To: driftdiver
As a child in MS, I never saw pelicans on the beach, It was all blamed on ddt. I guess maybe 10 years ago they started coming back and now all over the place. What I don't understand if ddt wiped out the pelicans eggs, why didn't it wipe out every other species of bird on the gulf coast? Like the seagulls or the skimmers or the least terns , etc.
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12/25/2006 5:42:39 PM PST by
mosquewatch.com
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To: mosquewatch.com
"What I don't understand if ddt wiped out the pelicans eggs, why didn't it wipe out every other species of bird on the gulf coast? Like the seagulls or the skimmers or the least terns , etc."
The decline was more likely due to general pollution and poor wildlife management. As the environment became cleaner and management better the various birds species came back.
DDT had nothing to do with the bird problem but it was a convenient tool for those that believed over population was the greatest threat to the globe.
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