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Ken L

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I can picture Gozzer getting apoplectic with that title so I just couldn't resist.

Are there any non native species (or native but long extinct in the British isles) that you'd kinda like to see in Britain?

Lynx may be coming back but to be honest, I'd rather see the critically endangered Iberian Lynx released in the UK than the larger Eurasian Lynx.

My chosen alien invader though would be the pacific Dungeness Crab. Found from California to Alaska and (unlike our native Brown Crab) a lover of sandy bottoms and estuaries.

 

Steer away from fish though

because there's already a thread for that that can be resurrected.

Species caught in 2020: Barbel. European Eel. Bleak. Perch. Pike.

Species caught in 2019: Pike. Bream. Tench. Chub. Common Carp. European Eel. Barbel. Bleak. Dace.

Species caught in 2018: Perch. Bream. Rainbow Trout. Brown Trout. Chub. Roach. Carp. European Eel.

Species caught in 2017: Siamese carp. Striped catfish. Rohu. Mekong catfish. Amazon red tail catfish. Arapaima. Black Minnow Shark. Perch. Chub. Brown Trout. Pike. Bream. Roach. Rudd. Bleak. Common Carp.

Species caught in 2016: Siamese carp. Jullien's golden carp. Striped catfish. Mekong catfish. Amazon red tail catfish. Arapaima. Alligator gar. Rohu. Black Minnow Shark. Roach, Bream, Perch, Ballan Wrasse. Rudd. Common Carp. Pike. Zander. Chub. Bleak.

Species caught in 2015: Brown Trout. Roach. Bream. Terrapin. Eel. Barbel. Pike. Chub.

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Mammoths would be a talking point,bison perhaps ?

I cannot see lynx lasting they make fine coats or are we going to protect an alien species?

 

Those fine jumping carp should make fishing interesting in the wey theres bugger all native stuff on my permissions even the cormerants have given up on one

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Mammoths would be a talking point

And there are a couple of Korean labs working on de-extinction, so it could happen - although I suspect that any release would be limited to the Russian step.

Species caught in 2020: Barbel. European Eel. Bleak. Perch. Pike.

Species caught in 2019: Pike. Bream. Tench. Chub. Common Carp. European Eel. Barbel. Bleak. Dace.

Species caught in 2018: Perch. Bream. Rainbow Trout. Brown Trout. Chub. Roach. Carp. European Eel.

Species caught in 2017: Siamese carp. Striped catfish. Rohu. Mekong catfish. Amazon red tail catfish. Arapaima. Black Minnow Shark. Perch. Chub. Brown Trout. Pike. Bream. Roach. Rudd. Bleak. Common Carp.

Species caught in 2016: Siamese carp. Jullien's golden carp. Striped catfish. Mekong catfish. Amazon red tail catfish. Arapaima. Alligator gar. Rohu. Black Minnow Shark. Roach, Bream, Perch, Ballan Wrasse. Rudd. Common Carp. Pike. Zander. Chub. Bleak.

Species caught in 2015: Brown Trout. Roach. Bream. Terrapin. Eel. Barbel. Pike. Chub.

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I fancy a couple round here ,a tusk was found at a sand pit nearby so they could play with the bull in the back field but the electric fence would need upgrading a tad!

The good thing would be i wouldnt get stung leaning over the fence to feed them ,on retrospect i need a stronger fence!

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Believe NOTHING anyones says or writes unless you witness it yourself and even then your eyes can deceive you

None of this "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" crap it just means i have at least two enemies!

 

There is only one opinion i listen to ,its mine and its ALWAYS right even when its wrong

 

Its far easier to curse the darkness than light one candle

 

Mathew 4:19

Grangers law : anything i say will  turn out the opposite or not happen at all!

Life insurance? you wont enjoy a penny!

"To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical." Thomas Jefferson

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The main problem with some of these proposed reintroductions is that when they were here, there weren't as many of us about. When you're talking around 1500, the population of Britain was about 3,000,000. It's 20 times that now, and growing fast. The introduction of predators in particular, would be a risky business. Apart from small areas, they are going to be close contact with humans, and an attack on a small child, or even a pet, would cause uproar. Attacks on livestock would result in trapping/shooting, whether legal or not. Just look at the reactions of some, with a vested interest in fish and fisheries, when the otter population started to grow, and they were already here!

 

John.

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The main problem with some of these proposed reintroductions is that when they were here, there weren't as many of us about. When you're talking around 1500, the population of Britain was about 3,000,000. It's 20 times that now, and growing fast.

 

John.

that makes a good case for the de-extinction and/or re-introduction (as the case may be), of mammoth, woolly rhino, lynx, sabre-tooth tiger, wolf, brown bear, etc - should shorten the queue at the chippy a bit. :)

 

 

 

Wild boar are back already - but very little collision with homo sapiens as yet

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The main problem with some of these proposed reintroductions is that when they were here, there weren't as many of us about. When you're talking around 1500, the population of Britain was about 3,000,000. It's 20 times that now, and growing fast. The introduction of predators in particular, would be a risky business.

As Dave says, that problem might be self-limiting. Time to cull the herd!
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If that's what you wanted, then surely the reintroduction of something akin to 'the plague' would be more effective. It would also limit the collateral damage to the flora and fauna, while still "culling the herd".

 

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If that's what you wanted, then surely the reintroduction of something akin to 'the plague' would be more effective. It would also limit the collateral damage to the flora and fauna, while still "culling the herd".

 

John.

Yeah but the plague is far too indiscriminate and hard to control, reintroduction of bears & wolves etc would cull the slower and more stupid members of the population. :)
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Whilst you're all busy culling I have always been rather fond of beaver!

Let's agree to respect each others views, no matter how wrong yours may be.

 

 

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