That doesn't surprise me. Forest fires historically have not been a problem. They play various roles in maintaining a healthy and thriving ecosystem (see https:

That doesn't surprise me. Forest fires historically have not been a problem. They play various roles in maintaining a healthy and thriving ecosystem (see https://mylandplan.org/content/good-and-bad-forest-fires https://mylandplan.org/content/good-and-bad-forest-fires). It makes sense that animals that survived natural selection processes help cultivate those fires in a sort of synergistic cycle. For those interested, there's also a great TED Talk from a US Forest Service expert on why modern wildfires have become a problem (https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_hessburg_why_wildfires_have_gotten_worse_and_what_we_can_do_about_it https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_hessburg_why_wildfires_have_g...), making clear why forest fires were not an issue all this time.