Month: September 2022
Megafauna
“We found that after the larger bodied cats went extinct, the jaguar became the top carnivore and shifted its diet to focus on bison, probably largely babies—a niche previously filled by the extinct cats,” Smith said. “Mountain lions who had been previously absent likely because of competition became common and lynx also shifted their diet and body size.”
University of New Mexico Report
A surprise?
more updates later
Simulation of a passenger pigeon flock.
This is a simulation of a passenger pigeon flock. Its accuracy is likely faulty since the pigeons were gone before video but it gives a possible impression of what it was like.
I think Steve is still working on a passenger pigeon book.
E. O. Wilson would love it.
Our research published today provides an approximate answer. We conservatively estimate our planet harbours about 20 quadrillion ants. That’s 20 thousand million millions, or in numerical form, 20,000,000,000,000,000 (20 with 15 zeroes).
