Florida wildlife turns tables on apex predator, raising questions about climate dangers

Florida wildlife turns tables on apex predator, raising questions about climate dangers

“Scientific studies,” activist fundraising pitches and “news” stories about apocalyptic threats to Earth’s wildlife are as ubiquitous as trees in the Pacific Northwest.

Overexploitation and habitat alteration had been the gravest causes of the existential crisis facing Earth’s wild animal species, they assert. But now, “intensifying climate change” has become a third major factor. (See here, here and here.)

Alarmists even claim that climate change affects bird migration and reproduction by disrupting their biological rhythms and schedules. They never mention how wind turbines slaughter thousands of migratory birds, ensuring that they never reach their destination and never reproduce.  

Another cause, rarely mentioned, is invasive species – such as brown tree snakes accidentally brought to Guam during WWII. With no natural predators to keep them in check, they wiped out 10 of the island’s 12 native bird species.

It’s an endless cycle. Garbage science and theories in = garbage pseudo-scientific fearmongering out = garbage policies = reduced habitats, wildlife, energy, jobs, living standards, heating, air conditioning, and lives.

One has to wonder: What would happen if funding dried up for all of this nonsense the moment that “climate change” stopped being the magic that unlocked grant money? Might we get more honest, replicable science – and less garbage?

Almost certainly. But for now let’s focus instead on an apex predator invasive species case with a happier and truly thought-provoking outcome.

Irresponsible “exotic pet” traders brought Burmese pythons to Florida in the 1970s. Irresponsible “pet” owners “introduced” them into the state’s hospitable wetlands environment not long after, when they discovered how “challenging” it was to care for critters that grew from 20 inches at........

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