Dead Cat in Road = Climate Change
Posted on 07/17/2023 5:22:21 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Changing conditions caused by climate change pose a potential risk to eastern wild turkeys in North Carolina and other Southern states, new research shows.
Reluctance by the species to vary when it begins nesting could put that cycle out of sync with evolving weather patterns, threatening the availability of food and protective vegetation, according to a newly published study in the journal Climate Change Ecology.
“There are implications here for turkey populations if individuals are inflexible in their ability to shift their reproductive activities, as resources are certainly going to change in the future,” said Chris Moorman, a professor in N.C. State’s Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology Program.
Future studies will explore other measures of turkey reproductive success, including whether temperature and rain affect the survival of nests and hatchlings.
“There could be a lot of factors interacting to cause declines, including timing of the hunting season, land-use change that impacts habitat, changes in predator populations, as well as weather, climate and diseases,” Boone said. “We need to begin chipping away at the questions to build a comprehensive understanding of the current and future threats to wild turkey population sustainability.”
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Phew, for a second there I thought they said Wild Turkey.
Of course their “scientific” model has no bias in it.
BS, ignorant BS and stupidity
The wild turkey species has learned to adapt to the world of men and the new habitat. Turkeys are thriving
I live in Western NC. Don ‘t remember a day I didn’t see several turkeys around. They are thick.
This is all made up speculation. But, you have to justify the grant money somehow...
And yet those turkeys make it through every summer, when the
temperatures go way up, far more than one degree.
Would you be willing to take a gubmint grant to start working on this problem?
I’m in Hawaii. We have lots of wild turkeys.
I tried to follow the science but it simply was not there. Then I followed the money and there was the science.
In college I worked in the lab of an actual scientist. He was the number one earner in the college. There were two ways to survive in college as a professor; publish stuff and bring in grants. He told us over beers, he was a big drinker, “the first question is to find out what they’re trying to prove. Then, regardless of what the data says, give them a report backing their thesis.” Quite frequently, the attached data said one thing and the report’s carefully worded conclusion implied the opposite. It wasn’t about science. it was about living well.
Dead Cat in Road = Climate Change
That is 100% true, from what I can tell.
“Phew, for a second there I thought they said Wild Turkey.”
That was a bit scary, wasn’t it.
Actually animals adapt to slight changes in the temperature. Much like humans do.
And, regardless of the constant bombardment of “we are all going to die” articles concerning summer, ignore them. We have had hot summers before. We have also had cooler than normal summers. Last summer, it was cooler than usual in the southeast. I don’t think we had any days where it got over a 100 degrees in northeast Georgia and that was unusual.
Also, except for the one week before Christmas, last winter was warmer than average. The world did not end although we may have more mosquitoes this summer due to the above normal winter temperatures.
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I think they are more threatened by high-velocity lead poisoning.
In other words: Stop driving your SUV or their will be not Thanksgiving Turkey. The climate change gods have spoken.
Winner!
Grant-funded speculation.
"Every turkey dies. Not every turkey truly lives!"
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