Another question! If there can be adaptations defending against ghosts, can there be likewise adaptations for hunting ghosts? Giant tusks or claws for bringing downlarge or thick-skinned prey now extinct?
Yes, indeed. Pleistocene carnivores were larger on average. Here is a link https://youtu.be/8ooKB3jRQ8M?si=DoWn9jhaQwaG1aLB. The La Brea Tarpits Museum in LA has recovered millions of bones from large animals, including carnivores. The museum is very worth visiting. The carnivores are just plain scary.
Can the trunk thorns be removed with a lopper when they appear? Perhaps that would eliminate the dangers from the lower reaches of the tree? I wonder if any of the extinct megafauna tried that out. Any tests of beaver/young honey locust tree interactions?
I'm sure it would be easy to prune off the thorns. Maybe they were left on as an IQ test for undergraduates...? Beaver/locust interactions? No idea, but thorns that size would probably not be an impediment to animals as small as beavers.
Another question! If there can be adaptations defending against ghosts, can there be likewise adaptations for hunting ghosts? Giant tusks or claws for bringing downlarge or thick-skinned prey now extinct?
Yes, indeed. Pleistocene carnivores were larger on average. Here is a link https://youtu.be/8ooKB3jRQ8M?si=DoWn9jhaQwaG1aLB. The La Brea Tarpits Museum in LA has recovered millions of bones from large animals, including carnivores. The museum is very worth visiting. The carnivores are just plain scary.
Can the trunk thorns be removed with a lopper when they appear? Perhaps that would eliminate the dangers from the lower reaches of the tree? I wonder if any of the extinct megafauna tried that out. Any tests of beaver/young honey locust tree interactions?
I'm sure it would be easy to prune off the thorns. Maybe they were left on as an IQ test for undergraduates...? Beaver/locust interactions? No idea, but thorns that size would probably not be an impediment to animals as small as beavers.
A group of college students at Yale found the honey locust worthy of extensive study and even as a subject of poetry:
https://naturewalk.yale.edu/trees/fabaceae/gleditsia-triacanthos/honey-locust-18
Well, why not? It's a beautiful and interesting tree, the students learned a lot, and poetry is always appropriate.