Endangered animals

[carguy]

I saw some show about Greenpeace and they were screaming about saving the whales, but I can't see how my life would change if they were all wiped out. If an animal, such as a whale, were to become extinct what effect would it have on the world? Is the effort to save endangered animals done purely for moral reasons or is there something else to it?

[canofsoup15]

Whales eat kril, so if theres no more whales, there is a mass production of kril, and a shortage of sharks because sharks feed off of dead whales. And also, wormlike things (i forget there names) would also have shortages because they feed off of rotting carcass and whales take years to decompose. With that shit happening im sure other things would be affected, at least where the whales hang out there would be, and if theres no animals left in one spot it will spread most likely.

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[Snoogans]

i can see needing whales. but what about something like a pigeon. what the fuck do we need pigeons for other than eating garbage

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[Tall_James]

I hear that endangered species are the tastiest. My good friend Carmine Sabatini told me that.

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[carguy]

Whales eat kril, so if theres no more whales, there is a mass production of kril, and a shortage of sharks because sharks feed off of dead whales. And also, wormlike things (i forget there names) would also have shortages because they feed off of rotting carcass and whales take years to decompose. With that shit happening im sure other things would be affected, at least where the whales hang out there would be, and if theres no animals left in one spot it will spread most likely.

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Okay, but how does that affect ME.

[Snoogans]

because dumbass less fish is less money in markets, in the economy, places close, jobs are lost, its a massive spiral affect all back to you. ive done some inconsiterate things but your views are just nuts

Silent Bob you one rude motherfucker, she like to go down on you, suck you. line up 2 other guys and make like a circus seal

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[canofsoup15]

well lets see, if verything in the ocean died, there would be no fish, no fish means no bears, no bears means no wolfes, no wolfes over population of deer, over population of deer, extinction of plants and grass, extinction of plants and grass extinction of cows, no more cows, no more steak. SEE, NO MORE STEAK, AND WHO DOESNT WANT STEAK.

Actually theres probably a better way to explain that i probably did it wrong but something like that.

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[carguy]

So you're saying everything in the ocean is dependent on whales for survival. Seems like a bit of a stretch.

My original question wasn't only about whales, I just used them as an example. What about something like the dodo bird. It got wiped out in less than 100 years. Did anything change because of it?

[canofsoup15]

well im not excatly sure on that, but its alot more than you think, im talking microcosims of diffrence can fuck everything up.

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[TooCute]

The extnction of any given species isn't necessarily going to have any effect on the ecosystem. Indeed, conservation efforts for many species takes place soley for their aesthetic or spiritual value, or for the simple fact that they are rare.

It's good not to be selfish sometimes.

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[ozzie]

The extnction of any given species isn't necessarily going to have any effect on the ecosystem. Indeed, conservation efforts for many species takes place soley for their aesthetic or spiritual value, or for the simple fact that they are rare.

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[A.J.]

If an animal, such as a whale, were to become extinct what effect would it have on the world?

You obviously never saw Star Trek IV.

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Plot summary (http://www.trek47.com/movies/tvh.html)

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[HordeKing1]

We're currently extinguishing about 100 species a day. So far the world hasn't ended.

However, the ocean's ecosystem is extraordinarily complex. While death of algae would probably eliminate most life in the ocean and much life on land, I doubt the top same would apply to mass extinction of whales. We don't know what the immediate or long term effects would be.

Ultimately, whales and other species that are cute and/or cuddly should be preserved b/c they are irreplacable.

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[TooCute]

Fucking charistmatic megafauna get all the grant money. I hope that someday someone realizes that things that live in th emuck of the Hudson estuary deserve money, too.

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[Furtherman]

So long Caribbean Monk Seal.... we hardly knew ye.

Federal officials have confirmed what biologists have long thought: The Caribbean monk seal has gone the way of the dodo and become extinct. (http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/06/07/america/NA-GEN-US-Monk-Seal-Extinction.php)

The last confirmed sighting of a Caribbean monk seal was in 1952 between Jamaica and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's Fisheries Service confirmed Friday that the species is extinct.

Took them long enough.

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I'M DEAD!

[A.J.]

Time for cloning to bring it back.

[EndangeredFeces]

I don't anything about endangered 'Species' but....

well, you get it.

[Chigworthy]

Marine food chains are extremely delicate, because, unlike a terrestrial food chain, marine chains rely on a relativley narrow band of species to transfer solar energy into obtainable nutrition. The less we fuck with the oceans the better. Here in northern California, we have no King Salmon season this year, possible next year, and who knows how much longer. This is a huge deal, and the Salmon are just not there.

Everything we do on land eventually reaches the sea, and because of the disgusting agricultural methods we use, as well as the garbage that we put in landfills, the sea is taking damage. I believe there is something like 8000 square miles of virtually sterile water outside the mouth of the Mississippi that seems to be caused by the massive amounts of antibiotics and other things that get pissed out by our cattle factories.

I get disgusted when I see a commerical for the new eco-friendly water bottle that uses 30% less plastic. Save the world by only frivolously using 70%? How about we use 100% less water bottles and enjoy a reusable stainless water bottle that can also be used as a weapon to assault litterers and whalers?

Can an mid-level consumer like a whale effect the whole food chain? I hope we don't have to find out, because once you do, it's hard to go back.