As old species disappear new life will evolve, it is all about natural selection and evolution
2006-11-17 03:45:29 · 6 answers · asked by Mercy Max 3 in Environment
We care because we're one of the current species of Earth. True, species have been evolving and going extinct for eons and the Earth doesn't seem to have suffered, but it's not the Earth we're concerned about. It's the human race. And until we can better understand the consequences of an extinction, it's just smarter to try to maintain the status quo. It would really suck if we allowed or even encouraged a species to die out, only to realize that we needed it in some obscure way.
2006-11-17 03:49:20 · answer #1 · answered by Amy F 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We're exterminating species fast enough to be an "extermination event." New species are not evolving as fast as we're killing of the existing ones.
...and, unfortunately, we've exterminated species that could have been useful to humanity. Imagine having a dodo dinner on Thanksgiving instead of turkey!
We came pretty close to exterminating the bison too. Just think -- no buffaloburgers!
2006-11-17 05:48:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are the first species to be able to appreciate the impact of our success at the cost of other species. Some species were on the path to extinction without our help. Some (like the orangutan) are at high risk of becoming extinct in the wild principally to to Man's destruction of their habitat. We can benefit from diversity of life, but human activity is homogenizing the world.
2006-11-17 04:23:11 · answer #3 · answered by novangelis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you're mistaken.
If it was evolution killing off these species it would happen over thousands (if not millions) of years rather than a few decades.
You can't shoot a dog and call it natural selection.
2006-11-17 03:54:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the problem being is that some species arent dying out naturally
humans are causing the extinction of some of these endangered species and that's why there's a huge fuss to keep them from going extinct
2006-11-17 03:50:35 · answer #5 · answered by town_cl0wn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that's true, but some species are disappearing because of our bad behavior as humans, not the animal's ability to adapt in nature. no species can evolve to be bulletproof - our science has progressed such that we are not part of nature but we are unfortunately still affecting it.
2006-11-17 03:54:48 · answer #6 · answered by Crystal P 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋