Dieren

Animals and Waterboxx

Water in dry areas attracts life. During the Groasis waterboxx experiments in 2010 we have found:

• App. 2% of all the planted saplings and seeds eaten by ants.
• App. 1% of all the planted saplings and seeds eaten by mice.
• App. 0,2% of all the planted saplings and seeds eaten by gophers.
• App. 30% of all the installed boxes has frogs or toads below them after 2 months.
• In one experiment (Whitewater Preserve California) we had 3 boxes destroyed by a black bear (Ursidae). After the destruction we did nothing and no more boxes were touched.
• The soil under more than 90% of the boxes is drained by earthworms within a month after installing.
• Under all the boxes the soil changes rapidly into a soft soil caused by microbes and bacteria.

Kijk naar deze foto’s die de aanwezigheid van dieren bij het gebruik van de waterboxx laten zien.

Kijk naar de foto’s van de bast van de bomen die zichzelf beschermen tegen het opvreten door dieren.