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Wildlife of the river Thames – one of the busiest rivers, with a global city built around it

If you look at this image, or indeed the start of Eastenders, with its view from the air, you would think that the river can host no wildlife at all – but it still does, and could get better.

Throughout time, much has been dropped or thrown into the river. From a giant statue of Michael Jackson, to a 16th century sword recently found, to (less appealingly) it having been used as an open sewer for a very long time.

Never the less, this is a river, and has the capacity to support much life other than humans. Also, despite how much rubbish is pumped into the rive, it is much improved from several decades ago, and as such much wildlife has started to return.

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New snake species has arrived in the UK, after long absence should it be allowed to stay?

Aesculapian snakes are a new species to the UK, but are found in europe. Does that mean that it should be exterminated, It is having a problem in Europe, as temperatures are getting too high for it to thrive.

It is not actually new to the UK! Indeed, while it has been locally extinct for 300,000 years, its relatives have continued to live in Europe. It was lost from the UK in the last ice age, as being a cold blooded animal, it was unable to survive.

It should be noted, that it is around 14,000 years ago that the mammoth was lost from the UK, so our country would have likely been quite different. Still, as it was only lost from here, it is hard to argue that its introduction would damage the UK.

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