Alright then, this is my first post. Yay?
Okay, so, I live in the New England area, I live near woods and camp up in Maine every summer. Today at dinner, we began to talk about lyme disease and the fact that it's a slowly increasing thing.
In Massachusetts, the reported cases almost double each year. Now I believe that this is caused to the constant growing population in the United States as we push closer to the edge of the woods and/or cut down trees to make room. We're pushing into their habitat which is causing the disease to spread.
Now this leads me to the next thing, Florida. Flroida has alligators, I used to live there and would often see them on the side of the highway lounging in the ditches. As of now we are draining more and more marshlands and swamps and building on top of them, the alligators are coming closer and closer to human society as we hack away at their habitat. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but I remember reading that about a year or two ago they were having some problems with the alligators, at first I thought "Eh, it happens, their carniverous." Then, what really got me, is that I learned we began to drain the swamps again and people began to complain that there were alligators in their yard and such. The scientific response? "Oh, they're in their mating season, it's only natural for them to get aggressive." Yeah until it continued to get worse and a few runners were eaten.
I don't have some bright idea on how to somehow fix it all, but it irks me because we just assume we can screw over some animal's (or insect's) habitat and think everything will be fine and dandy. Because I'm sure if we began to take of the tiger's habitat they wouldn't come into the areas and snatch up runners and/or small children [/sarcastic].
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the poplution of the U.S. is actually DECLINING, not inreasing. look it up. so, we are taking away their habitat because we want to have fancy houses with nice views. i live in montana, and i like the small size. and if anyone tries to come here to enjoy the small town life, and then try to build a shopping mall, we will be angry, and ask you to leave. we like our forests, and our blistering summers full of fishing, and the fact that even when it is 100 degrees out, we don't have AC or anything fancy, not even in our cars. we also enjoy excercise, like running on those hot sumer days in sweats. and, we hate fast food. we also love our freezing, 10 degree winters. and, we love hunting. wild animals taste so much better than store bought ones. i am sorry, but i am not gving up my lifestyle because you say that we are having problems with the population. the real problem is the illegal immigrants from mexico. they are the reason our decreasing populatin is seemingly incrasing.
I'm not suggesting anyone give up some sort of lifestyle, if anything people need to down their wants and 'needs' of luxury items such as large houses unless they have lots of kids. Plus I'm not complaining about the population, I'm complaining about our complaining about the animals.
US population dropping? What are you on? The population increased. Look it up. <3
If you want to make a smart reply at least read the post and try to understand what I'm saying.
Enjoyed your blog. I have a solution to the alligator problem. Let's give them lyme disease, kill some of them off. Just kidding. I do agree though. Someone builds their house where alligators are known to live and then complains about alligators in their front yard........
Kind of like folks I know that build their house alongside a river and then expect the government to bail them out when it floods. I guess I am just a cold insensitive person but hey they made their alligator purse, let them sleep in it!
Actually, you may not live in Massachusetts, so I blame the whole of New England for my lyme disease. I have been to Mass. once. ONCE! And I got lyme disease. And it was hell. And to this day, whenever the topic of lyme disease comes up, my brother says, "Heh...hehhehheh (like Butthead). You got ticked."
Ew, that sucks, a lot.