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> Also, the "bugs evolve away" would need evolutionary pressure being involved I do not claim that evolution is the reason for the reduction in dead bugs, but

by orlp 4y ago

> Also, the "bugs evolve away" would need evolutionary pressure being involved I do not claim that evolution is the reason for the reduction in dead bugs, but if "go near road" has a increased risk of death due to automobiles, there absolutely is selective pressure to not "go near road". Bugs that get killed by cars don't procreate (again) after all.

queuep 4y ago
I read last week about mooses avoiding certain hunting spots during hunting season. Link in Swedish, not sure how scientific this is but… https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/mQQWbO/algarna-overlistar-jagarna-forsvinner-under-jakten https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/mQQWbO/algarna-overlist...
- denton-scratch 4y ago
  Is "moose" a word like "sheep", that is it's own plural? (I honestly don't know, but "mooses" sounded odd).
  - someweirdperson 4y ago
    My guess would have been meese. Luckily, all the information is out there. > "plural moose or (dated, rare) mooses or (non-standard, jocular) meese" [0] [0] https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/moose https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/moose
  - magicalhippo 4y ago
    Many much moosen https://youtu.be/CafPNEWnDhk https://youtu.be/CafPNEWnDhk
actionfromafar 4y ago
Yes but the pressure is weaker than one might intuitively guess. There are billions of bugs. Even near roads, very few of them are going to be hit by cars, comparatively. Near roads there often are ditches with some water or moisture, making an environment otherwise beneficial for bugs. Also, decreased road side windshield bug smashing coincides with measured loss of insect biomass: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline_in_insect_populations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline_in_insect_populations Disputing that feels more and more like disputing global warming being a thing.
- orlp 4y ago
  > Disputing that feels more and more like disputing global warming being a thing. There's a reason I started my comment with "I do not claim that evolution is the reason for the reduction in dead bugs". I was just nitpicking and not trying to be the devil's advocate.

by orlp 4y ago

queuep 4y ago

I read last week about mooses avoiding certain hunting spots during hunting season. Link in Swedish, not sure how scientific this is but… https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/mQQWbO/algarna-overlistar-jagarna-forsvinner-under-jakten https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/mQQWbO/algarna-overlist...

denton-scratch 4y ago
Is "moose" a word like "sheep", that is it's own plural? (I honestly don't know, but "mooses" sounded odd).
- someweirdperson 4y ago
  My guess would have been meese. Luckily, all the information is out there. > "plural moose or (dated, rare) mooses or (non-standard, jocular) meese" [0] [0] https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/moose https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/moose
- magicalhippo 4y ago
  Many much moosen https://youtu.be/CafPNEWnDhk https://youtu.be/CafPNEWnDhk

actionfromafar 4y ago

Yes but the pressure is weaker than one might intuitively guess. There are billions of bugs. Even near roads, very few of them are going to be hit by cars, comparatively. Near roads there often are ditches with some water or moisture, making an environment otherwise beneficial for bugs. Also, decreased road side windshield bug smashing coincides with measured loss of insect biomass: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline_in_insect_populations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline_in_insect_populations Disputing that feels more and more like disputing global warming being a thing.

orlp 4y ago
> Disputing that feels more and more like disputing global warming being a thing. There's a reason I started my comment with "I do not claim that evolution is the reason for the reduction in dead bugs". I was just nitpicking and not trying to be the devil's advocate.