This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Friday 27 May 2022
Going to the Wall?
The Wall lizard has flourished on the Spanish island of Ibiza (along with clubbers). Twenty years ago, Ibiza had no snakes. At this time, however, importing Olive trees became suddenly trendy (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/27/snakes-or-lizards-stark-game-of-survival-ibiza-aoe). Some of the imported Olive trees had snakes secreted away in their branches. Horseshoe whipsnakes and Ladder snakes, now found on Ibiza, eat Wall lizards. The Ibiza population of Wall lizards has crashed QED.
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