[Closed] how wolves change rivers.

lovely film though I doubt very much if there were more european badgers ! 🙂

more likely to be the american variety

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[i]beaver[/i]

anagallis_arvensis - Member

Alpin do you think yellowstone 13000 years ago looked like it does now?

tbh, i don't care.... i wouldn't much care if all humans right now caught the lergies and died a quick death.

sometimes i hate myself for even bothering to reply to some of the shite people on here post.

i'm going to get stoned and watch some wildlife documentary. it seems a better use of my sunday.. certainly more constructive than reading tit-for-tat posts on here.

that was in only 19 years - incredible.

tbh, i don't care.... i wouldn't much care if all humans right now caught the lergies and died a quick death.

feel free to start with yourself

Why do people have to announce they are going to get stoned,its all a bit 14 year old schoolboy,apologies if you are a 14 year old schoolboy of course.

deadlydarcy - Member
The only natural thing in the thread is the bickering into which it's descended.

What's in the video toys? I have them switched off.

tbh, i don't care.... i wouldn't much care if all humans right now caught the lergies and died a quick death.

sometimes i hate myself for even bothering to reply to some of the shite people on here post.

i'm going to get stoned and watch some wildlife documentary. it seems a better use of my sunday.. certainly more constructive than reading tit-for-tat posts on here.

translation " oh shit my received wisdom actually has no basis, I either need to rethink my ideas, find another epistemology or bury my head in the sand, think I'll do the latter"

I say do not give up Alpin, you might learn something.

The bloke in the fast you show who never commits to any opinion for fear of needing the strength to defend it. I call him Mr Zeitgeist, someone who guages the opinons of the room (or in your case the thread) and plonks themselves squarely in the non confrontational middle.

Recently, by comparison, I have found myself agreeing with someone in the thread who is being rude, and see if I can hang on their coat tails..

Ah I see...something vaguely insulting then.

To be fair, that's pretty natural for you toys. I wouldn't expect anything less.

I aim to meet expectations..
I prefer to think of it as amusing banter. It is only a little chat on the internet after all. I always try to include my own self deprecation to make you realise that, but we often fall victim to only seeing what we want to see.

Ah, I think I can remember the guy you were talking about...constantly changes his mind depending on who's talking to him in a group in the pub. Was that the one?

yeah, I realised that the title of the vid is Indecisive [s]Darcy[/s] Dave. He has also been compared to [url= http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/for-indecisive-dave-this-constant-reversal-of-core-beliefs-must-be-terribly-exhausting-8980840.html ]Dave Cameron[/url]. Isn't that nice..

Yeah, I thought that was the one. I'm just going through all my posts on the thread to count how many times I changed my mind. What's your best guess before we count?

Well I will be the first to admit that it isn't a brill comparison, as what you do is just say platitudes/keep your powder dry to ensure you don't stray too far from the middle, but you kind of remind me of that character. Yours is more sort of measuring the zeitgeist and repeating it in witty distilled format. Don't take it as an insult, it's merely a subjective observation. I really enjoy your virtual company.

There have been beavers filmed in the wild, and, it seems, raising young on a river in Devon. Nobody seems to know where they've come from; a scheme nearby that's breeding beaver in a controlled manner say that every one of their animals are accounted for, and locally the attitude is to quietly observe them, to see how they interact with an uncontrolled 'natural' environment, as against a 'controlled' environment.
DEFRA, fairly predictably, are saying in their usual, pompous manner, that it's illegal to release alien creatures into the wild and they may have to be culled! FFS! The controlled programmes are to work towards the release of beaver into the wider environment, which is what's happened, but these office-bound drones are calling for the animals to be culled.
Still, I guess they'll be easier to trap and shoot than badgers, then. 🙄

DEFRA appear to be failing on everyone's measure.

Well I will be the first to admit that it isn't a brill comparison

That's all you had to do in the first place.

Don't take it as an insult

I'll have to go and have a look at an episode of The Fast Show later to make absolutely sure, but I don't remember that character as somebody to whose personality I'd aspire to be honest. Weren't the sketches mostly making fun of him? And now that I know your [s]secret[/s] signal of including a little self-deprecation alongside the (for want of a better word, I really can't think of one for some reason) insult, I'll know how to take it the next time. 🙂

Recently, by comparison, I have found myself agreeing with someone in the thread who is being rude, and see if I can hang on their coat tails..

This was hardly secret, nor was it an edit. (although slightly edited).

Anyway, I wouldn't imagine you were aspiring to be him, it's just reminiscent of the way I see you.

Fairy nuff. I've edited. I'm struggling to keep up with yours though. (Too busy changing my mind, see?)

To be fair I didn't post any self depreciation along side the vid, just in the explanation after.

Anyway, we've already derailed the thread enough. The little fella can't make up his mind whether he wants to empty the cd rack, empty the cupboards or throw his building blocks around so I'm going to have to keep an eye on him. I wish he'd stick to just the one thing. I honestly have no idea where he gets it from.

Sorry I've been out riding my bike all day whilst people have being 'discussing' the video. Just one question to someone with a phd thingy...Are humans the only living creature in nature to persecute another to extinction to fulfil their greed? If so I think we should be considered seperately from the natural world.

...Are humans the only living creature in nature to persecute another to extinction to fulfil their greed?

The examples I can think of are introduced species though and that involves direct human involvement. I'd be surprised if some plant hasn't washed up on a beach somewhere and caused the extinction of some species on that island either through direct competition or outcompeting a food source.
Then out course we can decide if bacterial diseases count, viruses are not alive in the conventional sense.

[i] beavers filmed in the wild[/i]

😀

Shaun20 - Member
..Are humans the only living creature in nature to persecute another to extinction to fulfil their greed? If so I think we should be considered seperately from the natural world.

These [url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorylus ]little devils[/url] are pretty effective at wholesale extinctions in their path.

Absolutely fascinating to watch them in action.