Endangered Species...

[Deleted member 33117]

Who here believes in the protection of endangered species, and why?

 

[juiceddreadlocks]

bleh, really.

 

[Robert Jan]

natural diversity

however some animals are going to die out even if humans leave them alone.

Pandas are some of the worst equipped animals for a species to survive ever and would have died out without human help even if we let their habitat alone.

 

[juiceddreadlocks]

natural diversity

however some animals are going to die out even if humans leave them alone.

Pandas are some of the worst equipped animals for a species to survive ever and would have died out without human help even if we let their habitat alone.

dude, peta would have your ass for that.

 

[Deleted member 33117]

jm, from your comments I'll take it you think they shouldn't be protected. Since you are a biology major, that already answers "why". Anyone else?

 

[SoreArms]

Weel, although I think nature should take its' course and let species go extinct that need to be extinct, it is coo lto keep some ofthese fuckers alive.

Imagine if we could have kept some of the dynosaurs around to see what they were like instead of guessing at it.

 

[Deus Ex Machina]

Imagine if we could have kept some of the dynosaurs around to see what they were like instead of guessing at it.

i thought the dinos went extinct way before humans were even around?

 

[juiceddreadlocks]

jm, from your comments I'll take it you think they shouldn't be protected. Since you are a biology major, that already answers "why". Anyone else?

i hate peta and greenpeace

 

[Robert Jan]

i hate peta and greenpeace

"I heard that the ehm, forming of the earth was this big huge chemical dirty bunch of crap... Ill bet if Greenpeace was around then theyd have stopped it"

 

[juiceddreadlocks]

"I heard that the ehm, forming of the earth was this big huge chemical dirty bunch of crap... Ill bet if Greenpeace was around then theyd have stopped it"

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you have just blown a karma load on robert jan that could possibly choke a donkey

 

[SoreArms]

i thought the dinos went extinct way before humans were even around?

Of course, but i was talking figuretively or whatever,stupid

 

[The Wenis]

sure they should be protected at the expense of human greed. one of the problems with the endangered species act is it encourages private land owners to destroy them. the esa says "if we inspect your land and find an endangered species we'll stop all development on your property." so joe landowner bulldozes the plant/tree/animal and says "look no species here." happened in a high profile california case and a few thousand low profile.

 

[Imnotdutch]

Maintenance of the global ecosystem. Each species affects every othe rto a greater or lesser degree. If you start taking species out then it goes pear shaped. Unfortunately humans have a massive and rapid effect on the ecosystem so species can not adapt fast enough to the changes in the world around them caused by us.

 

[Dante Alighieri]

I'm all for keeping the world's oceans in a healthy state so as to sustain living organisms at the very bottom of the food chain (it is my believe the lower down the chain you go the more important it is to preserve that species) e.g. phytoplankton - am I correct in assuming that these organisms moderate the oxygen/ CO2 balance more than plant life i.e. are the main homeostatic force controlling these two gases?

Don't get me wrong, I feel that baby seals, apes/ gorillas, elephants, tigers etc provide a high level of biodiversity on the planet, but what will have a bigger impact on the planet's ecosystem/ environment if destroyed - phytoplankton, plants then/ or lions. We humans being at the top of the food chain are the most "unimportant" IMHO when it comes to maintaining the "balance" of the planet.

I've been reading too many Clive Cussler novels, heh

 

[Robert Jan]

I'm all for keeping the world's oceans in a healthy state so as to sustain living organisms at the very bottom of the food chain (it is my believe the lower down the chain you go the more important it is to preserve that species) e.g. phytoplankton - am I correct in assuming that these organisms moderate the oxygen/ CO2 balance more than plant life i.e. are the main homeostatic force controlling these two gases?

correct

 

[Imnotdutch]

You are correct about the importance of plankton. They produce a large amount of the worlds oxygen.

The problem with removing other roganisms is that they still affect the population size of other organisms which in itself has knock on affects.

I'm all for keeping the world's oceans in a healthy state so as to sustain living organisms at the very bottom of the food chain (it is my believe the lower down the chain you go the more important it is to preserve that species) e.g. phytoplankton - am I correct in assuming that these organisms moderate the oxygen/ CO2 balance more than plant life i.e. are the main homeostatic force controlling these two gases?

Don't get me wrong, I feel that baby seals, apes/ gorillas, elephants, tigers etc provide a high level of biodiversity on the planet, but what will have a bigger impact on the planet's ecosystem/ environment if destroyed - phytoplankton, plants then/ or lions. We humans being at the top of the food chain are the most "unimportant" IMHO when it comes to maintaining the "balance" of the planet.

I've been reading too many Clive Cussler novels, heh