Re: Extinction the facts
Originally Posted by
Tiffany
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Not quite true, OGF. Any animals etc now extinct can never be brought back & there are hundreds of them from tiny insects to the Dodo & bigger animals.
Who did the survey Tiff? There are lots of places in this great big world of ours where man (or woman) has never been. There are species of insects and possibly animals we haven't even discovered yet. Some of the larger carnivores also exist in these uninhabitable places to return in number once we've gone.
Originally Posted by
AnnieS
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Very true and so sad that we can't seem to stop it. We aren't a fly on a dog's back OGF, we are the dog.
You have a very limited view on the size of this planet Annie. I can understand why, when we can talk to people at the other side of the world in real time. News programmes and documentaries, not to mention the internet can make this planet seem a very small world. But far from it Annie, you can fly over the oceans, forests and mountains and never see another human, or something humans have built, for days on end. We are actually ;A fly, on a fly's back, on the dog!
Originally Posted by
Mups
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You might find this interesting.
It really is a shock and horrible eye opener to what we have lost forever in the way of mammals, birds, reptiles, fish and even plants.
In fact, they say
the rate of extinction has never been higher than it is today.
I try not to concern myself with some journalist or naturalists view of the planet Mups. There seems to be a profound willingness for the media to do the human race down with Extinction this, destroying that, wasting energy, attacking the very foundation of all man has achieved over the years. There is a pattern emerging here Mups, and it is a far cry from the proud, adaptable and ingenious race we once were. We seem to have grown despondent and despairing, and above all, turning on each other if we don't tow the media line....