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I think we should create a polar bear preserve in Antarctica in an isolated area away from penguins
by user249 4y ago
I think we should create a polar bear preserve in Antarctica in an isolated area away from penguins
- giardini 4y agouser249 says>"I think we should create a polar bear preserve in Antarctica in an isolated area away from penguins"< FTFY: I think we should create a polar bear preserve in Antarctica in an isolated area away from penguins and humans.
- user249 4y agoWell yes of course. I'm envisioning a park with natural and human-made barriers to keep them in their area. We already manage large predators in the lower 48 states of the US by tracking and monitoring wolves and grizzlies. If it's a choice between polar bears going extinct at the North Pole and surviving comfortably at the South Pole, I'd choose the latter.
- godmode2019 4y agoAntarctica does not have polar bears, introducing a apex predators to a balanced environment is not a good idea.
- bismuthcrystal 4y agoThat's exactly what a penguin would say.
- user249 4y agoWe here in the US have apex predators in the Rocky Mountains (grizzlies, wolves) so I don't see how this is a blocking issue
- giarc 4y agoBecause those ecosystems have existed with those predators for thousands/millions of years and have balanced themselves.
- grapeskin 4y agoImagine bringing cold-resistant crocodiles to the Rockies and how much that’d shake up the ecosystem. An apex predator is only an apex predator in absence of a bigger, more dangerous predator.
- Tiktaalik 4y agoThis sort of idea has a long history of catastrophic failures resulting in species extinctions.
- BurningFrog 4y agoBears are big enough that we can easily kill all of them in a few seasons.
- scruple 4y agoWouldn't be the first time...
- BurningFrog 4y agoRight. This is proven technology!
- pvaldes 4y agoThe problem is that bears can swim. To enclose 1000Km of open sea in a "storm-proof, crushing-iceberg proof, bear-proof" barrier to keep penguins out and bears in would be... a defiant task. If we put polar bears in Antarctica, sooner or later we'll have polar bears roaming in Argentina.