[ SECRET POST #5986 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5986 ⌋

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Re: offbeat questions

[(Anonymous)]

In North America raccoons fill the monkey niche in the ecosystem. In Australia and Australasia Koala and tree kangaroos do this, in South America, Asia and Africa they have actual monkeys, but in Europe they don't have any animal that fills that niche in the ecosystem; how come? Why is there a vacant eco-niche?

Re: offbeat questions

[(Anonymous)]

How do raccoons fill the monkey niche?

Re: offbeat questions

[(Anonymous)]

NAYRT

Graspy hands, thievery, and general mischief.

Also, Europe has a monkey - the Barbary Macaques.

Re: offbeat questions

[(Anonymous)]

Those are only in Gibraltar, and they were imported from Africa.

Re: offbeat questions

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

No. Fossils of the Barbary Macaques have been found across Europe and on the British Isles. The current European population may be only in Gibraltar, but they once inhabited most of Europe.

Also, if you go back far enough, all monkeys are "imported" from Africa, so you have to draw the line somewhere for something being "native".

Re: offbeat questions

[(Anonymous)]

Foxes, I suppose?

Re: offbeat questions

[(Anonymous)]

You don't see many foxes in a canopy, foxes fill the fox niche in every other continent.

Re: offbeat questions

[(Anonymous)]

Europe has several cold-resistant, tree-climbing animals that are kinda relatives of weasels. Martens, polecats, that sort of thing. They also have some little, nocturnal wild cat relatives that sleep in trees and attics, but the actual name for those escapes me right now.

So I don't think the niche is empty, you're just wondering about the animals that fill it.

Re: offbeat questions

[(Anonymous)]

They also have some little, nocturnal wild cat relatives that sleep in trees and attics, but the actual name for those escapes me right now.

Genets?

Re: offbeat questions

[(Anonymous)]

Good guess, and depending where in Europe the OP was asking about, that might work for them. But I was thinking of an animal people occasionally come across in Germany. The ring-tail's right, but its body isn't as fancy as a genet.

Re: offbeat questions

[(Anonymous)]

Literal wildcats, then? We also have raccoons in Germany, unfortunately, but they're not native here.

Re: offbeat questions

[(Anonymous)]

Australia - tree kangaroos are only in the far north. Everywhere else it's possums. Also flying foxes and various gliders.

Re: offbeat questions

[(Anonymous)]

You are very wrong about Australia. As the other anon said, tree kangaroos aren't everywhere. Possums fill that niche much better (getting into your shit, eating your homegrown fruit and veggies, screeching like devils in the night, pissing evil brown sticky pee on your deck).

And about koalas... if you'd ever seen one or have read even the most basic description of their behaviour, you should know they are the opposite of raccoons. They sleep 20+hours a day and only eat eucalyptus leaves. They literally don't have the time, energy or inclination to fuck anything up.