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cutelyaware t1_j90fcb4 wrote

Reply to comment by Huge_Contribution_46 in TIL beavers are a keystone species, which means they play an important role in ecosystems by modifying the area in a way that is beneficial to plants and animals by jewkakasaurus

Not as successful in that way as rats and pigeons, but certainly more complex and photogenic. Peregrine falcons are doing increasingly well among our skyscraper cliffs preying on pigeons too. Humans are a force of nature.

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ExceedingChunk t1_j93k80i wrote

And seagulls. Rats of the sky.

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cutelyaware t1_j93pzlt wrote

Yes though seagulls are not very dependent upon us whereas the others are evolving to fit into our world.

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