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What sticks out to you guys in this article as flat out propaganda?
Posted on 7/22/19 at 10:05 am
Posted on 7/22/19 at 10:05 am
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Jesus the media is pathetic.
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American crocodiles, once headed toward extinction, are thriving at an unusual spot — the canals surrounding a South Florida nuclear plant. Last week, 73 crocodile hatchlings were rescued by a team of specialists at Florida Power & Light’s Turkey Point nuclear plant and dozens more are expected to emerge soon. Turkey Point’s 168-mile (270 kilometers) of man-made canals serve as the home to several hundred crocodiles, where a team of specialists working for FPL monitors and protects them from hunting and climate change. From January to April, Michael Lloret, an FPL wildlife biologist and crocodile specialist, helps create nests and ponds on berms for crocodiles to nest. Once the hatchlings are reared and left by the mother, the team captures them. They are measured and tagged with microchips to observe their development. Lloret then relocates them to increase survival rates. “We entice crocodiles to come in to the habitats FPL created,” Lloret said. “We clear greenery on the berms so that the crocodiles can nest. Because of rising sea levels wasting nests along the coasts, Turkey Point is important for crocodiles to continue.” The canals are one of three major US habitats for crocodiles, where 25% of the 2,000 American crocodiles live. The FPL team has been credited for moving the classification of crocodiles on the Endangered Species Act to “threatened” from “endangered” in 2007. The team has tagged 7,000 babies since it was established in 1978. Temperature determines the crocodiles’ sex: the hotter it is the more likely males are hatched. Lloret said this year’s hatchlings are male-heavy due to last month being the hottest June on record globally. Because hatchlings released are at the bottom of the food chain, only a small fraction survives to be adults. Lloret said they at least have a fighting chance at Turkey Point, away from humans who hunted them to near-extinction out of greed and fear even though attacks are rare. Only one crocodile attack has ever been recorded in the U.S. - a couple were both bitten while swimming in a South Florida canal in 2014, but both survived. “American crocodiles have a bad reputation when they are just trying to survive,” Lloret said. “They are shy and want nothing to do with us. Humans are too big to be on their menu.”
Jesus the media is pathetic.
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Posted on 7/22/19 at 10:06 am to bamarep
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Because of rising sea levels
ETA:
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Temperature determines the crocodiles’ sex: the hotter it is the more likely males are hatched. Lloret said this year’s hatchlings are male-heavy due to last month being the hottest June on record global
This post was edited on 7/22/19 at 10:09 am
Posted on 7/22/19 at 10:07 am to bamarep
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team of specialists working for FPL monitors and protects them from hunting and climate change.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 10:10 am to Wtodd
You guys are good.
From PBS
But, we're gonna save them from climate change.
I'll say again, my God the media is pathetic.
From PBS
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Crocodiles are the ultimate survivors. Having arisen some 200 million years ago, they have outlived the dinosaurs by some 65 million years. Even humans, the most fearsome predators ever to stalk the Earth, have failed to force into extinction any of the 23 species of crocodilians. What makes them such consummate survivors? NOVA sought answers from James Perran Ross, a croc researcher at the Florida Museum of Natural History and coordinator of the Crocodile Specialist Group, an international body devoted to conserving crocodilians of all stripes.
But, we're gonna save them from climate change.
I'll say again, my God the media is pathetic.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 10:11 am to bamarep
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You guys are good
We have good bullshite meters
Posted on 7/22/19 at 10:11 am to bamarep
quote:Well the annual one-tenth of one inch rise has to have some effect.
Because of rising sea levels wasting nests along the coasts
Posted on 7/22/19 at 10:11 am to bamarep
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away from humans who hunted them to near-extinction out of greed and fear even though attacks are rare.
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protects them from hunting and climate change.
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of rising sea levels wasting nests along the coasts,
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being the hottest June on record globally.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 10:12 am to bamarep
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American crocodiles, once headed toward extinction, are thriving at an unusual spot — the canals surrounding a South Florida nuclear plant. Last week, 73 crocodile hatchlings were rescued by a team of specialists at Florida Power & Light’s Turkey Point nuclear plant and dozens more are expected to emerge soon. Turkey Point’s 168-mile (270 kilometers) of man-made canals serve as the home to several hundred crocodiles, where a team of specialists working for FPL monitors and protects them from hunting and climate change. From January to April, Michael Lloret, an FPL wildlife biologist and crocodile specialist, helps create nests and ponds on berms for crocodiles to nest. Once the hatchlings are reared and left by the mother, the team captures them. They are measured and tagged with microchips to observe their development. Lloret then relocates them to increase survival rates. “We entice crocodiles to come in to the habitats FPL created,” Lloret said. “We clear greenery on the berms so that the crocodiles can nest. Because of rising sea levels wasting nests along the coasts, Turkey Point is important for crocodiles to continue.” The canals are one of three major US habitats for crocodiles, where 25% of the 2,000 American crocodiles live. The FPL team has been credited for moving the classification of crocodiles on the Endangered Species Act to “threatened” from “endangered” in 2007. The team has tagged 7,000 babies since it was established in 1978. Temperature determines the crocodiles’ sex: the hotter it is the more likely males are hatched. Lloret said this year’s hatchlings are male-heavy due to last month being the hottest June on record globally. Because hatchlings released are at the bottom of the food chain, only a small fraction survives to be adults. Lloret said they at least have a fighting chance at Turkey Point, away from humans who hunted them to near-extinction out of greed and fear even though attacks are rare. Only one crocodile attack has ever been recorded in the U.S. - a couple were both bitten while swimming in a South Florida canal in 2014, but both survived. “American crocodiles have a bad reputation when they are just trying to survive,” Lloret said. “They are shy and want nothing to do with us. Humans are too big to be on their menu.”
I got PTSD and TDS from this article
Posted on 7/22/19 at 10:12 am to 1897
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protects them from hunting and climate change
So, just frick natural selection, right? You want to help animals out - literally leave them alone. If you coddle the weak, they will reproduce weak offspring.
Just look at humanity - Americans under 40, especially (no offense to you exceptional Millenials out there, of course - we had our share of weaklings in Gen-X but the percentages just seem much lower from my perspective).
Posted on 7/22/19 at 10:16 am to Ace Midnight
They started mandating warning labels on everything and we've gone downhill from there.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 10:22 am to bamarep
They're attracted to that area because the water is always warm.
Same thing happens with manatees near the nuclear plant in the St. John's river
Same thing happens with manatees near the nuclear plant in the St. John's river
Posted on 7/22/19 at 10:26 am to Wtodd
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Temperature determines the crocodiles’ sex: the hotter it is the more likely males are hatched.
This part is true
Lloret said this year’s hatchlings are male-heavy due to last month being the hottest June on record global
This part may or may not be true. I have my doubts though. At least not for the reason mentioned in the article.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 10:30 am to bamarep
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American crocodiles
Are crocodile native to Florida?? or are they an introduced species like giant pythons??
just curious - never thought of them as native species.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 10:34 am to bamarep
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rising sea levels wasting nests along the coasts
Crocodiles generally prefer fresh water.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 10:35 am to ChineseBandit58
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Are crocodile native to Florida??
Yep
Posted on 7/22/19 at 10:37 am to NC_Tigah
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Well the annual one-tenth of one inch rise has to have some effect.
Does that account for land subsidence??
Posted on 7/22/19 at 10:40 am to upgrayedd
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They're attracted to that area because the water is always warm.
Same thing happens with manatees near the nuclear plant in the St. John's river
Exactly, so they are schooling us on the supposed rise in water levels, while heating the water with nuclear runoff, hmm sounds about right.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 10:41 am to ChineseBandit58
Chinese, they are native, but a different strain of species from those monstrous African crocs.
Which reminds me of rooting around an ole book shop long ago and came across a book of pictures from the Congo. There was a pigtail bucket with two legs standing up in it, the caption read "We told that Peace Corp worker to pay attention when he got close to the river bank".
Which reminds me of rooting around an ole book shop long ago and came across a book of pictures from the Congo. There was a pigtail bucket with two legs standing up in it, the caption read "We told that Peace Corp worker to pay attention when he got close to the river bank".
This post was edited on 7/22/19 at 10:45 am
Posted on 7/22/19 at 10:44 am to bamarep
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73 crocodile hatchlings were rescued
Were they going to drown?
Posted on 7/22/19 at 10:46 am to bamarep
Sea levels may be rising, but not as fast as the land is eroding and sinking and that part has nothing to do with climate
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