toni chir

In the sea air
Let them whisper
I sent messages.

[John Wall @wawlee]

A set of images of a fem Beaver having a good old wash n brush up after a day in the Holt with the family!!
A couple of weeks ago,Devon.

[SCOTLAND: The Big Picture @ScotlandTBP]

We are beaver believers!

What a thrill it was to watch the first release of beavers last week outside of the original trial area, at their new home at @argatyredkites.

Watch the film: https://t.co/AzHzymvudO

[Yale Environment 360 @YaleE360]

Beavers banished to a remote Idaho valley have transformed the landscape into a lush wetland and a haven against fire and drought, satellite images show.

Read more @YaleE360: https://t.co/B6snePaEqh

[steve england @steveengland19]

Few more photos of the beaver on the river Exe at Turf lock this morning, still can't quite believe it was there! @DevonWildlife @RSPBExeEstuary @wildlife_devon

[Peter Cairns @PCairnsPhoto]

Given a few comments about beavers and trees in the press yesterday, most notably the prediction that "there won't be a tree left standing in Scotland," I thought I'd show you a picture of a habitat impacted by beavers, ironically characterised by trees.

[Bunsen, Beaker, Bernoulli & Brix @bunsenbernerbmd]

Beavers.

A beaver moved onto our farm last summer and to our shock, amusement, and awe, one aquatic rodent changed everything.

Who would have thought that I would be researching beavers.

Never would I have had an inkling that I would be gleefully checking trail cams to see our elusive friend.

Beavers are an icon of Canada, but to be honest, the average Canadian doesn’t know much about them.

To start with, they are huge.

Male and female beavers can be 3-4 feet long and average around 50 pounds.

Old beavers have been known to weigh 100 pounds and be 5 feet long.

Rough guesses is that Norbert (our Beaver) is close to the size of Beaker- our Golden.

Beaker is around 4 feet long and 50 pounds.

A second wild fact is that beaver have iron infused teeth.

That’s why they are orange - not due to bad breath but to chew through wood.

Finally, Beavers are a keystone species. Their dams raise the water table, supercharging forest and grassland ecosystems.

Not only does this promote plant diversity, it mitigates forest fires, as the amount of dry ground is by far LESS without beavers.

Our creek by end of June is a tiny trickle. It’s really just a runoff creek, with a tiny natural spring.

Our beaver has built two massive dams, which has pooled water and widened the creek by at least two meters.

We now have ducks, deer, and moose which frequent the valley.

Beavers were misunderstood as silly nuisances whose pelts made good hats.

Now we know them as aquatic engineers of the highest order- making water go where it should go.

It’s a dam sight to see.

[Keith Broomfield @BroomfieldKeith]

A beaver last week in the process of felling a willow. Now legally protected in #Scotland, studies have shown that beavers enhance biodiversity. Video all part of work on new book I'm currently writing on a #river #wildlife year #IfRiversCouldSing @TippermuirBooks

[toni chir @illiad]

Someone Burnt This Puppy's Face with Cigarettes and Left Them Starving and Freezing Amongst the Shrubs https://t.co/NuA1Z69fEg

[toni chir @illiad]

Urge Love’s Travel Stops to Stop Selling Alligator Body Parts https://t.co/lSAy05RYak via @peta

[Dolphin Project @Dolphin_Project]

After working alongside activist Izzy Megilley on the Save the Disney Dolphins campaign and collecting over 29,000+ petition signatures, there are no more captive dolphins at Epcot. Full story: https://t.co/k9iKoLnixM

#Dolphinproject #ThanksButNoTanks

[toni chir @illiad]

Please support this important campaign: https://t.co/cC0HJZnhN4 via @megaphoneuk

[toni chir @illiad]

One teaspoon of the neonicotinoids pesticide could kill 1.25 billion bees. And yet the Government could be about to let it back on English fields. Sign the petition: tell Ministers to keep this ban on bee-killing pesticides in place. https://t.co/B3Ld48KAUx

[toni chir @illiad]

Respected @byadavbjp and @moefcc, please ban all forms of sharp kite strings (manja) and allow only plain cotton thread to be used for kite flying, following the precedent set by Delhi GNCT

[toni chir @illiad]

leaving X

[Wonder of Science @wonderofscience]

The Sun and planets to scale.

📸: R. Ziche

[Dr Tom Montgomery @DrTOMontgomery]

#Climate

Today, most Arctic sea ice is thinner, first-year ice, which is less able to survive the warmer months than older, thicker sea ice.

A NASAJPL study showed fall sea ice is now around 4.2 feet thick, down from 8.8 feet in 1980.

It impacts all of us, not just them.

[toni chir @illiad]

https://t.co/YJINTjLwv3

[Aditya Chakrabortty @chakrabortty]

It gets better: "The Department for Work and Pensions then gave its decision by sending her a printed letter that she could not read."