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> Has anyone looked into the potential impacts (good and bad) for wide scale introduction of proven tools for use by other animals? That is interesting. What i
by mmooss 2y ago
> Has anyone looked into the potential impacts (good and bad) for wide scale introduction of proven tools for use by other animals?
That is interesting. What if we designed tools for use by corvids?
> conceptually, what’s the downside to leave a huge pile of defensive materials like bird spikes in the forest to help promote nest health?
We'd be supporting one species, the prey, over the other, the predator. Why? Do we mean to apply vegan principles to animals? What happens to the predators? How do animal rights apply? Conceptually, it's really a difficult question.
- econ 2y agoIf we kill enough of a kind it is okay to help them. Where I live we have enough slugs to feed thousands of hedgehogs but they don't understand traffic. Therefore it is fine to build luxury hotels for them.