Off Topic Climate Change & Nature thread

[Ubedizzytoo]

Thanks to the efforts of volunteers it's not all doom and gloom in the natural world in Kent. The rewilding in Blean includes the introduction of species like bison, rare goats, pigs, beavers, highland cattle, all of which are doing a sterling job for the natural world.

They’ll be hundreds before you know it.

They're all females.

Who’d have thought that Bison could transition ? Funny old world. Anyway, as predicted, they are spreading across the country. How long until we get our first Bison related fatality I wonder.

Bison herd roams Cumbrian estate in habitat restoration scheme

The Wildwood Trust says five European bison are "thriving" at Castletown Estate near Rockcliffe.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[The Penguin]

Who’d have thought that Bison could transition ? Funny old world. Anyway, as predicted, they are spreading across the country. How long until we get our first Bison related fatality I wonder.

Bison herd roams Cumbrian estate in habitat restoration scheme

The Wildwood Trust says five European bison are "thriving" at Castletown Estate near Rockcliffe.

www.bbc.co.uk

The Kent ones are in an enclosed area, managed by experienced rangers. The public aren't allowed near them.

 

[Ubedizzytoo]

The Kent ones are in an enclosed area, managed by experienced rangers. The public aren't allowed near them.

Thank God for that. I’ve seen huge herds of Bison in Yellowstone NP, up close and personal and they are scary creatures. Responsible for more human deaths than the Grizzlies which also roam the park.

Presumably they were once native to the UK ?

 

[lardiman]

Likely until the last Ice Age.
The UK was still connected to mainland Europe at that time.
The Thames flowed into the Rhine before that river reached the North Sea.

 

[Ubedizzytoo]

Likely until the last Ice Age.
The UK was still connected to mainland Europe at that time.
The Thames flowed into the Rhine before that river reached the North Sea.

Aren’t we still ?

 

[lardiman]

Not for Bison or Grizzly bears.
They are content to remain in the first safe Country they enter.

 

[Ubedizzytoo]

Not for Bison or Grizzly bears.
They are content to remain in the first safe Country they enter.

A good example to others.

 

[The Penguin]

Not for Bison or Grizzly bears.
They are content to remain in the first safe Country they enter.

Unlike the Asian hornet which is a threat to our bees.

 

[Ubedizzytoo]

Unlike the Asian hornet which is a threat to our bees.

Agreed.

Like all illegal immigrants, Asian Hornets are a bloody menace, will multiply at a far greater rate than the indigenous version and will bring more and more problems as the years pass.

 

[Smudger603]

Agreed.

Like all illegal immigrants, Asian Hornets are a bloody menace, will multiply at a far greater rate than the indigenous version and will bring more and more problems as the years pass.

That does sound familiar

 

[Watameire]

Agreed.

Like all illegal immigrants, Asian Hornets are a bloody menace, will multiply at a far greater rate than the indigenous version and will bring more and more problems as the years pass.

I’m still angry with the chap (an American no doubt) that brought the first grey squirrel

 

[The Penguin]

Don't get me started on Japanese knotweed or giant hogweed which is taking over the North Kent coast.

 

[Ubedizzytoo]

I’m still angry with the chap (an American no doubt) that brought the first grey squirrel

Apparently it wasn’t brought over, it just made its own way.

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