tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post7309675620086281404..comments2023-12-23T05:14:34.273-05:00Comments on Wit's End: The Little Things That Rule the World - from secretive insects to mysterious whalesGail Zawackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-50674434679572327792012-02-09T19:01:44.871-05:002012-02-09T19:01:44.871-05:00That's what it means to be the top predator.That's what it means to be the top predator.Gail Zawackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-27008686342472522762012-02-09T18:58:12.300-05:002012-02-09T18:58:12.300-05:00I guess almost the only species that isn't in ...I guess almost the only species that isn't in decline is <i>homo sap</i> --<b>YET...</b><br /><br />DaveWKeenOn350https://www.blogger.com/profile/06456731616821672577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-19612604047312513232012-02-07T14:04:00.952-05:002012-02-07T14:04:00.952-05:00Well, I have tried and tried to talk to my childre...Well, I have tried and tried to talk to my children about this, and it has for the most part fallen on deaf ears. In the end, Windsong, I cannot control them, and the rare occasions I can see them mean more than anything else to me. If I could persuade them to stay in one place, power down and farm and prepare for the inevitable crash, instead of flying around the world, I would! In fact, it's one of the reasons I write this blog.Gail Zawackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-58050667788111086542012-02-07T13:53:47.998-05:002012-02-07T13:53:47.998-05:00Re: Saturday, February 4, 2012 post
"But, one...Re: Saturday, February 4, 2012 post<br />"But, one morning this week I was asked to drive from Wit's End to the Newark airport, so of course I happily complied. She was returning to her winter sojourn in Florida, where she is subjecting her fabulous dressage stallion to rigorous training."<br />I must be terse.<br />Your gasoline burning car trip delivery of a jet fuel burning passenger for elective non essential reasons, "fabulous dressage", show how easy tree killing pollution can be excused.<br />Leaves are falling from every tree by the bushel basket with every wisp of wind, here in car crazy Santa Barbara, California. Cars, trucks, motorcycles speed by with wreck-less abandon, as high velocity power blowers blast toxic traffic dust onto the leaves. Airliners stuffed with self absorbed passengers slice across the sky all the while.<br />As the trees and flowers die, the birds and bees perish forever.<br />I will no longer spend my time, or the electricity re-visiting "Wit's End".<br />Sincerely,<br />WindSpirit<br />Ps If unwanted cats are driven great distances to Wit's End to to be bird predators where bird habitat is being lost, is terrible...you should talk reason to these people as well.WindSpirithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14543636298078329875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-8292164762800701732012-02-07T11:57:57.750-05:002012-02-07T11:57:57.750-05:00Yes, Laurance is the Australian scientist I wrote ...Yes, Laurance is the Australian scientist I wrote about here: http://witsendnj.blogspot.com/2012/02/when-vegetation-rioted-earth-and-big.html<br /><br />He told me in hindsight he should have considered pollution. Oh well. Meanwhile even more dolphins beaching on the Cape http://thecomingcrisis.blogspot.com/2012/02/cape-cod-massachusetts-stranded-dolphin.htmlGail Zawackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-20555441016060278032012-02-07T11:49:56.278-05:002012-02-07T11:49:56.278-05:00ME AGAIN,
not a word about pollution! is that not...ME AGAIN,<br /><br />not a word about pollution! is that not amazing!:<br /> <br />just read http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jan/26/giant-trees-dying<br />they talk fragmentation of forest but forget to mention fragmentation of human brain<br /><br />have a good daymichele/montrealnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-48063574769018770702012-02-06T19:44:04.822-05:002012-02-06T19:44:04.822-05:00That Mantis at the top of the page may be the most...That Mantis at the top of the page may be the most fantastic looking creature I have ever seen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-39265366142676836072012-02-06T18:13:12.059-05:002012-02-06T18:13:12.059-05:00We now know what ecosystem collapse looks like and...We now know what ecosystem collapse looks like and that it takes years, but within the lifetime of a human. It's a 'bottom-up' effect, unless the Earth gets hit by an asteroid, then it's everywhere-at-once. I wonder about the millions of kinds of soil bacteria and how their proportions are changing. Who would know?<br /><br />I've certainly noticed the shortage of insects around my house. Interesting that we can blame it on ozone. Even the palmetto bugs (giant cockroaches) are gone. <br /><br />Update for Joni Mitchell's 'Big Yellow Taxi'.<br /><br />"Take pictures of the trees and put them in a tree museum."<br /><br />catmanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-39253627095993658682012-02-06T17:53:00.188-05:002012-02-06T17:53:00.188-05:00You're right Michele - I remember being horrif...You're right Michele - I remember being horrified when I read this<br /><br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jan/12/tagging-penguins-survival-ratesGail Zawackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-70516219901434599462012-02-06T17:47:52.157-05:002012-02-06T17:47:52.157-05:00one thing I found disheartening in the full articl...one thing I found disheartening in the full article on whales (that i read a few days ago) is that the "scientists" are tagging all the dolphins and whales that they try to return to the ocean. It is so discouraging to know that all the living creatures they put their hands on, they tag (with devices that will end up in the ocean eventually) and then try to "follow" on their computer screens. It is absolute craziness. This species is out of its mind.michele/montrealnoreply@blogger.com