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A Picture is Worth... Dude, Where's My Habitat?

by Michael Graham Richard, Gatineau, Canada on 01.24.08
Travel & Nature

deers-trampoline-001.jpg

Habitat destruction is a process of land use change in which one habitat-type is removed and replaced with another habitat-type. In the process of land-use change, plants and animals which previously used the site are displaced or destroyed, reducing biodiversity. Urban Sprawl is one cause of habitat destruction. Other important causes of habitat destruction include mining, trawling, and agriculture. Habitat destruction is currently ranked as the most important cause of species extinction worldwide. --Habitat Destruction at Wikipedia

::Original at the WVb. See also: ::Palm Oil: A Rainforest in your Shopping, ::Wood Construction vs Deforestation, ::So What Can Be Done To Save Primates?, ::Ten Things Wrong With Sprawl

Comments (9)

Perfect caption!! Check out www.backyardwildlifehabitats.com for ways to build habitsts!!! :-)

jump to top NiteHawk says:

I think that is the most painful pictures I've seen in years!

I used to see trampolines and think of my youth...
Now I'll think of the growth of humanity and what it has cost.

jump to top tre4 [TypeKey Profile Page] says:

well, there are a few decently aged(3-5 or so based on antlers) deer there, so I'd say there's not enough info to say their habitat has been destroyed. Although, they are under a damn trampoline, so it's not all rolling meadows and pristine forests they're foraging in.

jump to top bobby d says:

The wild and fanciful conclusions drawn from this one photo seem sadly typical of rather clueless latte-sipping urbanites. Up where I live in rural BC, deer are like rats -- they are *everywhere*. They are a constant danger on the highway, and they ravage farmer's fields.

Although hunting is popular in these parts, there simply aren't enough hunters to control the population. Perhaps if you have had a vehicle written-off, as I did last year, when I hit a deer (it took off, unscathed, I might add), you wouldn't have such a silly and sentimental reaction to the photo.

Or maybe a moose through the windshield, as my neighbour experienced, would convince you?

Take it from someone who sees dozens of deer every single day -- they are more numerous and fatter than ever. The same goes for moose, bear, coyotes, wolves, elk and caribou.

I've learned my lesson, though -- my new truck is equipped with a custom welded bumper, guaranteed to turn any errant wildlife into hamburger for the buzzards.

jump to top Anonymous says:

This has nothing to do with loss of habitat it has to do with loss of natural predators and deer over population.

jump to top Jon says:

Anonymous about, from BC,

Nobody said that deers were facing extinction or that they weren't common in places where humans live. The point is that urban sprawl and such is destroying habitat and that when that happens, animals either disappear or end up in places they wouldn't go otherwise.

That photo is more funny than anything, but the point still stands in general.

jump to top Anonymous says:

Looks like these deer, like red tailed hawks (downtown building tops) and coytoes (downtown Chicago deli) are learning to adapt to human living just fine to me. They may be losing a habit of one kind, but they are not suffering for it.

Maybe the trampoline owner should get his rifle and having some organic, free-range, carbon-neutral, venison slow-roasted-over-a-solar-cooker for dinner. I wonder what the carbon savings on that would be? Couple tons easy. :)

-Lego

jump to top Legodragonxp [TypeKey Profile Page] says:

So the caption really should have been, "Dude, Where's All The Predators?"

Get a pack of wolves out there, willya?

jump to top Carl says:

I live in Georgia where their are a lot of deer and people are constantly complaining about them entering "their" land...and I can't stand to hear "we have a bad deer problem" well, the deer have a HUGE people problem! I'm not against hunting as hunters donate more money to wildlife conversation in the U.S. than any one but, to think that this isn't an issue is ignoring the problem.
Quit building more houses when you can't sell the ones you built last year!

jump to top Lauren says:

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