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Nicolai Levashov. Russian History Viewed through Distorted Mirrors. Vol. 1

cies of the giants’ ecological system possessed. At the same time any humanoid spe-
cies would be a very easy booty for local predators. Therefore “reasoning” ecological
niches for humanoid species could not originate in the Era of Giants, but only when
these giants died out and “freed-up” the enormous “flats”-niches which they had oc-
cupied.

Let us come back now to the species which occupy the “reasoning” ecological
niche. All neighbouring “flats”-niches at all levels of life are not empty, but are occu-
pied by different vegetable and animal species. And Homo sapiens must coexist with
these species for his survival and use them for his own sustenance. There is one little
“but” at this point; and, as often happens, a little “but” appears to be not so little. The
amount of ecological niches is not equal in different climatic zones, where, in addi-
tion, vertical zoning exists. The reason for this is very simple — an uneven illumina-
tion of the surface by the sun rays because of the spherical form of the planet, the
slope of the axis and the elliptic form of the orbit; because of these factors Midgard-
earth appears at different distances from its luminary during the year. They have a
minimal influence on the equator, maximal — on the poles. The nearer to the poles,
the stronger the seasons are pronounced: the longer the winter season and the shorter
the autumn and spring. All this influences, primarily, the variety of the vegetable
world and, consequently, the variety of the animal one.

At the same time there are several types of ecological subsystems on Midgard-
earth, which mainly correspond to the climatic zones in which they are located. The
richest variety of vegetable and animal forms is the Equatorial Zone and that implies
a great number of ecological “flats”/niches available to be occupied by many species.
Naturally, the poorest zone is the Arctic (Antarctic) Zone. The winter season in the
Arctic climatic zone lasts eight months and is accompanied by the arctic night; fol-
lowed by a very short and stormy spring, pretty hot summer and, again, short autumn.
In fact, spring, summer and autumn merge into one season related to the completion
of the Arctic Night and the beginning of the Arctic Day. At the same time the Arctic
Day does not change into Night instantly. After the long Arctic Night a very short
Arctic Day, the duration of which increases every day, appears and this happens until
the Arctic Day completely substitutes the Night.

In principle, the time of the transition from the Arctic Night to the Arctic Day is
the Arctic Spring. And, accordingly, the time of the transition from the Arctic Day to
the Arctic Night is the Arctic Autumn. Thus, the Arctic Day is the Arctic Summer.
During the Arctic Day pretty poor vegetation — mosses and lichens, herbage, bushes
and midget trees — stormily and rapidly produces young shoots, quickly shed their
blossoms, bear fruits and seeds and then rapidly prepare themselves for the long hi-
bernation. Most animals appear in the Arctic Zone only during the Arctic Day. Mi-
gratory birds constitute the greater part of these seasonal inhabitants, which arrive
there in order to hatch their nestlings under the rays of the permanently present Sun
and then fly away with their young to winter quarters.

Like migratory birds, other seasonal inhabitants of the Arctic Zone migrate to
the south, to the Sub-Arctic Zone and even to northern lands of the Temperate Zone
when the Arctic Night comes. The famous reindeer acts like this too. There are not

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