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    Default A question concerning Eric Flint's 1632 world

    I don't know how many of us here read Eric Flint's 1632 series, the tales of what has happened when a town in West Virginia is transported to the Germanies in the mddle of the 30 Year's War.

    A number of people have written authorized stories that fit into the canon, but there's one subject I haven't seen dealt with. That's what happens to the wildlife that went back with the town of Grantville.

    It's said a circle six miles across went back. That's a little over 28 square miles(45 square kilometers). Given that quite a bit of that land was undeveloped, then certainly quite a few critters made the trip too.

    My question is this. How many of a particular species, say, raccoons, would be needed to keep a viable population? The environment is not very different, so it's not like a desert species being moved to the tropics. Or what would happen to birds, their migratory patterns and so on? Rats, mice and other vermin would probably not even notice, would they?

    I wonder what a German hunter would make of a possum?

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    Default Re: A question concerning Eric Flint's 1632 world

    Made a math error. That should be about 73 square kilometers, not 45.

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