22-09-2021, 20:33
(20-09-2021, 00:14)CRAZY-HORSE Wrote: ^^
so sad re the Penguins,
and like you said...bees of all things! (thats a new one for me also!)
i read somewhere not long ago that the Great Whites are leaving because they are now prey....by Killer Whales.
(gives a whole new meaning to 'the hunter becomes the hunted" doesnt it?!)
apparently the Killer Whales attack them from below and only eat their livers.
Apparently the hive must have been disturbed by human intervention or activity. According to a bee person this wouldn't have occurred naturally. Somehow we always manage to meddle!
The sharks are not likely to be disappearing purely due to the presence of orcas. There are other factors as well - overfishing being one of them. All these systems are complex and in delicate balance. Apex predators help maintain that balance - except humans. There's that story about reintroducing wolves to Yellowstone and how that changed everything for the better. Fascinating. https://www.yellowstonepark.com/things-t...ecosystem/
We have several wildlife conundrums at the moment - baboons have become too used to humans and go after easy food pickings rather than forage as they should. So they come into town to raid the bins that people don't secure and cause havoc crossing roads and getting into houses etc. Not their fault at all - they've always been here and had room to range - now there's urban sprawl, the troops are top heavy with immature adults and too big because food has been so plentiful (natural food as well - due to rainfall), etc., etc. Lots of fur flying, and I don't mean animal! Hugely divisive issue.
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