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Ok I'll bite. How did the world survive for millions of years with bevers around before we killed most of them on every continent?
by ctrw 3y ago
Ok I'll bite.
How did the world survive for millions of years with bevers around before we killed most of them on every continent?
- eru 3y agoJust to play devil's advocate: the first algae were extremely damaging to the environment by releasing toxic oxygen. Of course, that took millions of years to take effect. So beavers could in principle also be damaging, but taking a long time to kill. (And, of course, nowadays a lot of organisms have come to depend on the once-toxic emissions of algae. Beavers might have a similar effect on the ecosystem.) See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Oxidation_Event https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Oxidation_Event
- bongodongobob 3y agoKilling off nearly all the wolves, mountain lions, lynx, bears, coyotes, foxes, etc, is probably a good chunk of the problem when talking about small mammal populations.