nuclearfusion
07-04-2006, 01:02 AM
Hi everyone,
What to do if you find your beloved E34 overrun, and your spark plug leads chewed to bits by mustelids such as these fine fellows?
http://nhnm.unm.edu/kids/Images/Species/Pine%20Marten.jpg http://wdfw.wa.gov/gallery/albums/album03/marten.sized.jpg
It seems that BMW has just the answer... an ignition harness with built-in marten repeller:
http://www.anthus.net/bmw/BMWmartenharness.gif (http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=HD11&mospid=47382&btnr=82_0086&hg=82&fg=34)
... a great gift for the BMW owner who has it all? ;)
Enjoy!
Fusion
p.s. - think I'm joking? click the photo above to link to the RealOEM page featuring this part. I'm tempted to try to order up a set just to see them!
p.p.s. - here's a Wikipedia excerpt mentioning the problem of the Beech Marten's habit of destroying engine bay components:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beech_Marten
quoting from the Wikipedia article:
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The Beech Marten (Martes foina) is the most common species of marten in Central Europe. Beech martens are long, slender, short-legged predators with long, bushy tails. They grow to a size of 40 to 50cm in body length and weigh up to two kilograms.
... (snip) ...
Beech martens are noted for their habit of damaging cars by biting through ignition leads and brake hoses and pulling apart insulation boards.
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p.p.p.s - the strange gets stranger, here is a German wikipedia article about the Beech marten:
http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&langpair=de%7Cen&u=http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steinmarder&prev=/language_tools
and here's a German wikipedia article about how to defend one's vehicle from them:
http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&langpair=de%7Cen&u=http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marderabwehr&prev=/language_tools
...and it gets worse! The problem became so severe in 1978 that a unit of the game biology group at Justus Leibig University studied the beech marten for 10 years trying to understand their behaviour. In this article they mention one vehicle that had 8 sets of ignition leads fully destroyed within 6 weeks!
http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&langpair=de%7Cen&u=http://www.uni-giessen.de/biodidaktik/vdbiol/steinm.htm&prev=/language_tools
Ouch!
What to do if you find your beloved E34 overrun, and your spark plug leads chewed to bits by mustelids such as these fine fellows?
http://nhnm.unm.edu/kids/Images/Species/Pine%20Marten.jpg http://wdfw.wa.gov/gallery/albums/album03/marten.sized.jpg
It seems that BMW has just the answer... an ignition harness with built-in marten repeller:
http://www.anthus.net/bmw/BMWmartenharness.gif (http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=HD11&mospid=47382&btnr=82_0086&hg=82&fg=34)
... a great gift for the BMW owner who has it all? ;)
Enjoy!
Fusion
p.s. - think I'm joking? click the photo above to link to the RealOEM page featuring this part. I'm tempted to try to order up a set just to see them!
p.p.s. - here's a Wikipedia excerpt mentioning the problem of the Beech Marten's habit of destroying engine bay components:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beech_Marten
quoting from the Wikipedia article:
-----
The Beech Marten (Martes foina) is the most common species of marten in Central Europe. Beech martens are long, slender, short-legged predators with long, bushy tails. They grow to a size of 40 to 50cm in body length and weigh up to two kilograms.
... (snip) ...
Beech martens are noted for their habit of damaging cars by biting through ignition leads and brake hoses and pulling apart insulation boards.
-----
p.p.p.s - the strange gets stranger, here is a German wikipedia article about the Beech marten:
http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&langpair=de%7Cen&u=http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steinmarder&prev=/language_tools
and here's a German wikipedia article about how to defend one's vehicle from them:
http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&langpair=de%7Cen&u=http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marderabwehr&prev=/language_tools
...and it gets worse! The problem became so severe in 1978 that a unit of the game biology group at Justus Leibig University studied the beech marten for 10 years trying to understand their behaviour. In this article they mention one vehicle that had 8 sets of ignition leads fully destroyed within 6 weeks!
http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&langpair=de%7Cen&u=http://www.uni-giessen.de/biodidaktik/vdbiol/steinm.htm&prev=/language_tools
Ouch!