[LRflex] Re: IMG: Yellow-bellied Marmot

  • From: Steve Barbour <kididdoc@xxxxxxx>
  • To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 22:14:48 -0700


On Jun 4, 2008, at 10:10 PM, wildlightphoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Steve Barbour <kididdoc@xxxxxxx> wrote:

I read recently (I don't know how
accurate this is) that the alpine marmot may have been more
responsible for the Black Death (bubonic plague) than rats were...

based on what evidence Doug?
and did its habitat coincide with the location of the bubonic plague
epidemic?

Steve


I only know what I read on Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmot


 did the plague occur in the mountains or the cities....?

I'd like to see some proof of their suggestion...


Steve




Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com


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