Why do people waste their time trying to save endangered species?

Question

Why? What difference does it make? More than 95% of all the species that ever lived have gone extinct. Talk about pointless.

Why is that only pompous hippy blowhards are answering.

Why don't you people go eat some tofu or something, you make me sick!

Hello! We're part of nature. If natural selection didn't want us to develop technology and hunting skills, we wouldn't have them! So, it's all going according to plan.

Also, if the tables were turned and the animals were in power, do you think they'd care about us? Not a chance.

Answer 1

Not to mention that it is probably a loosing battle in the long run. If the human population continues to grow it will eventually displace all other life, except farm animals and crops. And pests.

Answer 2

You seem to be particularly happy in your ignorance and annoyed that people are answering you but here's another answer anyway.

Here are some reasons to protect endangered species:

Genetic diversity provides a gene pool which we might call on to produce plants and animals for commercial use. This might happen in different ways. We might begin cultivating plants that are still wild. We might create hybrids or do genetic engineering to introduce favorable characteristics from these species into plants and animals we already use commercially. We might extract or synthesize chemicals produced by the species (e.g. new drugs). We might imitate body parts or behavior of other species. Life has been playing trial and error with chemistry, mechanics, hydraulics, and even social systems for billions of years and probably has lessons to teach us that we currently have neither the technology nor the intelligence to appreciate.

We do not fully understand all the different environments on earth. We do know that there is a great deal of interdependency between species. Predators rely on prey. Conversely predators might benefit prey by weeding out the least fit and by preventing population explosions among prey species (better for half to be eaten than for all to starve). Predators might also serve to protect the plants on which their prey feed by controlling the population of prey. A disruption in the food chain might have implications up and down the food chain. An extinction could lead to a domino effect of extinctions.

The variety of species and the wonderful variety of life can be an inspiration to human beings, reminding us of the many forms life can take and reminding us that we are but one twig on the tree of life that includes all species that have ever existed. A student of nature can't help but notice that many species outshine humans in those characteristics that are important to surviving in various environments. It is humbling to see that we are not even close to being the biggest or strongest or fastest or smallest or longest-living. We are not the best climbers, nor the best runners, nor the best swimmers, nor the best jumpers, nor the best divers, nor the best hunters. We tend to think we are the most intelligent but even that appraisal is based on a very narrow definition of what sensory and brain activities qualify as intelligence. We can't send out high pitched sounds and (presumably) form a picture in our heads of our surroundings by sensing the echos. We can't see infrared waves. We can't glance at our surroundings and modify the pigments in our skin to match our surroundings.

Humans might (and probably will) become extinct someday and the greater the diversity of life the more likely that other species will survive and exploit the changes that kill off humans.

Every living species has the potential to teach us about evolution. That is a good thing simply because it is the explanation of where we (and all life) came from and how we got to be the way we are. Also, the more we understand of evolution the better equipped we will be to use that information to our own advantage. Perhaps someday that will make the difference in whether we continue as a species or enter into extinction ourselves.

I could go on but I'm pretty sure your tiny brain got tired 2 or 3 paragraphs ago and you haven't made it this far anyway.

Answer 3

Judging from your comments I don't think you really want a good answer to your question, but I'm going to give you one anyway.

A species that goes extinct due to natural selection is one thing, but one that goes extinct due to human intervention is quite another.

Yes, 95% of all species that have ever existed are now extinct, but the vast majority of those went extinct due to natural causes -- climate changes, meteorite hit, etc. Some species go extinct because they have become so specialized that any minor change in their environment spells doom. For them, they have come to the end of their natural progression and cannot adapt further.

But man has no right to end a species' existence. If you believe in creation, then man has an obligation (given by God) to care for and tend to all creatures. If you believe in evolution, then man can't possibly have the right to end the evolutionary process of any species.

Answer 4

I guess some people like certain species and animals

Other believe that even though many have gone they do have a chance to save it so why not.

What if a certain species keeps an ecosystem in check. If the animal dies the ecosystem is gone, and when that's gone, certain resources can go too.

Do you really want to see the polar bear die?

Also, since apparently 95% of all species that ever lived have gone extinct, why don't we just slaughter the human race? we're going to die anyway, right?

why don't you give me your name and I'll hire a poacher to murder you, gut you and sell your skin and teeth.

Or put you in a room of pollution and carbon monoxide and let you gasp for air and die.

hmmm.... why not?

Answer 5

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Answer 6

because if ppl did not try, probably 100% of all species would be extinct! if some of us don't make the effort then I believe this whole endangered species issue would be alot worse. i think such activists have made a difference over time and we should be thankful for their contributions. they hold the faith and motivation, that many of us don't have, to make a difference and support earth.

Answer 7

We are killing off more species than nature would by itself and natural selection. It means that we'll lose many that we haven't even discovered yet. It is sad when a species becomes extinct, we will regret our destruction in the future.

Answer 8

think about it this way... if you were about to get extinct, wouldnt you want someone to help you out!

we are all part of this world and it all affects us in someway.
there are people who are noble enough to try to save these species and your indifference is not helping this cause.

i think if you're about to get endangered, it would be pointless to save you too!

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so is it also going according to plan that we are the cause of global warming. and we are killing ourselves anyway?
moron

Answer 9

because of the reality that people are predominantly in charge for endangered status of the large Panda i could think of that Panda numbers might thrive if human numbers decreased. could a panda help us? No. could you help somebody in charge for hundreds of deaths of your style? Wiping out your necessary food components and destroying your properties? i don't think of so ... Do you think of a panda could kill us for drugs, furs, trophies? i don't think of so ... Do you think of pandas could wreck our necessary food components and properties, so their bamboo and habitat ought to enhance? i don't think of so ...

Answer 10

It's their passion in life and they have made a difference.