species

[anglolang]

why do we save species faced with the danger of extinction?(apart for the fact that they are in danger of extinction..)i'm not talking only about pandas or tigers but spieces of insects and things like that as well.

[hammerman]

Guilt ????....as it's humans that usually make them extinct or endangered in the first place.

Don't forget that insects etc were put on this earth for a reason.....to pollonate plants and as part of the food chain among other reasons

[Aquagility]

Save the Black Rats! And look after the poor Locusts!

[Lonnie]

hammerman is totally correct, in the natural world,ie, with no human interference, if one species becomes extinct, another normally takes its place, but since humans have been around, the Dodo is a prime example, and so many others have been driven to the brink, by us.

[Aquagility]

Yes, Lonnie. But don't forget that in the great scheme of things we are also animals.

[Nummy]

Thing is Aqua, we're top of the food chain...i think we'd look at things a little differently we the positions were reversed!

[Lonnie]

Very true, we are animals, but I did say, 'without human interference'.

[heathfield]

A small example - some orchids are only fertilised by one type of insect - kill off the insect and you've killed off all those orchids. The death of one species can result in a chain reaction that can affect many others. In most cases we don't know what the full effect would be from the extinction of a particular species. So let's try and keep them going while we can.

[Aquagility]

All of them? Locusts too, and mosquitoes? And how about bacteria? And viruses? Where do you draw the line? I think you are saying that human wellbeing should not be a consideration.

[heathfield]

Aquagility - If you read the question again, you'll see that it was about saving endangered species, faced with extinction. None of your examples fall into that category

[Aquagility]

So it's OK to wipe out a species so long as it's not endangered?

[heathfield]

That's so obviously self-contradicting that I won't comment..

[Aquagility]

Quite.

[Dr. Bigalow]

The food chain!!!!
It all links to the higher species and sooner or later that species will be us!!!
The greed and arrogance of humans who rape the natural world for profit are a disgusting bunch of a**holes.
Sorry i got carried away there!