Animals don't have the capability to change their environment to an extent that they can live comfortably without adapting. Us however, have the intelligence to change our environment so that we never have to adapt to it. In fact, modern humans cannot survive in nature without technology, because we never had the chance to adapt (otherwise, by natural selection, those who cannot adapt will eventually die off and the ones remain will be more suited for the environment).
Intelligence is a dangerous tool, all living things are selfish by nature. They will do whatever it takes to survive, including destroying their homeland, which will eventually lead to their demise. It's tragic to see that people don't think it's a serious problem. In fact, people don't pay attention until they lose something important to their lives. If one day they lose their home because of the rise in sea level, then they will regret for their negligence. It's a heated topic for decades, but why aren't a lot of people doing something about it?
2006-07-10 16:19:38
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answered by Anonymous
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You're kidding, right? We are able, through technology, to use the environment better and better over time. Not only can we find a way to grow more food in the same area, but we can distribute that information worldwide.
Although the early 1900's in America were known for pollution filled cities, we later adapted those factories to be both cleaner and more productive. I grew up in Los Angeles in the 70's, where kids were kept in because of smog. Today, that rarely, if ever, happens. We build cars and machines cleaner today, so less smog, even though there are twice as many cars as there used to be.
We use what materials we have, in the most efficient way possible. By the way, this saves $$$, too!
2006-07-10 17:34:12
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answered by Polymath 5
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let me state this regularly happening: i'm an animal lover, attempting to be a vegetarian, and assured that animals should be treated humanely. before each and everything sight, human beings are for sure no longer the centre of the universe, some thing so particular that only they could have rights. If both wise and stupid human beings have rights, why no longer "stupid" animals? I admit that individuals can damage animals and that i do no longer pick to diminish those issues. i believe that the answer of the very actual problems with animals do no longer require the discovery of latest rights. There are different procedures to sparkling up those issues. you could still make the case that we purely have an ethical duty to comprehend animals. in spite of the indisputable fact that, responsibilities are a lot less everyday than rights and subsequently the temptation to apply the language of rights. yet once you enlarge rights to animals you get on a slippery slope. Why no longer bacteria? Stones? Sand? ...
2016-12-01 00:59:54
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answered by Anonymous
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Your If... then, implies a corelation that doesn't exist. I'm not going to defend global warming, deforrestation or any of the other atrocities we've committed on the enviornment, but as a species... well, insects are a species too. Shall we talk about termites or certain types of ants, or aphids, etc. and the "damage" inflicted? We just have capacity to destroy entire ecosystems, but not because of our classification as a "species."
2006-07-10 16:30:47
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answered by diasporas 3
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why should human adapt to our environment. Animals adapt to the environment b/c they have no choice to do so in order to survive. They, unlike us, don't have the tools to shelter them. We have tools and language, we're trying to get the environment to adapt to us. Maybe it's the easiest thing to do for us, but it's not the most harmless thing we can do. People always chose the easiest path that give them the most benefits.
2006-07-10 17:45:10
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answered by dongcat2003 2
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Greed. Humans are the most greedy out of all species. We all have different levels of greed, but we are all greedy in some manner. Some want money, some want nice houses, cars, etc.
The higher our level of greed, the higher our level of waste and lack of concern for environmental factors.
2006-07-10 16:08:23
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answered by jeffrey_meyer2000 2
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i think we dont destroy the environment, we are lazy so we adapt the environment to us...it is like when u buy a house...why do you decorate it instead of adapting to it??? so , the same with the world...anyway if u are a man and handsome i would like to be your environment and see how do you "adapt" to me
2006-07-10 16:17:31
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answered by whoknows 3
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we have adapted to the environment at somepoint in the past..but now some humans may be ignorant and may believe we dont need to adapt, we can make the environment adapt to us.
2006-07-10 18:31:52
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answered by Anonymous
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the only place humans do not live on a permanent basis is Antarctica. we have adapted to life everywhere else.
2006-07-10 16:21:18
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answered by leadbelly 6
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If we hadn't adapted to it. We wouldn't be here.
We are just too many and not yet advanced enough to find the equilibrium between us and nature.
2006-07-10 16:12:37
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answered by cactuar2k 3
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