How much should we do/not do to prevent animal and plant species from being eradicated? Should we only prevent extinction where we are the cause of the problem?
2006-11-14 02:45:29 · 4 answers · asked by Jack 1 in Environment
YES!!!
All life forms are interconnected. No one has enough knowledge to be able to say that we could do without this or that species. One example I can think of is the huge colony of algae in the equatorial Atlantic. What good is a huge mass of algae? Turns out the colony is so huge that its photosynthesis is responsible for about 10% of all conversion of carbon dioxide to oxygen. As pollution from shipping lanes and silt from South American deforestation kill off this algae, we loose an important ally in our struggle with greenhouse gases.
Another example - most of our medicines come from plants. Maybe the next plant to become extinct has the cure for cancer.
Throwing away recources God gave us seems pretty stupid to me.
2006-11-14 02:59:31 · answer #1 · answered by sudonym x 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes because we are also a species that is connected to the food chain/circle of life...see "Lion King" movie from W. Disney.
We should always do as much as possible because if for example we are able to kill all the bees on earth, alot of food will not mature, or be pollinated.
We are the cause of all extinctions directly and indirectly.
Directly; we kill the animals( Panda's)
Indirectly by eliminating/encroaching on their habitat.
2006-11-14 03:02:10 · answer #2 · answered by biteme 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In most cases it is actually out of our hands,but if u don't learn to change u want be here long. And change is quite often good for us.
2006-11-14 03:20:51 · answer #3 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think we should do whats best for humans, afterall we are animals ourselves and we dont see dogs performing brainsurgery do we?
2006-11-14 02:48:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋