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The Pika population around Lake Tahoe, California, has vanished, following similar die-offs in Utah and Nevada over the past decade.<\/p>\n

But, no, of course it’s not climate change, no matter what all those scientists say. I mean, what do they know? They probably just want more grant money. No, it’s almost certainly a conspiracy — maybe those Chinese, sneaking into national parks and stealing all our pikas, then making up stories about “climate change”. Crafty bastards. Maybe Trump will talk to them about that on his Asia tour, and show them who’s boss.<\/p>\n

Sigh.<\/p>\n


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\nClimate Change Spells Extinction for Pikas of Lake Tahoe<\/a><\/span>
\nResearchers say the American pika has disappeared from a large area of the Sierra Nevada mountains.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Pika population around Lake Tahoe, California, has vanished, following similar die-offs in Utah and Nevada over the past decade. But, no, of course it’s not climate change, no matter what all those scientists say. I mean, what do they know? They probably just want more grant money. 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