I don't believe anyone is requiring you to find it interesting. However, enough readers of HN did find it interesting for it to make it to the front page. Mayb

I don't believe anyone is requiring you to find it interesting. However, enough readers of HN did find it interesting for it to make it to the front page. Maybe widespread understanding of the issues amongst non-experts isn't considered important for zoologists. I have no idea. But it's clearly interesting to some people.