Posted on 03/03/2017 10:34:37 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Moose calves across northern New England are dying at alarming rates, and scientists believe that deadly parasites benefiting from shorter winters are the primary culprits.
Winter ticks have taken a toll on moose across Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, killing about 70 percent of moose calves. Winter ticks attach themselves to a single moose by the tens of thousands.
Its just off the charts; this should not happen with such frequency, said Pete Pekins, chairman of the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment at the University of New Hampshire (UNH). This is about a calf carrying 75,000 ticks that are draining it of blood.
Winter ticks may be thriving in part due to the New England ecosystem being disrupted by global climate change. According to AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Brett Anderson, the average winter temperature in Maine has climbed 4 degrees Fahrenheit between 1895 and 2015.
This region of the country is one of the areas thats warming the fastest in the lower 48 (U.S. states), Anderson said.
(Excerpt) Read more at accuweather.com ...
Blood sucking ticks are weather resistant in DC.
LOL!
That is what I meant....... it swings one way or another. It’s colder here in the Northwest(much colder) and warmer there. However, the “warmer everywhere” predictions have not come to fruition despite the apocalyptic predictions of the last decades by the disciples of Gore and the UN.
They put their fake news keyword (climate change) right in the headline saving people the trouble of having to read it.
How nice of them.
LOL, they are always up to no good ;)
I remember reading about moose being so covered in ticks that they sprayed blood on the snow when they shook in Outdoor Life 40 years ago.
Well, I already do the Caribou and Impala ping lists so no time to ping the moose crowd too!
Fake news...
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