The eurasian elk (Alces alces), also called moose, was found on european Alps until 1000 years ago, when it was probaby hunted to extinction by humans, but also past deforestation strongly impacted the overall alpine population. At the moment, Alps are one of the most wild areas of Europe, with a huge biodiversity, with more than 30,000 animal and 13,000 plant species. Now, some eurasian elk/moose population are trying expanding south in Austria, with a possible natural return of this species on Alps in the next decades.
On Alps, large herbivores are abundant, with over 400.000 alpine chamois, hundreds of thousands of roe deers and red deers, a rising population of wild boars and (the endemic) alpine ibex numbering 55297 individuals.
Large carnivores are also decently widespread, with healthy populations of golden eagles across all the mountain range, a good population of wolves and more fragmented (but expanding) populations of bears and lynx.
Eurasian elks/moose on Alps could be found in valleyfloors but also at huge elevations, even over the tree line (unusual for a forest dweller species; it's probable they crossed the treeline during dispersion or for foraging in alpine lakes for aquatic plants). The fact that these large cervids used a lot elevated areas is pretty important for a future presence in the alpine region, since valleyfloors are usually urbanized, while mountainous areas are left to the wild. Eurasian elks prefer flat landscapes, meaning they would more frequently forage on forested plateaus, that can be found across all Alps. However, steep areas can also be used, especially when the species need to make altitudinal migrations or when dispersing) Here, a lone young american moose travelling on a slope without tree cover. This unthinkable plasticity make Alps even more suitable for eurasian elks, that could easily sustains tens of thousands individuals.
What makes eurasian elk/moose ecologically useful on Alps? Alces alces is the only truly large browser of Eurasia, with a great impact on vegetation density and distribution. Their semiaquatic ecology makes them good seed dispersor of aquatic plants and algas like various species of Sparganium sp., Carex sp. Polygonum sp., Menyanthes trifoliata, Lemna sp., Nymphea alba, Nuphar lutea, etc. While feeding in the water, something that other cervids usually do not, eurasian elks fertilize lakes by defecating, increasing their prod
... keep reading on reddit ➡I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Do your worst!
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
Buenosdillas
They’re on standbi
Pilot on me!!
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
When I got home, they were still there.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
I won't be doing that today!
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Nothing, he was gladiator.
You take away their little brooms
This morning, my 4 year old daughter.
Daughter: I'm hungry
Me: nerves building, smile widening
Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.
She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.
Thank you all for listening.
There hasn't been a post all year!
It’s pronounced “Noel.”
After all his first name is No-vac
What, then, is Chinese rap?
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Notable mentions from the comments:
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Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits
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French/Finnish art
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Country/Canadian rap
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Chinese/Country/Canadian rock
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Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap
