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It won't make you feel better, but sadly the extinction of species is as much a part of nature as the death of an individual organism, with nearly all species t
by Luc 13y ago
It won't make you feel better, but sadly the extinction of species is as much a part of nature as the death of an individual organism, with nearly all species that have ever existed having gone extinct. Given that, I think the small kindnesses you are showing towards your fellow biosphere inhabitants are about all you can do. IMHO.
- DougWebb 13y agoYes species have gone extinct, but they're also been replaced. We're not seeing the replacements these days, only the extinctions. Eventually the biosphere can redevelop from a very small core of survivors, but we'll be long-gone by then.
- JoeAltmaier 13y agoIn fact the day will inevitably come when we've 'reformatted' the entire ecosphere. Why settle for whatever random collection of life-forms were here when we came to sentience as a race? That's all we really have; a snapshot of life on our planet, different from what came before and certainly different from what will come once we've had our way with it, for better or for worse.
- Luc 13y agoI'm describing the situation, not making a judgement. We, as a species, appear rather better at making other species extinct than in preserving them. Our pitiful attempts at preservation will not suffice to preserve current species, I reckon.
- pdonis 13y agoWe're not seeing the replacements these days, only the extinctions. Replacement can take a long time--millions of years.