sime42
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Agree with all that, except for the "unknown" sentiment. The cause of all this is human activity, the specifics of which have been well documented in recent years. I think everyone will start noticing pretty soon, once this mass extinction properly begins to gather pace. Even the most nature indifferent, detached, TikTok gazing Gen-Xer.
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These were my particular favourites;- "Once, one of his colleagues was bitten by a squirrel, whose massive incisors went through his thumbnail and out the other side. Silby couldn’t get the animal off, because it was locked on and wriggling, so he had to decapitate it, then wrap the thumb – and the squirrel’s head – in a bandage to take his colleague to A&E." - Ouch. "Doran wishes people would look at the issue of squirrels and trees in the round. Yes, they chew bark, but “they also plant trees [by hiding nuts and seeds that they fail to retrieve] and they’re better at it than red squirrels, because of the way they hoard. Red squirrels tend to put all their eggs in one basket, whereas grey squirrels distribute them more.” - That Natalia Doran sounds like a bit of a case, she runs a squirrel sanctuary - why on earth?
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And the final indignity was that the order came from the French ship's Female officer. 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
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The secret lives of grey squirrels: ‘The telly was off the wall, plates were smashed, furniture was ripped’ | Animals | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM Britain’s 2.7 million greys are on the rampage, starting fires, flooding homes and destroying ancient trees. But is it really...
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I'll kick us off and say Lime.
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UK's flying insects have declined by 60% in 20 years WWW.NHM.AC.UK The UK's insect population has fallen sharply as the invertebrates are affected by rising temperatures and fragmented...
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Indeed. There's a lot that they do don't well. Dare say they're right about this as well. Those of us that spend time out in the natural world probably appreciate the positive effects it has on us already. Costing the Earth - The Sound of Nature - BBC Sounds WWW.BBC.CO.UK Meet the Japanese scientists working to bring the soothing sounds of nature into the city.
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Love the pillow.
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Italian art experts astonished by David statue uproar in Florida WWW.BBC.CO.UK A Florida school head was forced out after the famous Michaelangelo statue was shown to art students.
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Yeah, I had an inkling this was stateside, clocked the "dirt". Didn't know that about sycamore/plane though. Cheers. I think also,our Lime is their Basswood Tree. Any others?
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Are you sure it's a sycamore? As the bark looks more like a London Plane to me. As for the mound of dirt, I'd leave it there. Can't see the whole tree of course, but I don't think it'll be causing it much harm. Judging by the trunk girth the mound is quite small compared to the crown and root spread. It's a great opportunity to grow some nice or interesting beneath tree dwelling plants. Like Primroses, Erythroniums, Cyclamens etc. They won't bother a tree of that size at all.
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She's hasn't gone and climbed up there in those shoes?
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I agree, the stem normally ends up being a foot or so higher than the outside of the "flat top". Though you probably won't see it from the ground, with pespective and elevation etc. Looks worse when you're up there at the top, desperately trying to get everything level. I think it gets worse the lower down that you're trying to take the tree to, due to the way they grow. The lowest branches are the drooppiest.
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Or Poplar I reckon.
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I think the problem may be to do with hibernation,/dormancy rather than the actual cold. A lot of things, plants, insects, birds, animals aren't going into hibernation earlier enough, or at all, due to our generally warmer autumns and winters now. If proper cold weather does finally come it nails things that aren't hibernating as they should. The natural world is confused, it can't keep up with the pace of change.
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So we were previously alluding to a newly discovered type of rope fetish (possibly a Polish penchant), whereas we now seem to be going back to a more familiar variety of rope fetish. Can't beat a good Arbtalk derail!
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They've not exactly got a good track record at the moment. Doesn't sound like it's a culture that favours the victims in some, (or a lot?), of cases. .............. Metropolitan Police expected to be heavily criticised for being racist, sexist and homophobic in report WWW.BBC.CO.UK The BBC understands the report will criticise the Met's tolerance of wrongdoing within its ranks.
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Harsh! Go on ...... What's going on there then?
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🤔 I think you missed the point. It's yet another conspiracy theory so it's never going to come off. 😜
