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In the new national forest

I do not know. I would need to research these species

frankbeswick, 5 hours ago

Woodland Fungi

It certainly sounds an interesting read.

frankbeswick, 5 hours ago

In the new national forest

Thanks, but L am not that old.

frankbeswick, 5 hours ago

The Boat Race

Possibly. Though the English came to Britain in boats.

frankbeswick, 5 hours ago

The Boat Race

Light boats moving rapidly brings the question of whether the sport could have links to the Vikings.

blackspanielgallery, 17 hours ago

In the new national forest

You wrote as though you were there the entire time of the developing trees.

blackspanielgallery, 17 hours ago

Global Warming: Warning from the Sky

The computer crashed afore I communicated another component of my comment below. Is The Winds of Change by Eugene Linden among your books read? The afore-indicated book is subtitled Climate, Weather, and the Destruction of Civlizations.

DerdriuMarriner, 1 day ago

Woodland Fungi

Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous observation and question (both from 3 years 1 month 8 days ago ;-D). Author Gabby Dawnay and illustrator Margaux Samson Abadie collaborated on Wild languages of Mother Nature for Wide ...

DerdriuMarriner, 1 day ago

White Nosed Coati (Nasua narica): New World Ringtail With Noxious Scent Glands for Defensive Volleys

Author Gabby Dawnay and illustrator Margaux Samson Abadie collaborated on Wild languages of Mother Nature for Wide Eyed Editions Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Not one of their 48 natural-world communicators included the white-nosed coati (Nasua ...

DerdriuMarriner, 1 day ago

In the new national forest

Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous observation and question. West-Atlantic pond-siders sometimes assert that the east-pond earthworm abides where once abided the native-American species. Are east-pond earthworms British ...

DerdriuMarriner, 1 day ago

In the new national forest

ZThe grey squirrel. Imported from America it has outcompeted the native red squirrel. Similarly, the American signal cray fish has nearly extincted the diminutive, much smaller, British species

frankbeswick, 2 days ago

In the new national forest

Thank you for your comments below in answer to my previous observations and questions. Is there the introduced-species downside of displacing an outcompeted native species?

DerdriuMarriner, 2 days ago

In the new national forest

The Sika was introduced by landowners who sought exotic specimens for their deer parks. As sika are biologically similar to the European red deer they can inhabit regions similar to those inhabited by its red deer relative. Furthermore, sika and ...

frankbeswick, 5 days ago

Rapunzel: the legend, the fairy tale, the truth

Such opportunities are easily found in Slovenia, of course. We have very rich (yet to be fully explored and mapped) karst world and less than an hour of drive there are mountains (Alps) over two thousand meters high (Slovenian part, of course, ...

Tolovaj, 5 days ago

Owston's Banded Palm Civets (Chrotogale owstoni): Ringtails of China, Laos, and Vietnam

Author Gabby Dawnay and illustrator Margaux Samson Abadie collaborated on Wild languages of Mother Nature for Wide Eyed Editions Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Not one of their 48 natural-world communicators included the Owston's banded palm civet. The ...

DerdriuMarriner, 5 days ago