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Ticks killing off moose; non-existent warmer winters to blame?


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2015 Jan 27, 11:42am   3,098 views  8 comments

by HydroCabron   ➕follow (1)   💰tip   ignore  

Libertarians can step in here to explain why this is not a serious issue, is not happening, or is not as bad as the Fed.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/with-warmer-winters-ticks-devastating-nh-moose-population/2013/08/09/1dd3aad6-ff86-11e2-9711-3708310f6f4d_story.html

There was a time when eggs laid in this age-old cycle perished on winter snow. But that hasn’t happened lately in New Hampshire, where a warming trend has winters starting later and ending sooner.

A single female lays 3,000 eggs the size of salt crystals. With warmer weather, ticks don’t die, they multiply.

Winter ticks are one-host parasites that feed on a single animal through their lifetimes. As the number of ticks explodes, moose have disappeared by the thousands in areas where they were most abundant. Many of those still alive are eerily thin, with rib cages visible through ragged skin. They are mere shadows of themselves, zombies with antlers.

“It’s pretty depressing,” said Kristine Rines, a wildlife biologist and moose project leader for the state’s Fish and Game Department. “It’s a pretty tough way to go. There’s no question that climate plays a huge part in this. If we had winters that lasted as long as they used to, we might not be having this conversation.”

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1   humanity   2015 Jan 27, 2:05pm  

THe idea that this could possibly be related to global warming, is obvious liberal - communist propaganda designed to increase the size and scope of government.

2   lakermania   2015 Jan 27, 2:52pm  

What's the point of posting a 2 year old article about a warm winter killing off moose via parasites in NH? Besides, this winter and the last have been COLDER than normal in NH. No mention of that?

http://www.unh.edu/stateclimatologist/

3   HydroCabron   2015 Jan 27, 3:08pm  

lakermania says

What's the point of posting a 2 year old article about a warm winter killing off moose via parasites in NH? Besides, this winter and the last have been COLDER than normal in NH. No mention of that?

Here you go - from 3 mos. ago, in Quebec:

Moose-killing winter tick population growing in Quebec

Today - Maine:

Maine to reduce moose hunt permits by 25 percent because winter ticks have taken toll on herd

You can google these things yourself, or you can know only what Roger Ailes wants you to know.

Ask yourself: which of these choices is the behavior of a moron?

4   gsr   2015 Jan 27, 3:18pm  

HydroCabron says

Here you go - from 3 mos. ago, in Quebec:

This means warm winter cannot be blamed for this. The entire North American East coast has been experiencing colder winter on average for the last two years.

5   humanity   2015 Jan 27, 3:23pm  

lakermania says

What's the point of posting a 2 year old article about a warm winter killing off moose via parasites in NH?

Yes, because we all know if something was happening 1.5 years ago, it couldn't possibly still be a story now.

Here's one from less than a year ago.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/alarming-decline-wild-moose-new-hampshire/
Or another
http://www.nwf.org/news-and-magazines/national-wildlife/animals/archives/2014/moose.aspx

lakermania says

Besides, this winter and the last have been COLDER than normal in NH. No mention of that?

http://www.unh.edu/stateclimatologist/

I don't get it. Your link proves that january - March were significantly warmer than normal in 2013, and also that 2013 was "the fourth consecutive year to rank within the top 20 warmest years on record."

I didn't see data beyond December of 2013.

6   HydroCabron   2015 Jan 27, 3:26pm  

humanity says

I don't get it. Your link proves that january - March were significantly warmer than normal in 2013, and also that 2013 was "the fourth consecutive year to rank within the top 20 warmest years on record."

I didn't see data beyond December of 2013.

It's the same way they know that if winter 2014 is cold so far, it'll be the coldest winter ever! (And that if it gets colder when the sun goes down, it means global warming isn't real.)

7   RWSGFY   2015 Jan 27, 4:34pm  

Every moose should be issued a Gatling gun. Problem solved.

8   Indiana Jones   2015 Jan 27, 9:57pm  

Once the moose are gone, a domino effect, and then it will only be a matter of time before the ticks come for the humans....

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