The National Center for Atmospheric Research recently released a study indicating that climate change could wipe out the wolverine from the lower 48 states within our lifetimes.
http://www2.ucar.edu/news/3783/wolverine-population-threatened-climate-change
http://www.defenders.org/newsroom/defenders_magazine/spring_2010/wolverines_in_a_warming_world.php
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For a minute
Someone needs to start the
"Save Lloyd Brady Fund". We all can donate to the cause so Lloyd can buy some bud light. It is imperative that we act now before its too late.
From the Red Cedar Message Board: "God hates us." Yes He does Lil Bro, yes he does. Everyone hates you.
Not that he needs it (as far
Not that he needs it (as far as I know), but I couldn't resist...
I hear a new hair-do runs
I hear a new hair-do runs like 50 G's.
Who has been putting out their Kools on my floor?!?!
Drugs?
I meant, are you in here for drugs?
I don't know Lloyd, but I can
I don't know Lloyd, but I can confidently say that he would like this idea.
I blame the following for
I blame the following for global warming and in no particular order. BP, Free Press, Oprah, Jim Rome, Gerg, Cam Newton and Bob Barker.
You forgot Jon Navarre.
You forgot Jon Navarre.
Wow. The article about aliens
Wow. The article about aliens observing missed field goals is hilarious. It would also be hilarious to make the students during the 2002 season suffer through the 2010 season so they can see what missing field goals is actually all about.
I blame the following for global warming
You can add that flaming gasbag Dick Vitale to the list.
He's a one-man carbon-dioxide machine
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I thought this was going to be about acrylic fur beavers.
Otherwise, I'm not much convinced by climate change modeling.
I was waiting
To see who would be first to drop that. Props, sir, props.
Pop quiz to the board: without teh google, does anyone know what the worlds largest producer of co2 is? (side note; the word is doesn't seem right at the end of that sentence)
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cows?
cows?
i <3 michigan
The
Ocean
We're certainly polluting the hell out of our environment, and somewhat contributing to climate change, but it's massively overblown. I'm cereal.
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Save The Wolverine
Anyone near Columbus, OH interested in starting a Wolverine preserve? If we can recruit in their backyard, we can eat them in their own backyard too, right?
"Funny isn't it, how naughty dentists always make that one fatal mistake."
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Wait... are we eating
Wait... are we eating wolverines, are wolverines eating buckeyes, or are we eating buckeyes?
Antecedents, man. Antecedents.
Sorry.
I was typing with my daughter tugging on me insisting that we play Nickelodeon Fit on the Wii.
We should have the wolverines eat buckeyes.......the problem is teaching them to use the damn nutcracker.
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Or the fact that eating
Or the fact that eating Buckeye nuts makes you die.
Abort, Retry, Fail?
only if you're a cow
"The tree species Aesculus glabra is commonly known as Ohio buckeye, American buckeye, or fetid buckeye. It derives its unflattering common name from the disagreeable odor generated from the flowers, crushed leaves, broken twigs, or bruised bark.
The fruits contain tannic acid, and are poisonous for cattle, and possibly humans.[2] Native Americans wouldblanch them, extracting the tannic acid for use in leather."
"That's all there is...there isn't anymore"
If it is any consolation,
If it is any consolation, rumor has it that climate change is also eliminating the buckeye from the worst state ever. That' the good news. The bad news is that the damned nut may thrive in Michigan's colder climate.
Well I have spent quite a bit
Well I have spent quite a bit of time researching wolverines. They have lived through much warmer times than the current age (relatively cool). Mainly a threat to them in the lower 48 is habitat fragmentation and winter recreation. They need secluded areas in the winter without heli-skiing and snowmobiles.
Overall though I do not expect them to go extinct in the lower 48.
Ironic? Greenhouse gases destroying habitat of Michigan's mascot
So what you're saying is that driving aroudn these big Detroit -manufactured SUVs might be harming state animal? No way man!
I prefer they focus on solving the main problem: getting more wolverines together so they can mate and reproduce. We can rebuild them. We have the technology.
This is what the Arboretum is for!
Mainly in the warm-weather months:
I prefer they focus on solving the main problem: getting more wolverines together so they can mate and reproduce.
Wolverines should have an
Wolverines should have an office party. Never fails.
Nichols Arboretum
This would be a good place, I think......I can even see the sign during mating season - "Wolverine Orgy - Sponsored By MGoBlog"
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Because the big 3 are the
Because the big 3 are the only ones building large SUVs.
And because consumer automobiles constitute so much of the total CO2 emitted.
?! "Because the big 3 are the only ones building large SUVs."
Was that sarcasm? The Big 3 are the only ones buidling large SUV's?
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bleh
That Benz on the bottom is a crime against German engineering. Nice aerodynamics.
They don't like being too
They don't like being too close together though...
Doc on Netflix
Related:
This is a pretty cool doc on wolverines (and its streaming):
http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Nature-Wolverine-Chasing-the-Phantom/70155163
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That is an awesome doc.
That is an awesome doc. Everyone check it out. The guy who raises them in captivity as pets would likely get a preferred walk-on spot from Coach Hoke just on balls alone. If he could swing the out of state tuition for a year.
"because character wins in life and character wins on the football field....." 1-11-11
"Mascot"
In other news, Michigan does not have a "mascot" but thanks.
"For today, goodbye. For tomorrow, good luck. And forever, GO BLUE!" - MSC
Global Warming
Global warming is a myth, just like Spary's belief they will remain relevant in college football.
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Among the best things about M: no silly dancing mascot.
My friend, we are in complete agreement.
There are only about a dozen times a year when I say a silent thank you for all of the mascot problems that we don't have. You can fill in the blanks perhaps better than I can:
The funny thing here in Michigan is that multiple Sparty-actors have done almost nothing to get into trouble; instead, the actual scholarship athletes in East Lansing do that.
I thought Lloyd Brady was in trouble. Sorry to hear that global warming is affecting Wolverines.
Brady Hoke - High quality recruits one or two at a time.