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If you put acid in a gut you have just more acid. Why we don't "cook from inside" each day then? This birds live and nest in the tundra; not a place short of a
by pvaldes 5y ago
If you put acid in a gut you have just more acid. Why we don't "cook from inside" each day then?
This birds live and nest in the tundra; not a place short of acid soils and acid water. Again, why they don't dissolve resting all day in permafrost mud?
So maybe they should consider a different explanation? Lack of food in tired migrant birds?, because nothing grows in that waters... plus poisons in water. Lead maybe?. Keep shooting.
Birds remaining too much time in the water could be solved providing a few artificial islands in the center. Even building a second pond with healthy water a few thousand meters away would be more simple and even cheaper that shooting at birds all the time for years (after all they have a lot of digging machines available yet). Smaller pool with food or big pool without any food? Does not seem like a difficult choice. Give them protection and food and will say goodbye in a heartbeat.
More simple but less funny, of course. Apart of that, the number of man-hours spent on this looks like a total waste.
And putting chalk in the water would fix it and should be doable, because you just need to reach safe tundra levels, that are very acidic yet. Chalk is relatively cheap. Why is that "too expensive" for the company?. Better kill the animals instead to do something really useful?.
- ceejayoz 5y ago> If you put acid in a gut you have just more acid. Why we don't "cook from inside" each day then? If you reflux a lot, it'll scar your mouth and esophagus. That the stomach is built to handle acid doesn't mean the tubes leading to it necessarily are.
- pvaldes 5y agoGood point. A problem that is mitigated if you are herbivorous, and chomp all day a lot of grass and other things that contain calcium, like goose do. Aquatic birds can deal or at least understand the concept of extreme conditions in water. You will not see a flamingo dissolving, and they live in extreme alkaline waters. They know were is time to go. In any case there are several solutions that would put an end to the problem or alleviate a lot it at least. Is a question of money, but also of will. If there are a lot of birds dying in your pool, maybe you should admit that the water is not only acidic but also poisonous and that they are desperate for the lack of suitable habitats. Solution, just build a second damned pool close and keep it clean and full of shrubs, reeds and plants. As long as birds can choose to stand or fly and feel safe, they would favor the correct pond. Or even better, fix your water in the main pond.
- ceejayoz 5y ago> If there are a lot of birds dying in your pool, maybe you should admit that the water is not only acidic but also poisonous... It's an abandoned copper mine. I suspect they're aware. It's a Superfund site.
- Justin_K 5y agoLol before making your rant, you should know they don't shoot the animals, the shoot near them to scare them away.
- pvaldes 5y agoThe effects of lead pellets in marshes as bird mass poisoner is a well known problem in ecology. They are worsening the problem.
- HNTA_1 5y agoLead shot has been federally banned for almost three decades.
- Justin_K 5y agoIt's not a marsh, it's a deep pit left over from mining
- smcl 5y agoI think you might need to just remember that what you've watched is a little 10 minute simplified video for public consumption. We didn't see any of the planning that went into this, we just saw a bit of footage of some drones, some other equipment and a rifle. So as complete outsiders it is a bit naive of any of us to assume they're making basic mistakes (like - they haven't considered alternative methods, whether their solutions are making it worse, whether they're even using lead pellets ...) and we know a better course of action.
- Justin_K 5y agoThe area is so toxic, a few lead rounds is the least if concern.