This article, by Gerry Rising, was published in the Buffalo News at the end of December, 2013, but it is of more than enough interest for us to give the URL again, here:
This article, by Gerry Rising, was published in the Buffalo News at the end of December, 2013, but it is of more than enough interest for us to give the URL again, here:
Canada’s Great Bear Rainforest is the largest temperate rainforest in the world. This huge and pristine wilderness depends on an unlikely source for its long-term survival – the salmon which spawn in its rivers and creeks….
In the linked video (see below), ecological economist Pavan Sukhdev, The Nature Conservancy’s lead scientist Dr M Sanjayan and camerawoman Sophie Darlington talk about the salmon’s unsung role in fertilising the forest. The bears who feast on the spawning salmon don’t eat on the river – they drag the carcasses far into the forest. The remains of the salmon contain vast quantities of nitrogen that plants need to grow. Eighty percent of the nitrogen in the forest’s trees comes from the salmon. In other words, these ocean dwellers are crucial for the forest’s long-term survival.
Watch the video, from the BBC, at: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140218-salmon-fertilising-the-forests
I defy any wildlife photographer to watch this excellent video by Richard Scott Nelson and not want to visit the location!
Would you believe that some people celebrate a National Skunk Day?
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