h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

An Alien/Predator hybrid???

http://www.moviesonline.ca/movie-gallery/albums/Alien_vs_Predator_2/predalien-1.jpg

badger

and that ties in with cows as they supposedly spread TB to cows

Still trying to figure out the silencing of the dawn chorus remember and no not badgers.

Those movies don't exist - take it away - I can't look - take it away!

Scottish Wildcat??


GT

Nope. Try the mechanism rather than the creature (it'd be a shorter list)

it was introduced by man

well ... yeah.

to keep down one species??? but exploded populationwise and did for the birds??

The creature was either schoolboys or scientists, and the mechanism was collecting birds eggs.

Nope.

It didn't affect their young but something to do with the habitat.

Denuding the island of trees??


GT

GT +3

Yes.

Now how or why?

collected all the nesting material

Beavers cut down all the trees?

Deer ring-barked all the trees and killed them?

The Marquis wanted to build some magnificent edifice and cut all the trees down?

Beware the danger of lists.

The Marquis wanted an unobstrcuted view of The Sound, so had them cut them down. -5

Beavers were responsible. +3


So now the question turns to, why did his Lordship introduce so many beavers to this small island?

Secondary to his intentions ............................

He made a moorland habitat, that attracted Partridge, Pheasant and Grouse to his estate......

His guests did not shoot at night, so a full nights was guaranteed!


GT

Hmm. I can think of two reasons for growing his own beavers, but they both seem rather mundanely obvious, so I'll steer clear for now.

Did he just like animals?

Well, I'll be honest the sleeping in late was all my conceit to get us to discussing the Scottish beaver.

Why did he keep beavers?

Hmm. I can think of two reasons for growing his own beavers.


I thought of some too! Let's compare notes!


'Did he just like animals?'

It's more than that.