Beavers back in London after 400-year absence

Re:Beavers back in London after 400-year absence by arprocter on Friday March 18, 2022 @06:24PM (#30728326)

I had a similar experience moving from the UK to US - 'indoor cats' were an alien concept to me, but a friend explained they couldn't let theirs outside because 'they'd be eaten by coyotes'

It was bonkers to me there were beavers and turtles in the lake down the street, not to mention big snakes and humming birds...and the first time you see a possum is kind of crazy

When I was growing up the British garden centre nearby sold chipmunks as pets, which amuses Americans when I tell them

Apparently they have wild raccoons in Germany

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Re:Beavers back in London after 400-year absence by Tijdreiziger on Friday March 18, 2022 @09:12PM (#30729851)

Recently, wolves returned to the Netherlands! It was front page news.

Farmers haven’t been happy though, as the wolves kill their sheep.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47838162

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Re:Beavers back in London after 400-year absence by mikepurvis on Friday March 18, 2022 @10:38PM (#30730391)

What is a "non-wild" raccoon? I'm pretty sure it's wild ones that chew through the bottom of my plastic trash can to lick meat juice off the styrofoam trays.

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Re:Beavers back in London after 400-year absence by pacaro on Saturday March 19, 2022 @01:11AM (#30731273)

I think that the observation about raccoons in Germany is made because they aren't native to Europe. Probably the correct word is feral

My mother (who lives in the UK) recently visited me (in the US). While walking we saw a bald eagle fishing. She was blown away. Here that's commonplace

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Re:Beavers back in London after 400-year absence by pfdietz on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @02:47PM (#30769890)

Seeing eagles fishing is now commonplace, but it wasn't even a few decades ago, as the Bald Eagle was nearly extirpated in the contiguous 48 US states by DDT pollution. Thankfully they've made a big comeback.

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Re:Beavers back in London after 400-year absence by bboozzoo on Saturday March 19, 2022 @06:31AM (#30732655)

Raccoons were introduced in Europe by humans, but badgers are native to Europe and they are equally interesting mammals. Although your chances of spotting a badger in the wild, at least in Poland, are much lower than for the racoons in the US.

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