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> wood, something that very little wildlife can eat Not all wildlife can be picked up and pet by a human. That doesn’t mean it’s not a living being participati
by callalex 3y ago
> wood, something that very little wildlife can eat
Not all wildlife can be picked up and pet by a human. That doesn’t mean it’s not a living being participating with a vital role in the ecosystem. There was a time before life could eat wood, and that time period is why the energy source is named “fossil fuel” and “dino juice”, that time period was long ago.
- jojobas 3y agoWood is mostly consumed by fungus. If that's wildlife in your book, fine.
- callalex 3y agoIt is! I can tell that my interpretation is annoying to you though so I will leave you alone with a question. Who then eats the fungus? And who eats that?
- jojobas 3y agoSome fungus fruit bodies are eaten by insect larva, which feeds into birds. Most of the energy stored in the wood is just wasted bypassing any macroscopic wildlife. If forests were efficient in feeding mammals or birds (i.e. making meat) our farms would have been forests.