Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Like Washington, Lizards Are Not Much Affected by Climate Change

Scientists at Dartmouth College and the University of Virginia observe the brown anole (i.e. a type of lizard native to Cuba) adapts well to increases in average temperature.  (Red Orbit:  Climate change may not affect lizards after all)

It looks to me like those schools must be employing Japanese whale scientists as the question isn't whether lizards can survive climate change but rather why would they not.  This isn't exactly the first time for them.

Lizards don't make much thunder anymore but they're as much reptiles as the dinosaurs that did and they've been on the Earth vastly longer than eggheads from Dartmouth and UV.  In their tenure on the Earth, they have seen it warm multiple times although most of the glacial activity has been, geologically-speaking, recent.

One of the few creatures never to have experienced a global warming is Modern Man.  It appears the answer for our scientists is to get your galoshes and umbrellas, boys, and follow the lizards.


(Ed:  was this a scam to get a gig in Cuba so they could get some Cuban cigars?)

That would be my bet.

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