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[@doce7678]

România, my beloved country! 💙💛❤️

[@josemartinezgonzalez2450]

Espectacular 🤝

[@jungletiger1900]

6000 years ago Lions, Rhinos, all sorts of animals roamed Europe.

[@aonyx5270]

I suspect lions have lost the ability to survive in cold climates since then.

[@NatureByDhole]

@@aonyx5270 actually not,they do pretty much better than Siberian tigers so far

[@glenncordova4027]

Lions still roamed Europe 2000 years ago. About that time, they were nearly hunted out. Not long after they were gone. They soon disappeared from western Asia as well. The last Asian lions are in India.

[@teocostea1450]

Lions? Europe was full of forests, maybe tigers or linx

[@jungletiger1900]

@@teocostea1450 The Chauvet cave in France, has drawings of rhinos, lions etc all over the walls, drawn by people living some thousands of years past, also the sea levels were much lower than todays, so animals would have been everywhere, please do research.

[@AromaBlue]

IRL it is even more spectacular. The only requirerments are to not litter and be prepared for the mosquitoes.

[@wigwam3270]

Were water buffaloes in Europe within living memory?

[@Gobbygiblet]

They were last present here in the Holocene, so they survived the Ice age but early farming communities competed for space along rivers and marshland. Human civilisation got in the way for the species to recolonise, so I support their introduction all over Europe.

[@raphh2560]

Hello, where can I find photo hides in the delta? Thank you!

[@jorgeprietogonzalez3888]

the admission of species such as mouflons and elk in the swamps would be nice

[@Gobbygiblet]

Seeing as European Buffalo remains have been found in Germany and the Netherlands, are Water Buffalo going to be introduced there at some point?

[@aonyx5270]

Why not just reintroduce the European Buffalo (Bison).

[@Gobbygiblet]

@@aonyx5270 not the same species and they have different environmental functions

[@NatureByDhole]

@@Gobbygiblet but were also found there historically,so their reintroduction is valid. It would be the first place in Europe to feature the 3 big Bovines back together

[@Gobbygiblet]

@@NatureByDhole I didn't say don't use Bison. I mean use both those animals.

[@NatureByDhole]

@@Gobbygiblet ohhh yes,sorry,my bad

[@danieljurca2113]

Nature needs to come back! Mostly the african water buffalo! And the crocodiles.

[@aonyx5270]

Are those domesticated water buffalo or the true wild form (Bubalus arnee)?

[@joseguerreiro5943]

Domesticated. Compared to wild Indian water buffaloes they are already well-adapted to the local climate and are easier to get.
Although personally I would prefer to see a mix between wild and domestic genes.

[@NatureByDhole]

Domestic carpathian water buffalo,those buffalo were brought tens of centuries ago and became well adapted to the local conditions, although they could also bring some wild riverine water buffalo as well

[@tigris115]

Would it be possible for lions to be reintroduced?

[@Gobbygiblet]

Alongside Ostrich, Persian Leopards, Striped hyena and Spotted Hyena. Maybe one day we can have those animals, but maybe bring horses, Saiga and possibly camels back to the danube first

[@Gobbygiblet]

@@yasutakaimai157 Yes the only really problematic animals would be Leopards, Spotted hyenas and of course Lions.
The rest as you say, should be far easier

[@yasutakaimai157]

@@Gobbygiblet Totally agreed. Large-sized predator reintroduction is legally much more difficult than smaller to mid-sized herbivores.

[@yasutakaimai157]

@Tomek Pluta I was referring to general Ukraine, but Aurochs might have been in Danube since they are known from wetlands.

[@gutemorcheln6134]

@Tomek Pluta Yep. Dhole, leopards, hyenas and lions were roaming Europe up to the early holocene, some 10.000 years ago. Muskoxen maybe not since they're adapted to colder environments. But a similar species called Soergelia replaced them here. Lions were common in the Balkan even in antiquity. There might even be a small population of Dhole in Anatolia near Trabzon, though this might be fake

[@johnporter847]

Constanta is not the original name of that town, do you know why? The original name is Кюстенджа in Bulgarian language. And it been lost in the wars, romenians gained it from , where it should belong.

[@DjNiqueed]

Origins of name Constanta comes from Byzantine times out of Constantine. However it was a greek colony since 6 bc.