If Humans Became Extinct.

[SLOPPYSECONDS]

Male Blue Whale...then I would have one of the largest cocks on any mammal!

yea wong wwave sa blue whaaaaaaaaaaaale
_vary kool_

tinku

 

[Vitamin]

Unfortunately, they're not likely to get off those lists until people change their eating habits. I'm not a fan of sharks, but to catch one, slice off its dorsal and pectoral fins, and then toss it back into the water still alive is deplorable. Do the people who eat the soup even care what they're doing?

Does a shark care when he bites off a swimmer's leg?

 

[Kahaih]

Does a shark care when he bites off a swimmer's leg?

Depends.

Sometimes a shark feels like a nut, and sometimes it don't.

 

[FPNY]

I saw a show on Discovery, one of those what if type of shows. They showed what would happen. The dogs take over, just so ya know.

 

[SLOPPYSECONDS]

I saw a show on Discovery, one of those what if type of shows. They showed what would happen. The dogs take over, just so ya know.

ooh taks a note
_pass on sa universe got a wearn dog spack_
ooh gurd idea

tinku

 

[zoltanspawn]

Unfortunately, they're not likely to get off those lists until people change their eating habits. I'm not a fan of sharks, but to catch one, slice off its dorsal and pectoral fins, and then toss it back into the water still alive is deplorable. Do the people who eat the soup even care what they're doing?

A quarter of the world’s sharks and rays are threatened with extinction according to The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.


But at least Yao Ming cares.

Does a shark care when he bites off a swimmer's leg?

No. But certainly we have faculties sharks don't, right?

 

[gsdx]

Does a shark care when he bites off a swimmer's leg?

No, but when it does, it is simply doing what sharks do. Most people around the world don't slice off shark fins just to make a bowl of soup for some rich-assed patrons.

 

[Kahaih]

. . . . But certainly we have faculties sharks don't, right?

Yeah, sharks aren't able to be Disneypnotized.

Lucky bastards.

 

[Kahaih]

No, but when it does, it is simply doing what sharks do. Most people around the world don't slice off shark fins just to make a bowl of soup for some rich-assed patrons.

I wonder what that creature in our zoltanspawn's avatar eats? Is it a strict vegetarian? Or, does it consume other creatures?

Anyway, throwing unwanted fish and fish parts back into the sea feeds other fish. A wounded shark wouldn't last/live long in a sea full of hungry predators. 'Circle of Life.'

On the other hand, if you would like to worry about wasting live creatures, every day there are probably enough uneaten bits and pieces of cows tossed into Peterborough's landfill/trash to build a small herd. A small herd that died just to end up chopped up and thrown away with the eggshells, coffee grounds, used diapers, and french-fries.

 

[mikey3000]

I am your god.

 

[vulgar_newcomer]

On Earth bacteria are the most abundant living organisms, though they lack cell structure. They include some of the most dangerous too, far more dangerous then man. Its easy to forget about them and they can determine the fate of any plant or animal species. If one thing will survive on Earth it will be bacteria.

 

[luckynumbah7]

No, but when it does, it is simply doing what sharks do. Most people around the world don't slice off shark fins just to make a bowl of soup for some rich-assed patrons.

They do kind of care in that they seem to think we taste really, really bad, we're not the prey they thought we were. S'why it's limbs bitten and not the whole person being devoured.

 

[gsdx]

On the other hand, if you would like to worry about wasting live creatures, every day there are probably enough uneaten bits and pieces of cows tossed into Peterborough's landfill/trash to build a small herd. A small herd that died just to end up chopped up and thrown away with the eggshells, coffee grounds, used diapers, and french-fries.

Just as there are lots of bits of elephants littering the ground after we chop off their tusks, or rhinos after we've sawn off their horns, or baby seals after we've bashed their heads in and stripped them of their fur. We didn't breed them for their tusks or horns or skins.

It's the 'circle of life' as you put it, but it is our greed and want and the almighty dollar which are bringing their circle to a premature and cruel end.

we're not the prey they thought we were.

Tasty or not, we are still prey, just as we're prey to alligators and crocodiles and tigers and lions and bears and any number of other predators.

Sharks are not our prey. We are not their predators by nature. Their fins make people rich, and that's the only reason we prey upon them.

 

[luckynumbah7]

Just as there are lots of bits of elephants littering the ground after we chop off their tusks, or rhinos after we've sawn off their horns, or baby seals after we've bashed their heads in and stripped them of their fur. We didn't breed them for their tusks or horns or skins.

It's the 'circle of life' as you put it, but it is our greed and want and the almighty dollar which are bringing their circle to a premature and cruel end.



Tasty or not, we are still prey, just as we're prey to alligators and crocodiles and tigers and lions and bears and any number of other predators.

Sharks are not our prey. We are not their predators by nature. Their fins make people rich, and that's the only reason we prey upon them.

Well, no. An example is that we're not bear's natural prey. Conflict doesn't entirely rest on eat or be eaten. If something is starving they'll eat whatever's available-and if they're ill they likely won't be very rational for their species. They don't like people, on the whole, and prefer to avoid unless we've left something tasty in their reach by accident. I'm not saying they're not dangerous, there's a plethora of reasons you're supposed to avoid 'em, starting with the bear panicking or reacting aggressively to your presence and mauling you. But we're not generally considered their prey.

Keep in mind I'm not arguing for sharkfin soup. I just disagree with your description of the limited predator vs prey concept regarding interspecies dominance.

 

[frankfrank]

If humans became extinct, and if Earth was a living being, it would feel unbridled joy (no longer having the scourge of humans on its skin), causing it to do cartwheels, and shaking itself apart.

 

[jjonn3]

There was a great show on the History Channel called "Life After People" all about what will happen to the earth once man is gone (assuming we don't take the whole planet with us).

It did not focus so much on what would live on but what will happen to the thing mankind has left behind.

 

[Kyanimal]

Some images from "Life After People" ...

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[Kulindahr]

I think the top predators on any continent will be the dominant species. Wolves, bears, and big cats.

Intelligence isn't much of a boost to predators. It's more likely that omnivores that are prey to the big animals will gain an advantage from intelligence.

 

[Kulindahr]

I don't know and don't care... nobody would be around to care!

Honey badgers already don't care.

So they make a good candidate to take over!

 

[Kulindahr]

I saw a show on Discovery, one of those what if type of shows. They showed what would happen. The dogs take over, just so ya know.

Not likely -- they're not tool users, which are the most likely nominees, since they already display rudimentary intelligence.