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Can Alpine Mammals Avoid Effects of Climate Change?
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Here is the reference. " The study will follow five alpine mammals: the Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep, the American pika, the yellow-bellied marmot, the Belding's ground squirrel, and the golden-mantled ground squirrel." About ten years ago there was a pika family right at the top of Mitchell Peak ca. 10,365 ft. in the Jennie Lakes Wilderness. If anybody is interested in climbing Mitchell (and it's worth-while), I would love to know if they are still there. Take some fresh lettuce and call it a scientific experiment. Here's Marek Warszawski's trip write-up.
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Re: Can Alpine Mammals Avoid Effects of Climate Change?
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The Pika's primary diet consists of grasses, which it gathers into underground stashes for winter consumption. Please don't feed them lettuce or anything else; they can fend for themselves without our help.
The same rule applies to Marmots: don't feed them!
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Re: Can Alpine Mammals Avoid Effects of Climate Change?
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Topic close to my heart. I just love seeing the Picas on Whitney. They seem to be used to people and come very close while you camp. There also seem to be quite a few. But, I've never seen one below 12,000 feet or so. Don't think they would do well with a warming climate as they need the temperature to be Below 77 degrees. They've been denied Endangered status per this article: Pikas Denied Endangered Status
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Re: Can Alpine Mammals Avoid Effects of Climate Change?
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Sorry, I wasn't clear.
I've never fed the pikas or marmots. What I had in mind was to entice them out, to be really sure that they are (or not) still there.
And since they are lagomorphs, I suspect the teeny bunnies would be curious about lettuce.
I, too adore them, Even if they are coprophagic.
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I, too adore them, Even if they are coprophagic. OK Dave, I bit and Googled it. Thanks for the image . . .
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Re: Can Alpine Mammals Avoid Effects of Climate Change?
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coprophagic?
do they have coprophilia, or are they just hungry? Sled dogs do the same.
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Coprophilia is more of a psychiatric condition.
"Like rabbits, after eating they initially produce soft green feces, which they eat again to extract further nutrition, before producing the final, solid, fecal pellets."
I have also read that they steal and eat marmot poop.
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Coprophilia is more of a psychiatric condition.
"Like rabbits, after eating they initially produce soft green feces, which they eat again to extract further nutrition, before producing the final, solid, fecal pellets."
I have also read that they steal and eat marmot poop. So I guess they "eat $h!+ and don't die."
Journey well...
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> which they eat again to extract further nutritionSort of like programming... I have to run it through way too many times before I get it right.
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