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Well ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Matthew_Island#Mammals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Matthew_Island#Mammals
by luckylion 6y ago
Well ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Matthew_Island#Mammals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Matthew_Island#Mammals
- shekharshan 6y agoExactly, we are getting overconfident in our ability to control the planet and its resources. I believe we are privileged to share this planet with other beings. Instead we treat animals like some kind of inanimate resource.
- graeme 6y agoYou missed their point. The link shows that reindeer also multiplied far past their carrying point. Agent smith is wrong, plenty of mammals will overshoot given the opportunity.
- glial 6y agoDoesn’t make it wise.
- scintill76 6y agoWell, it was with our help... > In 1944, 29 reindeer were introduced to the island by the United States Coast Guard to provide an emergency food source. The Coast Guard abandoned the island a few years later, leaving the reindeer.
- graeme 6y agoYeah. But, species will do it regardless. It’s an easy to point to example, that’s all. But species do it without human help. I remember caterpillars had boom bust cycles in my hometown as a kid. They’d eat all the leaves and die off.