Ice ages are cyclical, imagine if the planet breathed in and out like a mammal. On one end of the cycle you have ice ages where the earth is cold and the carbon is locked up in ice sheets. Then it melts and gives way to warmth and tropical carbon rich biodiversity. And back again
@MountainManTN When I was a kid the farmers with chicken killing dogs would tie a dead chicken that the dog killed to his collar... Something about having to bare that dead chicken around would break them of the habit. Not the most civilized version of K9 training but I am pretty sure it worked