300,000 Caribou Huddle Together To Avoid Insects (Fairbanks: live, oil, park)

[RedJacket]

Humans are not the only creatures bothered by mosquitoes and flies. They harass caribou so much that earlier this month, about 300,000 of the animals huddled closely together in Northwest Alaska to avoid being bitten and parasitized.

It's one of the most spectacular gatherings of wildlife in the world, rivaling the migratory herds of Africa's Serengeti, said Kyle Joly, a wildlife biologist with the National Park Service based in Fairbanks, Alaska.


Photos: 300,000 Caribou Huddle Together To Avoid Insects - Yahoo! News

[starlite9]

Originally Posted by RedJacket

Humans are not the only creatures bothered by mosquitoes and flies. They harass caribou so much that earlier this month, about 300,000 of the animals huddled closely together in Northwest Alaska to avoid being bitten and parasitized.

It's one of the most spectacular gatherings of wildlife in the world, rivaling the migratory herds of Africa's Serengeti, said Kyle Joly, a wildlife biologist with the National Park Service based in Fairbanks, Alaska.


Photos: 300,000 Caribou Huddle Together To Avoid Insects - Yahoo! News

Funny how when you point that out, they are suppose to be endangered and are on their last leg according to some "Experts", even when you show them the photos and real science documents, not the slant that the Eco Terrorist use and pretend it is real. The liberals just don't want to hear that oil exploration hasn't bothered the critters at all.