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Given this competitive dominance, impacts on predators, and other unique predatory behavior, we suggest that humans function as an unsustainable “super predator
by giltleaf 11y ago
Given this competitive dominance, impacts on predators, and other unique predatory behavior, we suggest that humans function as an unsustainable “super predator,” which—unless additionally constrained by managers—will continue to alter ecological and evolutionary processes globally.
I am a super predator.
But seriously, are there possibly any other species impacts the planet as much as we do?
- Immunedynamo 11y agoA variety of bacterial species have had enormous impacts on Earth. To name just one, cyanobacteria are responsible for the current multiplicity of oxygen breathing life on the planet. Their production of oxygen directly lead to one of the greatest extinction events in Earth's history. Here is a wiki link on the Great Oxygenation Event: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Oxygenation_Event https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Oxygenation_Event