NATURE | The Loneliest Animals | Critical Biodiversity | PBS

[melisantika]

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[Ondelendo]

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[AntoMelta]

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[willamricard]

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[imegatrone]

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[iLOVENATURE2011]

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[moartommy]

fantastic

[ryanbrooks11388]

research before you start making wild remarks. Scientific findings are not to be taken lightly and each study, and it's findings, should grip us, shake us awake, and get us to pay attention. It's about being proactive before we are forced to be reactive, because the latter of the two will not be pretty whatsoever. It is common sense; each species is dependent upon another species, if one goes, the other is effected dramatically. Now if a large amount die off, what happens to that ecosystem?

[justinneversleep]

since human being is part of the planet, then what we have done to this planet is and should also be natural to this planet. just like a lion kills a deer won't be regarded as killing other species, but it is lion's instinct to let it do so; so in other words, no matter how awful human being is to other living species on the planet, it is our instinct to let us to do what we want , and the "fate" of this planet can't be changed anyhow since no species were created as they were willingly to...

[justinwlaurab]

I totally agree man. 99% of all animals that have ever been are exctint. When one species dies out, that's just room for another to come in. Human's gotta live too!

[critterfreek82]

Justin, that is absolutely no excuse for destroying humanity's life support system and the quality of that life. Plus, the current rate at which species are vanishing is anywhere from dozens to maybe thousands of times higher than it normally should be. And new ones will NOT evolve to replace them on a time scale that has any meaning to human beings. You can only keep melting the I-beams in a skyscraper for so long before it topples.

[edsch21988]

also, we have it good, technically, it could be 20 below 5 months out of the year, or have acid rain strong enough to melt limestone like a popsicle next to a volcano. just a thought.

[justinwlaurab]

@edsch21988 That's quite a claim. Can you prove it?

[xESOTERlC]

@critterfreek82 Not to mention.. the ecosystem we evolved and adapted to flourish in is the one we are killing off. Whether or not other species evolve or adapt in response to our negligence and destruction won't impact the current ecosystem in such a way as to support our way of life as we know it.

[justinwlaurab]

@xESOTERlC Human beings have evolved in a hugely diverse array of ecosystems. How are any animals adapted to flourish? This idea seems to indicate that some species can be at an evolutionary stand-still, which is not the case. Beware emotional, unscientific claims.

[xESOTERlC]

@justinwlaurab that's the point.. Humans WON'T live, too. right now we have technology supporting our carefree lifestyles.. and that technology is completely dependent on oil. Oil and our various uses of it(among other resources) contaminate the air we breathe, the water we drink and the food we eat. As we keep impacting our environment, we will also affect things on a macro level--climate, weather, etc. We will force the natural order to assert its dominance over our puny existence

[justinwlaurab]

@xESOTERlC Technology does not support us by itself. Reason supports technology. Our lifestyles are carefree? How does oil contaminate the air? Isn't oil from nature? How did oil contaminate the pasta I just ate? Can you prove that human beings cause changes in the weather? Why is it the natural order to view man as weak?

Essentially, I think you dislike me because my existence is not puny, and yet you admit that yours is.

[xESOTERlC]

@justinwlaurab It is the human mind(which is remarkable) that has enabled us to be so versatile and thrive on the planet. However, the resources we leverage are reaching their peak..markedly as our species continues to grow.

How does oil hurt our air? Seriously? Back when life first formed on this planet, humans would not have been able to live... and that's NATURE. Just because arsenic is natural doesn't mean we can drink it (contd)

[xESOTERlC]

@justinwlaurab (contd) affect weather? carbon. Methane. Auto and industry puts out about 20 BILLION tons of carbon a year.. ALL volcanic activity emits about 200 Million tons of carbon/yr. There is a balance. You tip that balance and there will be consequences--as evident in the history of the earth

Your existence is puny. How is it at all significant? lol

If you want sources, see videos on my channel.. or do research.. Your ignorance is not my responsibility

[shfbdfi1273]

Save lives, don't buy meat.

[xESOTERlC]

@shfbdfi1273 lol. vegetarians are just as simple minded and delusional as people denying the negative impact we have on the world... well, more negative emphasis placed on evangelical vegetarians.. ^^

[OzzieDogz]

HUMANS KICK ASS!

[ChristopherRobin007]

Yah...

[BeondaPale]

Unfortunately, we're only really kicking our own ass

[EnchantingNature]

I'm amazed how humans think that we are THE most important thing in the planet and that Nature comes last when in fact if we don't do something to take care of our one and only planet, we are contribuiting to our own destruction.

[justinwlaurab]

@EnchantingNature Important implies important to "whom". We are the most important thing on the planet (and the whole universe for that matter) to ourselves, because the continued existence of ourselves is necessary for values to exist at all. If we don't think we are important enough to live, we will not value anything else, including nature.

[hailrain]

Mass extinctions are nothing new on earth. They were casued by natural occurances ex. asteriods or volcanos. But we have the distinction of causing the current mass extinction all by ourselves. Go Humans!

[zipper802]

We humans (not you, perhaps) also have a conscience, and the ability to realise the effects of our actions.

I hope you realise the stupidity of your comment, think past your own nose, & take into consideration the life you will (hopefully not) be leaving for your future grand-kids.

Think before you type!! It's not a "game".

[spetsnaz5]

Human population growth is one of the chief reasons for environmental destruction. Kill the humans!!

[elStarvingArtist]

I think all the natural disasters are nature's way of doing just that.

[spetsnaz5]

They barely make a dent. I believe that what goes up must eventually come down. Humans have been growing and expanding and using up the natural world for a very long time, eventually, like any other species, we will reach our carring capacity and then there will be a mass human die off. Too all natural resources have to be used up for that to happen. If only we could control ourselves.

[justinneversleep]

then you will be lying in the coffin and you wouldn't have typed in such none sense...

[hazyn123]

yaaaahy! are you being sarcastic?

[LunaGer]

Somehow we've managed to convince ourselves that we are above nature, that we don't need it, that we can control it. But the truth is, we are a part of it, and very much dependent upon its well being. For all of our intelligence, we are disastrously short-sighted.

Good video

[Azzaiel]

and unintelligent.