I would think that the culling of certain species would have come about due to something people did. Perhaps the kangaroos and koalas are being culled because of loss of territory due to farming? Animals do sometimes radically change their environment but never to the extent humans can. Do you see animals suddenly colonizing deserts, irrigating the land and making it hospitable? In fact I can't think of one example where an animal species was wholely responsible for its own extinction and I've been interested in natural history since as long as I can remember.Originally posted by Quarto
That's an extremely one-sided view. Animals are extremely destructive too... and don't tell me how the animals always stay in balance with their environment, because they don't. That's why the Australian government finds it necessary to cull kangaroos and koalas every once in a while - they may be protected species, but they're quite capable of eating themselves to extinction. At least humans are able to address such issues. I don't see rabbits setting up national parks.
Originally posted by Quarto
Paper you can always make from rags... but Lemurs? They're like spooky little extra-terrestrial mutant monkey things. A world without them just wouldn't be the same.
Originally posted by vindicator
yes we may have killed many off them but hey we've done alot but if animal rights people say lets it stop there they might not have jobs and be able to waste tax dollars making pamphlets telling us we are killers and we are bad and enviormentalist still predict disastar and don't ever really focus on the good we've done again if they let it drop they wont get tax dollars to waste doing useless propaganda crap ....
Originally posted by redwolf
Right on steampunk! 20% less oxygen may just spell doom for life as we know it. Actually no, lets get rid of the rainforest, and watch people like Loaf, tcg and delance try to breathe. The only shame would be that it would have to go that far for them to see the folly in our ways.