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Scientist says jackrabbits are gone from Yellowstone
Jackson Hole Star Tribune & AP ^ | February 15, 2008 | MATTHEW BROWN

Posted on 02/24/2008 8:47:35 AM PST by george76

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To: Mr. Jeeves

Of course the wolves ate them, why is that such a mystery to these idiots?

Maybe they will now repopulate Yellowstone with jackrabbits they catch in west Texas. Always going to be a job for these folks.


41 posted on 02/24/2008 9:06:56 AM PST by Ditter
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To: Mr. Jeeves

You’re right. They had an hour-long TV program on Nat. Geo.channel last week about the wolves they put back in the park. Obviously “Mr. Scientist” missed that show.


42 posted on 02/24/2008 9:07:00 AM PST by eartotheground (Rodham delinda est.)
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To: george76
"(The) journal Oryx, tells of one inhabitant of the region encountering "jillions" of the animals near Yellowstone as late as the 1930s..."

I was assigned to an Army installation in New York in the late 1980s and encountered "jillions" (probably hundreds of thousands in reality) of deer because the deer had no natural predators left.

I've said for years that wolves should be surreptitiously reintroduced to New York, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Massachusetts (since the left-wing idiots in those states are so bent on protecting the wolves in Alaska). Maybe we could find some of the white-tailed jackrabbits elsewhere and reintroduce them into those states as well...

43 posted on 02/24/2008 9:07:08 AM PST by Friend_from_the_Frozen_North (If you are, as Rush would say, "A Glittering Jewel of Colossal Ignorance" don't waste my time...)
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To: atomic conspiracy
The jack spun around, seemingly in mid-air, and kicked it about 6 feet.

Crouching Tiger, Springing Hare.

44 posted on 02/24/2008 9:07:32 AM PST by Charles Martel (The Tree of Liberty thirsts.)
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To: atomic conspiracy
They all moved to Lubbock.

They are here to keep the prairie dogs company.
45 posted on 02/24/2008 9:07:54 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: george76

One I spoke with outside Yuba City last year said his family had come from there but that they were evacuating the area because “the super eruption is coming”. Not sure what he meant by that.


46 posted on 02/24/2008 9:07:56 AM PST by InABunkerUnderSF ("Gun Control" is not about the guns. "Illegal Immigration" is not about the immigration)
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To: SandyInSeattle; SunkenCiv
"Jackrabbits are smart. They know Yellowstone’s about to blow and headed west, away from the ash cloud."

Hey. Animals left before the tsunami...why not a super-volcano too?

47 posted on 02/24/2008 9:08:21 AM PST by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

Thanks for the Elmer picture.


48 posted on 02/24/2008 9:08:43 AM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76
This has got to be it.

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49 posted on 02/24/2008 9:09:07 AM PST by jazusamo (DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
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To: george76

Maybe they’re gone from Yellowstone, but they’re in the neighboring park, Grand Tetons. Hubby and I saw one in Grand Tetons while hiking around Jenny Lake a couple of years ago.


50 posted on 02/24/2008 9:09:08 AM PST by randita (Do not trust any polls!)
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To: TruthWillWin

whoops beat me to it. It was a good show. Maybe I need to send a blu-ray of the show to “Mr. Scientist”


51 posted on 02/24/2008 9:09:12 AM PST by eartotheground (Rodham delinda est.)
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To: Cvengr
Good point, there has been quite a bit of rumbling going on in the past few weeks.

I sure hope the caldera isn’t going to blow. Cataclysmic to say the least!

52 posted on 02/24/2008 9:09:42 AM PST by alice_in_bubbaland (Vote Obillary! And we'll be picking shrapnel out of our butts for decades!)
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To: george76

“Time for another government program ?”

There ya go. Probably what caused the jack rabbit decline in the first place. Remember the big intro of wolves into that area? And coyotes, I’m sure they won’t let anyone shoot those varmints. I’ve got several dozen jack rabbits roaming around my place they can have.


53 posted on 02/24/2008 9:10:44 AM PST by AuntB ('If there must be trouble let it be in my day, that my child may have peace." T. Paine)
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To: george76

I can’t ever remember shooting one that wasn’t covered in mites or fleas. Half of them had stomach worms. The meat is lousy, stringy and almost tasteless. Without hot sauce I don’t think I could have eaten them. But they make good mitten liners when skinned and turned inside out.


54 posted on 02/24/2008 9:11:22 AM PST by B4Ranch ("In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way." FDR)
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To: jazusamo

Thanks.


55 posted on 02/24/2008 9:11:33 AM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: SandyInSeattle

More likely that the wolves cleaned them out.


56 posted on 02/24/2008 9:12:14 AM PST by B4Ranch ("In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way." FDR)
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To: 2111USMC

OK, jacka-whatever. It was still no match for a .22-6mm Ackley. Saved a lot of meat from damage. By the way, they snort heavily when charging.


57 posted on 02/24/2008 9:13:23 AM PST by Westlander (Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
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To: Westlander

Sorry but them ears are too short.


58 posted on 02/24/2008 9:13:54 AM PST by B4Ranch ("In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way." FDR)
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To: commish

This is a Southern (Canada) Coyote. I have one in my yard presently, a neat pet. He howls instead of barks.

59 posted on 02/24/2008 9:14:08 AM PST by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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To: george76

My guess is there is another herbivore inhabiting virtually the same niche, and has out-competed the jackrabbit.


60 posted on 02/24/2008 9:14:45 AM PST by gitmo (From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.)
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