The UKs tame Wildlife

wannabedamned · 13 Sep 2009 at 13:05

I don't know if there's a real answer to this, Maybe it's just down to chance.

But why is the UKs wildlife so tame compared to the rest of the world? Both in the Sea and on land.

Is there an explanation?

Just to expand, Im referring to the lack of the dangerous(Bears, Big Cats, etc) And Poisonous(Spiders, Snakes, Scorpions)

Van Hellseek · 13 Sep 2009 at 13:07

We killed all the scary ones.

Jokester · 13 Sep 2009 at 13:09

seek said:
We killed all the scary ones.

Yep.

ElliorR · 13 Sep 2009 at 13:11

We used to have wolves and bears in the UK but as the others have, we've killed them all off. Shame really as I'd love to hear a wolf howling at night and bear baiting sounds like fun.

wannabedamned · 13 Sep 2009 at 13:12

I was afraid the answer was going to be something like that.

wormwood · 13 Sep 2009 at 13:17

You do get quite a few sharks off the coast of Cornwall and some venemous adders on the Welsh coast. Red deer can probably pack quite a punch too.

davestar_delux · 13 Sep 2009 at 13:38

The welfare state, these animals are happy to sponge instead of working for their food.

ElliorR · 13 Sep 2009 at 13:40

davestar_delux said:
The welfare state, these animals are happy to sponge instead of working for their food.

Burn all the Zoo's and wildlife parks I say. ****ing spongers.

/me goes and buys the Mail on Sunday

davestar_delux · 13 Sep 2009 at 13:41

ElliorR said:
Burn all the Zoo's and wildlife parks I say. ****ing spongers.

/me goes and buys the Mail on Sunday

Ugh, don't start me on the foreign animals in their cushy zoos.

Missing.String · 13 Sep 2009 at 13:42

Tame? Have you never accidentally bumped into a badger on a dark evening?

willhub · 13 Sep 2009 at 14:27

Missing.String said:
Tame? Have you never accidentally bumped into a badger on a dark evening?

I have, I think, it was very hard to identify though.

Fenris · 13 Sep 2009 at 15:49

We have a few poisonouse spider if thats any help, only one that can really do any harm (no one in the UK has ever died from a spider bite), apart from that yeah, our wildlife is pretty tame.

Personaly I'm glad, I don't really like the idea of having things that can kill me wandering around outside.

Unless you count ******.

"andy" · 13 Sep 2009 at 15:57

the climate
the fact we are a small island with strict laws on what animals can come in and out
hunting

xJcBx · 13 Sep 2009 at 15:59

Missing.String said:
Tame? Have you never accidentally bumped into a badger on a dark evening?

Accidentally almost wee'd on one once, very drunkenly, it head-butted my leg. It hurt. They don't deserver this welfare protection anymore.. Spongers...

Amp34 · 13 Sep 2009 at 16:04

Tame? Don't you mean non dangerous? Tame would imply we could go and stroke them. In fact our wildlife is probably less tame than most other places, unless you're talking squirrels, blackbirds and robins that seem to love our food.