Climate alarmists (and loony-leftist politicians) will stop at nothing to push their climate change agenda. They twist facts and individual events into pretzels to support their assertion that humankind is doomed unless we immediately cease all use of fossil fuels. Any tragedy will do as long as there’s a way to spin the narrative and blame the occurrence on anthropological climate change.
Several weeks ago, one of the films in Netflix’ series ‘Our Planet,’ co-opted the unfortunate deaths of Pacific walruses for the cause. Wide-eyed, easily swayed innocents were no doubt distraught to the point of tears over the sight of the animals tumbling off a cliff to the deadly rocks below. But however sad the deaths may be, they were not the result of over-crowding, caused by the lack of sea ice – as the documentary claims.
Dr. Susan Crockford, a Canadian wildlife expert, explains the truth behind the falling walruses phenomenon ~
Along the Russian coast of the Chukchi Sea, records show that walrus land haulouts are a natural phenomenon going back to the 19th century, and have nothing to do with climate change. Recent haulouts are enormous because the total population is enormous.
Pacific walruses appear to have a cyclical “boom and bust” population history. A very large population soon outstrips its food supply, something that last happened with walrus in the 1980s. The starving population then declines dramatically and stays low until the food supply can recover.
Contrary to the alarmists’ propaganda, these animals aren’t endangered either ~
Despite the climate change fears, the walrus population is actually booming once again. It may now be as large as 300,000 animals. And polar bear numbers are also up in the Chukchi Sea, according to a survey completed in 2016. Chukchi polar bears are fatter and reproducing better than they were in the 1980s. Ringed and bearded seals are doing better too, which has been attributed to more algae and plankton in the water since 2007. In other words, longer ice-free summers in the Chukchi Sea, along with restricted hunting, have allowed walrus, Arctic seals, and polar bears to thrive.
Even more nefarious than the act of pushing a false narrative, Crockford believes it’s possible that the walruses in the Netflix documentary may have been spooked into a stampede during the actually filming, causing them to tumble off the cliff in a panic.
Whether that was the case or not, it’s clear that the documentary misrepresented the primary reason that animals died. And when you’re so desperate to prove your hypothesis that you have to fudge facts and manipulate emotions to do it, there’s a darn good chance your hypothesis is false.
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