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June 1, 2007
Ecokooks Dream of Recreating Pleistocene Age
Mankind's crimes against Gaia didn't begin with the SUV. The tragic spread of the human race resulted in the decline of megafauna like mastodons and giant wolves at the end of Pleistocene age.
But moonbats at Scientific American hope we can still set things to right by "re-wilding" Europe, restoring ecosystems from 50,000 years ago. In addition to the "reinvigoration" of the wolf and bear populations,
Scientists should also consider reintroducing 11 additional megafauna species: the Asiatic lion, leopard, spotted hyena, dhole, horse, cattle, Asiatic wild ass, Asiatic elephant, hippopotamus, water buffalo and hairy rhinoceros.
The caveman in the Geico commercials will be delighted to see the Pleistocene restored. But as V the K notes, it might be a better idea to see if they can't figure out how to repopulate Europe with Europeans.
Posted by Van Helsing at June 1, 2007 2:00 PM
Comments
Talk abot living in a fantasy world. The areas they want to 're-wild' are incapable of supporting any sort of megafauna these days, unless they uproot millions of people and basically destroy our ability to feed ourselves so that the land can be returned to the wild. I mean, everything bigger than a pig around here is a domestic animal these days. A lot of the animals they're talking about have been gone for several thousand years. The environment has changed irrevocably from when these beasts roamed. They'd be consigning any animals they introduced to a lingering death, and in the process they'd uproot millions of people and basically destroy the economies if europe. As if that particular feat needed any help.
I'm not even sure where they're going to get a wooly mammoth...
Posted by: Archonix at June 1, 2007 2:43 PM
I'm still hung up on the Asiatic wild ass. Couldn't some of our Democrats qualify for that position?
Posted by: Steve at June 1, 2007 3:07 PM
CAVEMAN: "You can have my comfortable MODERN lifestyle when you pry it from my cold, dead hands!"
Posted by: KHarn at June 1, 2007 6:26 PM
There are some recent articles about an early Holocene comet impact in North America that might have contributed more to the megafauna extinctions in North America, than did "early man".
As Trackbacks don't seem to be available here, I blogged a little more about this Deep Ecologist concept and the comet event - http://geosciblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/living-in-past.html
Posted by: joe-6-pack at June 1, 2007 8:51 PM
Meanwhile, California just approved gay conjugal visits for its inmates.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,277254,00.html
Posted by: The Panday at June 2, 2007 3:08 AM
panday - californistan is always on the leading edge...
kim jong ilness should qualify for the "asiatic wild ass" - nix that one!
why can people NOT leave well enough alone and concern themselves with people first? do they even have enough carbon credits for this project? i'm not cuttin' loose with any of mine.
Posted by: nanc at June 2, 2007 5:53 AM
Joe, sorry about the lack of trackbacks. I was getting too much trackback spam to keep up with.
Posted by: Van Helsing at June 2, 2007 8:03 AM
