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Climate change: Animals shapeshifting to stay cool, study says
BBC News ^
| September 8, 2021
Posted on 09/08/2021 6:06:35 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
When you hear the word "shapeshifting" you probably think of a sci-fi or horror film, and not the climate.
But that's what scientists say is happening to some animals in response to climate change.
Warm-blooded species are evolving to have larger beaks, legs and ears to regulate body temperature as the planet warms up, a new study suggests.
The scientists behind the study warn the physiological changes do not mean animals are coping with climate change.
"A lot of the time when climate change is discussed, people are asking 'can humans overcome this?' or 'what technology can solve this?'" says the study's author, Sara Ryding, from Deakin University.
"It's high-time we recognised that animals also have to adapt to these changes."
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: animals; chat; chatforum; climatechange; climatechangehoax; fakenews; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; godsgravesglyphs; greennewdeal; hoax; notnews; propaganda; shapeshifting; socialism
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
They do!
My dog lays out flat on the patio in the shade!...................
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posted on
09/08/2021 6:07:31 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
09/08/2021 6:09:38 AM PDT
by
EEGator
To: Oldeconomybuyer
The only way to save the planet is to kill all the white people.
We _get_ it....
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posted on
09/08/2021 6:10:05 AM PDT
by
cgbg
(A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
These people will stop at nothing with their propaganda
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posted on
09/08/2021 6:10:15 AM PDT
by
rdcbn1
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Too many people are smokin dope.
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posted on
09/08/2021 6:11:48 AM PDT
by
HighSierra5
(The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
> animals shapeshifting <
What a relief. When I first glanced at the headline, I thought it said animals were shoplifting. And I gotta tell you, there’s nothing worse than a shoplifting animal (especially kangaroos).
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posted on
09/08/2021 6:12:09 AM PDT
by
Leaning Right
(I have alrseady previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
To: Red Badger
We had some hot days this summer. I noticed that the dog didn’t change his habits (laying on the bed on the warm 2nd story floor). The cat however would hang out on the tile landing in the basement where it was much cooler.
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posted on
09/08/2021 6:13:14 AM PDT
by
21twelve
(Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful!)
To: Leaning Right; Salamander
Shoplifting animal ping. 🐍
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posted on
09/08/2021 6:16:22 AM PDT
by
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Liberals are the shapeshifters! Around election time they pretend to be centrists and then immediately turn left on every issue. Of course, it’s not climate change causing this, they have always talked out of both sides of their mouths!
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posted on
09/08/2021 6:18:31 AM PDT
by
outofsalt
(If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
To: 21twelve
Cats are smarter than dogs................
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posted on
09/08/2021 6:20:46 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
99.9 percent of species having existed on Earth are extinct. Everything living today is the 0.1 percent and am told to be worried ....... LOL
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posted on
09/08/2021 6:22:47 AM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
(The enemy has US surrounded. God’s speed FRiends)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
“It’s high-time we recognised that animals also have to adapt to these changes.”
And adapt (evolve) they will. If they don’t they will perish as have so many millions of species have over our planets history.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Warm-blooded species are evolving to have larger beaks, legs and ears
They are not evolving. There is no added information in their genetic code and there are no new species. Their genetic code already has the information needed, they are just adapting.
The elite scientists have changed the meaning of the word "evolution" so that any change in any animal can be claimed as evolution.
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posted on
09/08/2021 6:24:10 AM PDT
by
wbarmy
(I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
So much for natural selection and evolution. Suddenly animals can shapeshift.
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posted on
09/08/2021 6:25:56 AM PDT
by
NicoDon
To: Oldeconomybuyer
My last girlfriend was like that.
She started off hot.
Then she shape shifted and became not so hot.
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posted on
09/08/2021 6:26:16 AM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Warm-blooded species are evolving to have larger beaks, legs and ears to regulate body temperature as the planet warms up, a new study suggests. I'm evolving larger eye muscles myself, as the need has risen to roll eyes faster and further up.
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posted on
09/08/2021 6:29:07 AM PDT
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Buttons12
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To: Leaning Right
So true.
I’ve seen videos of ducks, coons and bears walking out of convenience stores without paying for the snacks. Given the pouch and those getaway legs, a looter kangaroo would not stop at a bag of chips. *shudder*
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posted on
09/08/2021 6:33:08 AM PDT
by
Buttons12
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
One time i was walking my new puppy (Blue Heeler) down the street. We stopped in to a toy store to look at toys for my grandchild - left without buying anything. A minute later, we're walking down the sidewalk and the sales girl is behind us going "sir? excuse me. I think your dog left without paying for something" I go "huh?" I look down and the puppy is sheepishly looking up at us with a giant stuffed Great White Shark toy in her mouth. Oh, boy, "you're going to jail, now"
Thnakfully, the young lady took the toy away, wiped off the schmutz and returned to the store with the toy. No charges were pressed.
A week later the puppy ate an old brick she found in the yard. Gotta love the Blue Heelers
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posted on
09/08/2021 6:42:24 AM PDT
by
atc23
(The Matriarchal Society we embrace has led to masks and mandates.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Oh, I thought the title said “shoplifting” it says “shapeshifting” - I feel dumb, now. Must Have More Coffee
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posted on
09/08/2021 6:43:48 AM PDT
by
atc23
(The Matriarchal Society we embrace has led to masks and mandates.)
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