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To: ketsu

“Humanity is wiping out species at a record pace and that is indisputable.”

Out of curiosity- what pace would that be?

And what if we do harvest the tuna into extinction? Seems like an awful small part of my diet to be concerned about. (And last I checked, I was a part of the food chain as well.)

Now if you mean to tell me we are going to run out of fish in general, I might listen some more. But as it stands more squid in the world just tells me that there is going to be an overpopulation and nature will adjust for them. More birds and turtles will move in to eat them. A crowded system is an abundance of food that hasn’t been exploited yet.


I have to ask though;

What does the mega fauna have to do with anything right now? Megafauna were by and large animals acclimated to a world in an ice age. We still have large cats and elephants. Mammoths died. Did you hear about this, http://www.exn.ca/mammoth/Cloning.cfm ?

Oh look, humans bringing a species BACK!

I challenge you to tell me of any other animal whose actions would ever lead to this outcome.

Wake up and enjoy being human.


8 posted on 01/30/2008 2:31:02 AM PST by MacDorcha (Do you feel that you can place full trust in your obsevations of the physical world?)
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To: MacDorcha
Google "6th great extinction event" and get back to me.

It doesn't particularly matter, squid and jellyfish are quickly replacing the biomass taken by overfishing. Americans aren't particular fish eaters, but the British and the Japanese tend to care a great deal. Tuna is a delicacy, Squid is not.

Squid are *not* overpopulating. They're replacing the niches previously occupied by fish. It's evolution in action.

The megafauna have a *huge* deal to do with the present. The previous poster argued that humans don't really have an effect on biodiversity. I pointed out the megafauna were eliminated by human encroachment.

Who cares if humans bring species back? The human extinction event is *natural*, it will certainly change the earth drastically(conservative dogma doesn't seem to get this) but that is the way the cookie crumbles. As we both agree, new species will arise to take over for any vacant niches. Eventually, sooner or later, we will be replaced as well.
10 posted on 01/30/2008 4:25:38 AM PST by ketsu
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