They just gotta throw that in........
Posted on 04/25/2017 6:09:47 PM PDT by Loyalist
A narrow strip of land connecting Nova Scotia to New Brunswick is a lifeline for maritime moose in the mood to mate—and it’s under threat
The Chignecto Isthmus—the corridor connecting New Brunswick to Nova Scotia that at its narrowest is just 24 km wide—poses a uniquely Canadian problem. On one side of the land bridge thrives a healthy population of more than 25,000 moose; on the other, numbers have dwindled to as few as 500. Long classified as endangered, the Nova Scotia moose is perilously close to extinction.
All moose face poaching, parasites, climate change and habitat loss. But unlike their neighbours, Nova Scotia moose were dealt an unlucky geographical hand. “Any animal moving in or out has to pass through the isthmus, the geographical formation between the Bay of Fundy and the Northumberland Strait,” explains Paula Noel, New Brunswick program manager at the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC). But the corridor is increasingly a pinch-point for travelling wildlife: if the expansion of roadways and housing developments in the area continues, says Noel, “we’re going to have problems.”
In that event, she warns, Nova Scotia will become “almost an island, with less wildlife diversity and genetic variation.” This presents a larger problem: “Isolation is a big deal,” says Joe Nocera, assistant professor of wildlife ecology at the University of New Brunswick. “There’s not enough connectivity between populations and zero potential to share genes.” Inbred moose, for example, have lower-than-normal birth rates and body masses, leading to further decline in populations.
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That said, actual moose sex is “not particularly romantic,” says Nocera. “They do it like most ungulates do, which is the male goes into hormonal overdrive during rutting season and finds a receptive female. That’s pretty much the end of the male’s role,” he adds.
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More sister biting required?
climate change and habitat loss...
#### the moose.
Earth will keep spinning.
I’m pretty sure Moose can survive changes in temperature exceeding a fraction of a degree.
Next.
Been there. Didn’t do that. Didn’t even know about it. Was my honeymoon, too.
And heeeeeeeeere we go!
I object!! I object to the entire premise of this article!!
This article is “hetero normative” and blindly “binary” with regard to moose sexual behavior and mating.
What about the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered moose? What about their needs? What about their mating corridors and pathways??
They just gotta throw that in........
Mrs Submareener says: Put in a pipeline!!
Sweeden and Germany are making up for these lost sex corridors.
Always Moose and Squirrel!!!!
The solution, of course, is more Tim Horton’s http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3158550/posts
Ping
Well, from reading the story, apperently I have a brother in law who thinks he’s a moose!
lol. Now i have to actually READ the story!
And don’t worry. I have two brother in laws who are definitely asses.
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