Is there any animal (besides humans) or plant that has adapted to pollution? And if pollution was suddenly decreased, would it effect that organism in a negative way?
2007-02-01 20:03:30 · 6 answers · asked by Alex 2 in Environment
the cockroach seems to thrive in dirty, polluted places, scientist have deduced that the cockroach would most likely survive a nuclear holocaust...
2007-02-01 20:14:49 · answer #1 · answered by Clive Roland 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are janitor fishes that adapted the environment of a river in marikina, philippines. the janitor fish grew about 1 foot or bigger than that. the water is polluted yet they propagate so fast, the people residing around the river are having a hard time reducing their number. they tried to make use of the janitor's scale because it became so hard and sharp. they also tried to catch all the janitor fish in the river (in the news they filled a number of containers) but the fish are just too many. Well it is impossible to suddenly decrease the pollution but if that's the case, i think, those fishes would probably die. (smile)
2007-02-01 20:17:58 · answer #2 · answered by casper 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Catfish seem to do quite well, and plants , in case you haven't noticed, thrive on animal waste On the other hand it is believed that there are no live fish or any other animal in Lake Erie. Still, life has been found in the Dead Sea, so who knows?
Removal of any part of a complex ecosystem can have disastrous results.
2007-02-01 20:44:28 · answer #3 · answered by Helmut 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the certainty which you think of air evolves exhibits how little you recognize suitable to the theory. Edit: "If each little thing Evolves.. why no longer air.. " at the beginning genius in basic terms residing issues evolve. Evolution is pushed via organic determination, which demands replica and mutation. Air does not reproduce, and that is not any longer genetic so it won't be able to mutate, and it does not die, so that is under no circumstances project to organic determination or evolution. we are no longer puzzled you in basic terms don't be attentive to the 1st element approximately genuine technology.
2016-11-02 02:57:30 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I remember in Biologie class that there was a algae that developed in which it fed off the poluted rivers. Helping a bit to clean it.
2007-02-01 20:14:03 · answer #5 · answered by agcgartner 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
from what i ahve heard the cockroach has been around forever and most likely would survive a nuclear bomb
2007-02-01 20:11:17 · answer #6 · answered by ♥ cat furrever ♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋