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I had casually assumed climate change would only really impact animals high up the food chain. But to see this amount of species loss in animals at the very bot
by aseerdbnarng 5y ago
I had casually assumed climate change would only really impact animals high up the food chain. But to see this amount of species loss in animals at the very bottom of the food chain frightens me
- lotsofpulp 5y agoDo you consider humans to be animals high up in the food chain?
- menzoic 5y agoWe can hunt and eat any animal that we "want" and systematically control and produce supply. That's the highest you can get in the food chain.
- lotsofpulp 5y agoI was just making a tongue in cheek comment about being frightened by loss at the bottom of the chain, but (presumably) not about the top, where we are.
- chrisseaton 5y agoThey didn't say they weren't afraid of loss at the top, but that they were also afraid of loss at the bottom.
- ben_w 5y agoFood chain vs. food web aside, not many of us die from being eaten.
- slver 5y agoYou can get meta and demonstrate the food chain is closed in a circle, which it is, but in a conventional sense, yes we are.
- jefurii 5y agoIf I've understood the science stories I've been reading the organisms closer to the bottom of the food chain (plankton, krill, insects, etc) outnumber us in terms of biomass, and we are incredibly dependent on the part they play in our ecosystem. The decline in these species is something to take very seriously.