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I have to imagine a non-trivial number of them survive in areas with human settlements. Maybe they start getting more active when it warms up.
by naravara 4y ago
I have to imagine a non-trivial number of them survive in areas with human settlements. Maybe they start getting more active when it warms up.
- lazide 4y agoProbably not - they’re far worse where there aren’t humans for hundreds of miles. Mosquitos in the tundra are insane [https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/150915-Arctic-mosquito-warming-caribou-Greenland-climate-CO2 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/150915-Ar...]
- naravara 4y agoInteresting. I had heard caribou herds basically choose migration routes to avoid them so that makes sense.