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Gunga galunga... gunga, gunga-galunga.
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Respect! Same deal with sharks in the ocean.

My current job has nothing to do with it, but I was an anthropology major as this type of shit always fascinated me...Video is worth the 4.5 mins of your life it will take to watch

 

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Wild stuff. Proof that actions can have widespread effects. And should make you question ever saying "who gives a shit if the bee population is dwindling."
 

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that's cool stuff. I remember an interview not long ago discussing how one state (might have been Georgia or New Mexico) put a bounty on wolves because they thought the population was getting out of control. While the wolf population drastically decreased with hunters getting tags to wipe them out the result was a massive increase in coyotes. The average for coyote young was something like a 25% survival rate but with wolves no longer around to kill them and eat their food (easier to find resources like deer) it jumped to something like 80% so instead of having 30,000 wolves they now had 100,000 coyotes. (my exact #'s are probably wrong but the inverse relationship is accurate)


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that's cool stuff. I remember an interview not long ago discussing how one state (might have been Georgia or New Mexico) put a bounty on wolves because they thought the population was getting out of control. While the wolf population drastically decreased with hunters getting tags to wipe them out the result was a massive increase in coyotes. The average for coyote young was something like a 25% survival rate but with wolves no longer around to kill them and eat their food (easier to find resources like deer) it jumped to something like 80% so instead of having 30,000 wolves they now had 100,000 coyotes. (my exact #'s are probably wrong but the inverse relationship is accurate)


for every action there is a reaction...

there is no hunting season for coyotes here. Hogs are the same, they can both be taken at anytime. They even now have some tagged yotes that offer lifetime hunting licenses and such if taken. Damn things are showing up in neighborhoods in heavily populated areas even...
 

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And hear I thought this topic was about

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