even humans are affected and are being termed as 'climate refugees'. here except for an irregular climate there is not much to be noticed. we cannot shift our ecosystem but we certainly can bring a 'shift' in our perception and reduce pollution resulting from obsessive consumerism.
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. i think there will be a number of problems relating to this and a lot of them will be to do with how fast plants can migrate (i.e. not very quickly) and you are right that imbalances are likely.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
24 Dec 09
hi bluebunny as you may know I live in the US and what I see is people buying up hills to perch their expensive homes on thus taking away the natural habitat of birds and deer, raccOons, skunks, Coyotes and possums, also some wild cats.t hen they all complain if a coyote comes down and makes off with a pet cat or small dog. well tough, guess who was here first, the animals of course.so man takes away their natural habitat, what are they supposed to do? I love pets too but think that some land should be kept as is for the wildlife. when we still lived in an apartment we had a possum who waddled when he walked as he fed off our trash cans in our yards.we had a problem getting space for our garbage in the too few dumpsters for the large number of apartments in that complex. so we often had to keep our trash in a trash can outside, thus the possum found a great source of goodies.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
22 Apr 10
Mr.Possum was not a bit afraid of me, even when I came out with a broom. he just squeezed under the redwood fence and was gone.lol If he had got much fatter he wouldn't have made that crawl.lol.
@jb78000 (15139)
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24 Dec 09
hiya, if there are coyotes around then it would be sensible to be careful of what smaller pets are doing. our chickens eventually all got taken by foxes but i am not blaming the foxes for that, if i had been older or my parents had known about chickens then we could have locked them in at night. your possum sounds like he was very cute - although possibly had rather overdone the snacks he took from the trash.
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@Louc74 (620)
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24 Dec 09
I haven't noticed any new animals around, but maybe I just need to pay more attention. This is going to sound really selfish (and just for the record, I am concerned about global warming), but the stories that really freak me out are the ones I hear about tropical, poisonous insects making their way over here. I had a hard enough time coming to terms with the big brown spiders we already have!
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@bhawanee (174)
• India
24 Dec 09
You are right jb78000 and this is due to globalization. I did not see any any new animal but i assure you that if i see such animal then i will definitely mail to the website given by you along with photographs. Wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New year 2010.
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@thea09 (18305)
• Greece
24 Dec 09
Hi jb, well the goats and kids were out with a spring in their steps earlier. We've had lots of new insects here though this year for the first time, you can give a prize to the first one that comes up with some explanation for that completely gold spider I had on my balcony.
@thea09 (18305)
• Greece
24 Dec 09
I was only about 15 minutes from home and along they came skipping across the main road and we were enjoying the little show and suddenly we heard this bellowing car horn from behind us. How rude can you get. Did they seriously expect that I could be bothered to cook up goat stew tonight?
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@thea09 (18305)
• Greece
24 Dec 09
What are you talking about Lamby? I stuck that up and then changed plans and went to stay at the Greeks so don't know who responded after the first few - why did they delete you - you wouldn't have been being rude to me now, surely? I'll be back to see, my son is demanding food.
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@PeacefulWmn9 (10420)
• United States
24 Dec 09
The deer are not new, per se, but they are on the move. I have noticed them in places I don't normally see them, as on the outskirts or even in the yards here in my small town.@PeacefulWmn9 (10420)
• United States
24 Dec 09
Ohhh, and a couple I forgot to mention. We never had wild turkeys around and about until a few years ago when the DNR released many, or planted them, here. Now they are a common sight in the fields this time of year.
And there are Asian carp trying to "invade" the Great Lakes, not a good thing, as they eat up all the food supplies for the fish naturally residing there. They were also "released" into the Mississippi River as game fish. Big mistake!
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