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QuoteIt's a waste of good meat is what it is.
I heard it tasted similar to a spotted owl or a snowy egret
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QuoteI wouldn't characterize the loss of 40 birds out of 1,975 in just one park to be "major devastation".
So if 4.5 million US citizens were killed out of the current population (just one country) you wouldn't view that as "major devastation?"
Or if 2% of the people who registered for the WFFC went in? Not devastating?
Or if 2% of all those stationed in Iraq were killed tomorrow? No major devistation here?
I would say a 2% loss in any single incident is pretty fucking devastating.
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>So if 4.5 million US citizens were killed . . .
Well, people are a little different, don't you think?
Most people will mourn the loss of 40 bald eagles but would be perfectly happy with (or even help with) the death of 2000 foxes, or 10,000 rats - even though foxes and rats are more closely related to us than eagles are. We tend to assign a higher importance to animals we like, or are rare, or we think are worthy of our respect. Examples would be bald eagles, dolphins, elephants, gorillas etc. Which is fine with me; I just wish we'd do it with more animals.
Well, people are a little different, don't you think?
Most people will mourn the loss of 40 bald eagles but would be perfectly happy with (or even help with) the death of 2000 foxes, or 10,000 rats - even though foxes and rats are more closely related to us than eagles are. We tend to assign a higher importance to animals we like, or are rare, or we think are worthy of our respect. Examples would be bald eagles, dolphins, elephants, gorillas etc. Which is fine with me; I just wish we'd do it with more animals.
Quote>So if 4.5 million US citizens were killed . . .
Well, people are a little different, don't you think?
Most people will mourn the loss of 40 bald eagles but would be perfectly happy with (or even help with) the death of 2000 foxes, or 10,000 rats - even though foxes and rats are more closely related to us than eagles are. We tend to assign a higher importance to animals we like, or are rare, or we think are worthy of our respect. Examples would be bald eagles, dolphins, elephants, gorillas etc. Which is fine with me; I just wish we'd do it with more animals.
What about the lemurs? Are they ok? Please, tell me the lemurs are alright...
Tonto 1
Depends on your point of view.
For Budhists, all life is sacred. For me - I just look at the persentages.
4.5 million, or a billion human deaths would cause no bottleneck in the gene pool. It would be nothing more than a health hazard.
The death of 40 birds in a single park can. And there is no coming back from that - ever.
t
For Budhists, all life is sacred. For me - I just look at the persentages.
4.5 million, or a billion human deaths would cause no bottleneck in the gene pool. It would be nothing more than a health hazard.
The death of 40 birds in a single park can. And there is no coming back from that - ever.
t
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billvon 3,120
>a billion human deaths would cause no bottleneck in the gene pool.
Ah, we're talking about two different things, then. I agree that you could kill off a great many humans and not affect our gene pool much. But I bet that killing off a ten million humans would be considered more of a devastation than killing off even 50% of all bald eagles. We're partial to our own kind.
Ah, we're talking about two different things, then. I agree that you could kill off a great many humans and not affect our gene pool much. But I bet that killing off a ten million humans would be considered more of a devastation than killing off even 50% of all bald eagles. We're partial to our own kind.
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However, I wouldn't characterize the loss of 40 birds out of 1,975 in just one park to be "major devastation".
The is actually only the latest of such finds, I believe I saw 2 other stories on the news in the last few months with similar circumstances. Seems to be an ongoing problem.
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What about the lemurs? Are they ok? Please, tell me the lemurs are alright...
I don't know, what do they taste like?
JohnRich 4
QuoteI would say a 2% loss in any single incident is pretty fucking devastating.
The context of the story was about a so-called endangered species. I do not believe that a 2% loss in one location, for something as abundant as eagles, seriously impacts the ability of the species to survive.
Natural annual mortality is probably greater than that.
If you were talking about 2% of something that only had 50 surviving members, that would be different.
I bet that was a mess, bald eagles are big birds.
"Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance,
others mean and rueful of the western dream"
"Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance,
others mean and rueful of the western dream"
I agree that this is a crappy event.
However, I wouldn't characterize the loss of 40 birds out of 1,975 in just one park to be "major devastation".
Let's hope they get the poachers.
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