The Sound Of Settled Science

11 Replies to “The Sound Of Settled Science”

1. Same thing with First Nations settlements.

2. Deer, bears, squirrels and raccoons among other animals just love being around people. Free food. Where do they think dogs came from? What’s not to like.

   1. I know, I mean seriously, they used the term surprisingly?

3. Some really cool archaeology on animal bones has been finding multiple die off periods do to mostly astroid strikes.
   One die off periods of the mastodons found pitting on the bones indicating that a massive wind flailed through the thick skin and muscle to pit the bones with rocks.

   In another time period of die offs, they found the bones were roasted by heat.

   Many times even in our human history, massive flooding has taken place.
   A least 3 times since our pyramids have been around.

   1. Our pyramids?

      1. Men built them.

4. Recently shot an alpha rat in the backyard.
   The beasties are attracted to the bird seed, but that’s a supplement, not sustenance, I know.
   The rat was like Willem Dafoe in Platoon FFS.
   Had to fill it with lead and finally went out and used the axe on it as the twitching was driving me nuts.
   Squirrels are ridiculous. I’m not “allowed” to cull those fckers.
   Too many crows and starlings – plague levels.
   Heard a great horned owl one night a few weeks back – probably rat hunting.

5. My region of Manitoba has become overrun with deer over the past decade. Now the coyotes are moving in to feast on them and various pets. When I was growing up in the 70s it was rare to see a deer.

   The deer not only get hit by cars a lot, but also wreak havoc on horticultural crops. I could do with fewer of them.

6. We have a dozen or so deer frequenting our grounds during the winter. They bed right down under our cedar windbreaks and clean up the sunflower seeds and cracked grains that the finches leave behind. They play a game with Ol’ Abe, our Greater Glengarry Moosehound. He charges out the door raising hell, and they bound off. He stops at the 25-yard line, and they stop. And when he comes back in the house growling and bristling, they saunter back to the sunflower seeds and white cedar tips.

7. I had a very mangy coyote on my front lawn the other day. An armed farmer would have killed it with a .22 out of mercy. I was at an oilsands site and noticed a herd of deer near the facility. One of the regulars said that he thinks the deer hang out near the humans because they are more safe from wolves which don’t come near. A few months ago I was driving to a different oilsands operation and saw a lynx standing on the side of the road. I got to camp and was approached by a grey fox. I am sure the fox was expecting me to feed him. He left disappointed.

8. “But with 8 billion of us now covering the land on Earth, steering clear of us has become difficult.

   What utter drivel, propaganda. The earth is essentially deserted. Only city dwellers living in concrete towers think the world is paved because theirs is. They don’t get out but assume they are experts.