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To: b4its2late
I thought the oceanic ecosystem is under attack, as in out of balance, due to the mass killing of sharks for their fins.

That doesn't help. There are several instances (wolves in Yellowstone is another) that show when top predators are eliminated or substantially reduced, entire ecosystems are altered.

Wolves are rebalancing Yellowstone ecosystem

15 posted on 10/19/2006 11:46:38 AM PDT by cogitator
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To: cogitator
And the sharks can't reproduce fast enough to keep up. I think it's in the far east where it is rampant......
16 posted on 10/19/2006 11:47:58 AM PDT by b4its2late (I'm not insensitive, I just don't care.)
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To: cogitator

I agree with you 100% here. Though I think farmers have a right to defend their livestock, completely eliminating a species is not good at all.


22 posted on 10/19/2006 12:49:29 PM PDT by proud_yank (Socialism - An Answer In Search Of A Question For Over 100 Years)
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