Thanks SteveH. I dung think I would have seen this otherwise. Attn all: this marks my first posted topic since returning, also the first time I've added any keywords in that same time frame.
Thanks SteveH. I dung think I would have seen this otherwise. Attn all: this marks my first posted topic since returning, also the first time I've added any keywords in that same time frame.
Welcome back! Missed your posts!
Interesting. I do not think there is any question that large animals helped make nutrients available, spread bacteria, and fertilized the earth. However....
As something of a gardener, I have to argue here for the earthworm. Earth worms predate Dinosaurs and are little soil enriching bacteria factories. What comes out is more nutrient rich than the inputs, and they have been at it a longer time. The Dinosaurs, for the most part, came and went. (The Conquering Worm endures!)
https://www.quora.com/How-old-are-earthworms-as-a-species
“Earthworms had almost certainly started emerging by the Devonian period when plants began to spread across dry land and develop roots. Fossils have been found for modern forms from the following Carboniferous period 360-300 MYA.
So yes, they predate the Dinosaurs. Worms in general pre-date all vertebrates. When exactly earthworms got a foothold in the soil is hard to pinpoint, my guess is that the spread of free sporing vascular plants expanded a new ecological niche which earthworms filled.”
LOL...a six-year-old student of mine who has a big dog told me yesterday that she wants a HORSE for Christmas. Although there are horses in my community, her home is not on a lot appropriate for horses. So I said to her...”When you walk Bella, do you pick up her poops like you are supposed to?”
“Eyew” she said “Yes!”
“Well”, I said, “If you have a horse, you have to go to his stable every night with boots and a shovel, ‘cuz their poops are YUGE!”
From the expression on her face, I think I just did Santa a big favor. He OWES me!
