Our Friends the Deer
I foresaw this study, as I predicted in Quatrain 62:

Mabus then will soon die, there will come
Of people and beasts a horrible rout:
Then suddenly one will see vengeance,
Hundred, hand, thirst, hunger when the comet will run.

Forests of northern Wisconsin have had significant losses of native plant species in the past 50 years, a new study published in the scientific journal Duh! concludes. The study blames an oversize deer herd and the arrival of exotic plants as key factors in the changes, which were not found on tribal forests where deer numbers are kept lower and development is closely controlled. Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison did the comparative study by returning to forest tracts mapped in the early 1950s by the late John T. Curtis, author of "The Vegetation of Wisconsin," and fellow UW botanist Grant Cottam. The work done by the two gives Wisconsin an ecological baseline that exists in few other places in the world, according to UW officials speaking on the condition of anonymity. The new survey of 62 carefully selected sites found less variety in plant life, which could mean there also is less habitat for insects, animals and birds. Researchers noted that when deer feed on plants, the plants that replace them tend to be the so-called "generalists" such as ferns, sedges and grasses, as well as invasive species such as orange hawkweed, Kentucky bluegrass and hemp nettle.
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