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Hard to read this article and feel proud to be a human. A world without wilderness and wild animal will be an impoverished one indeed. "The total weight of Ea
by hermitcrab 3y ago
Hard to read this article and feel proud to be a human.
A world without wilderness and wild animal will be an impoverished one indeed.
"The total weight of Earth’s wild land mammals – from elephants to bisons and from deer to tigers – is now less than 10% of the combined tonnage of men, women and children living on the planet."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/18/a-wake-up-call-total-weight-of-wild-mammals-less-than-10-of-humanitys https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/18/a-wake-u...
However the bison numbers have recovered somewhat. Great whale populations are increasing. Maybe there is some hope for us yet.
- cryptonector 3y agoAmerican governments -Federal and State- in the 19th century developed eugenics laws and genocidal policies against natives, to say nothing of horrible policies against blacks. Some of those served as inspiration to the Nazis. Horrible.
- aeternum 3y agoYou have to feel somewhat proud to have achieved such extreme evolutionary success. Only recently have we expanded to other meta goals like conservation. By the measure that we apply to nearly every other species on earth, humans win.
- jebarker 3y ago> By the measure that we apply to nearly every other species on earth, humans win. I don't understand - what measure?
- SturgeonsLaw 3y agoKickin' the most ass
- hermitcrab 3y agoEvolution is about competition. So I guess if your species destroys every other species then you have 'won' in some sense. But only in the same sense that you have 'won' a nuclear war if your counties is the only one in the world with any survivors.
- hulitu 3y ago> By the measure that we apply to nearly every other species on earth, humans win. The rats in New York would like to have a word with you. /s
- hermitcrab 3y agoA world with just humans, their pets, their cattle and a few hardy 'pests' won't feel much like a victory.
- hulitu 3y agoWe have also the metaverse. Just like for us the vegetables came from supermarkets (and not from peasants), the reality will come from the metaverse.
- ab5tract 3y agoSorry, but that’s nonsense. There were millions of humans living side by side with these bison before both were genocided. Equating “civilization” with “humanity” or “human nature” is a false equivalence.
- ikekkdcjkfke 3y agoDepends if you wanna figure out the mysteries of the universe or live in subsistence, either are fine by me
- mcmoor 3y agoFor how much I obviously hated them, sometimes I feel proud for human pests. Be it locusts, rats, mosquitoes, cockroaches, ants, etc. They declare war on the mightiest species on the planet and are still winning! I remember seeing that humans are only the 2nd most prolific human killers (1st is mosquitoes) and was surprised! Compared to other animals on earth, they are certainly the champions of evolution.
- hulitu 3y ago> I remember seeing that humans are only the 2nd most prolific human killers We are working very hard on this issue. /s
- aeternum 3y agoTrue, but to be fair if it were mosquitos alone, they would be little more than an annoyance. They're only deadly because they've teamed up with a host of other microorganisms like the Dengue, Zika, and Chikungunya viruses.
- hulitu 3y agoThere was a documentary about mosquitos where a guy from the Australian Army said, that sleeping a night, with a lot of mosquitos -without protection- , could be your last night.