I’m not saying that we should let bees or sheep or any important animals that benefit humans and the ecosystem. But why the hell do we need to maintain wild animals such as tigers and dolphins if they don’t provide food or material for engineering. Seriously why do we need to save some obscure endangered animal if the species itself is deadly too, which is a problem for humans and livestock. It’s okay if the species dies out, we don’t need to make a big fuss about some fuckass animal going extinct. It’s a part of nature and history, nothing will remain the same for centuries.
20·9 days ago- earth’s biosphere is one massive, connected system, so even the species that are “useless” to humanity can cause problems for us if they’re (re)moved from the ecological niche they evolved in, if for no other reason than losing efficiency as a carbon/toxin sink. Example: most people falsely believe that trees or the Amazon or whatever solely generate earth’s oxygen but most of it is created by phytoplankton in the oceans. So suddenly, all those “useless” species like dolphins and whales become extremely important to keeping the climate in balance. They’re all a part of a system that will kill us all if it becomes too unstable and crashes (and we know this because it has happened multiple times in Earth’s history).
- As others have pointed out, just because YOUR culture doesn’t give a shit about the natural world and sees it as a giant piggy bank to be looted for human benefit doesn’t mean all human cultures do. It’s just as much about preservation of culture.
- animals are cool 🤷♂️ why do they need to be “useful” to justify their existence? You aren’t directly useful to any of us here, does that mean your life doesn’t matter? This is capitalist logic, I’m sorry, you need to do some reflection on this.