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25000 bees are a minute fraction of the worldwide total. One deer is a minute fraction of the worldwide total, I'd assert their impact is on the same order of
by sageikosa 13y ago
25000 bees are a minute fraction of the worldwide total. One deer is a minute fraction of the worldwide total, I'd assert their impact is on the same order of magnitude. Can we all stop examining local news and panicking globally?
If you started finding lots of deer dead in the woods, I might be concerned; on the side of the road, not so much.
If you started finding bees dead in their hive (which does happen, but not in this case), I might be concerned; finding them dead by bee toxic trees that have been recently sprayed with insecticide, not so much.
- sliverstorm 13y agoCan we all stop examining local news and panicking globally? Am I coming across as panicky? I don't really see that... I'm just pointing out that deer don't have the same keystone role in large ecosystems as major pollinators.
- sageikosa 13y agoMy point has been and continues to be that the 25000 bees of the referenced story are not indicative of a major catastrophe, they are indicative of a local anomaly.