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Or Pthirus pubis (the pubic louse), if you want an insect. Outbreaks are not exactly a major issue, but it's not clear to me why it would be a cause for regret
by card_zero 2y ago
Or Pthirus pubis (the pubic louse), if you want an insect. Outbreaks are not exactly a major issue, but it's not clear to me why it would be a cause for regret if it went extinct in the wild.
(Now I'm wondering which scientist or zookeeper would preserve the last remaining specimens in captivity, and how, but that's a sidetrack.)
- dylan604 2y ago> but it's not clear to me why it would be a cause for regret if it went extinct in the wild. This is precisely the point. Just because you can't doesn't meant it isn't there. The hubris to think that just because the reason can't be seen right now with the limited information available at the time of decision means everything will be fine is exactly my point of hesitation on any of these decisions.
- lupusreal 2y agoIf eradicating pubic lice is excessive hubris, then refusing to eradicate pubic lice for fear of some unknown consequence is cowardice.