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Posted on 11/09/2023 8:00:10 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Even the fastest animal in the world can't outrun the effects of climate change, according to experts.
Cheetah populations are especially vulnerable to rising temperatures because hotter days are forcing them to behave more nocturnally, putting them in greater competition with other predators such as lions and African wild dogs, according to a study published in the journal Biological Sciences on Wednesday.
Researchers from the University of Washington investigated the impacts of temperature on the activity timings and overlaps between four species of large carnivores in Africa, including lions, leopards, cheetahs and African wild dogs.
They found that temperature shaped species activity patterns, making most species more nocturnal and less active as temperatures increased, Kasim Rafiq, a wildlife biologist at the University of Washington and lead author of the study, told ABC News.
The most significant shift was in cheetahs, a typically diurnal species -- or one that spends its awake hours during the day -- the researchers said.
The data showed that in times of higher temperatures, cheetahs, which tend to be more active during the day, started to shift their activity into periods where there is more overlap with lions, which they would tend to avoid under normal situations, Rafiq said.
"The reason for that is because we think it's just too hot for them to be active during the daytime hours, and so they become more nocturnal, the same way people do in some countries where they try to avoid the midday heat," he said.
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Cheetahs never win.......................
You know why animals don’t play poker...Too many cheetah’s
How did it survive all the past climate change?
Even we accept their premises here (which I do not) what they claim to be observing is called “animal adaptation”. It’s not something that ought to cause us to de-industrialize.
Who even conceives of such “studies”?
The Faculty Lounge:
Prof 1: We need to get more government money.
Prof 2: Let’s tap “climate” some more. There’s always plenty of money for that.
Prof 1: Great idea! What hasn’t been studied?
Prof 2: That’s a tough one. How about cats and how they suffer when it gets hot?
Prof 1: That’s a GREAT idea! But how about cats in Africa? Has anybody looked at that?
Prof 2: No, that’s wide open. I’ll bet those big cats suffer a lot. This will be worth millions for us!
99% of all species that ever lived are extinct.
More communism will solve this.
Probably because of all the cougars.
GMTA!
Cheetos stay fresh and delicious as long as they’re kept sealed! So I don’t know what this guys talking about.
Make up a fake scenario. Put it in a faulty computer model. Viola, you have a new manufactured crisis…
ROFL , again
“Cheetos stay fresh”
My goodness man ...
do you now how many cheetahs have to be harvested for just ONE bag of cheetoes ?
and don’t get me started on the baby seal flavored ones
Disney should know this. To borrow from Disney’s very own Lion King (back when Disney movies were worth watching).
“cheetahs never prosper”
“..Cheetos stay fresh and delicious as long as they’re kept sealed! So I don’t know what this guys talking about...”
Puffy Cheetos are better than crunchy..... it had to be said... I offer no apologies...
I love Cheesy Poofs.
You love Cheesy Poofs.
If we didn't eat Cheesy Poofs,
We'd be LAME!
The planet thrived in warmer times.
Comedy Central stuff.
I agree! Crunchy cuts the roof of my mouth.
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