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> We get to do it because we're humans, and the other species aren't. Beavers get to do a little ecological engineering now and again.
by rch 10y ago
> We get to do it because we're humans, and the other species aren't.
Beavers get to do a little ecological engineering now and again.
- CamperBob2 10y agoTrue, and I'll bet they don't feel especially guilty about it.
- rch 10y agoI bet coral is starting to wonder what it did wrong.
- CamperBob2 10y agoHard to see what relevance that has to mosquito eradication. Evidence suggests we've done a lot of harm to coral ecosystems around the world, but not as a result of the careful study and consideration that we're applying to the idea of wiping out certain harmful mosquito species.
- chr1 10y agoI believe the parent comment meant coral wonders what did it wrong to not count as a species doing ecological engineering :) So far i haven't seen any real argument against eradicating mosquito, and other species killing humans (ticks, tsetse kissing bugs)
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- rbanffy 10y agoHumans are starting to think about what we are doing wrong. The expansion of the regions afflicted by mosquitoes is largely our fault.
- Nzen 10y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4t0BKlICsk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4t0BKlICsk Motherboard report about how beavers imported to Chile have disrupted riparian forests.