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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
Insect apocalypse --
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfTN...NgofSbJQsSfHVd
Rough estimate of a loss of 75% of insects over the last 50 years. That qualifies as a mass extinction.
The predators are most vulnerable to a decline in population and to insecticides. When the predators die off the result is you have an increase in herbivores even though the total number of insects has declined. This is known as a "plague". So one of the consequences we can expect from an insect extinction is great plagues of insect herbivores. |
Thanks for posting. I caught wind of this a couple weeks ago.
Let's face it. At bottom the problem is human population explosion. In 1900 the human population was less than 2 billion. Now it's pushing 8 billion.
It's not that we're running out of space. There's plenty of room for us humans. A year or so ago I had a fanatical prophecy nut correct me on the population. She said we could fit all the humans on the earth in the state of Texas (she was from Texas, and you know how nutty they can be ... they can be Waco -- or LC local central #2).
The problem is what's needed to support 8 billion humans and climbing. And what's lost ; like the 6th extinction.
Truth is : We don't need smaller footprints. We need less feet. And so do the critters ... they need less of our feet too. As your post exemplifies.