05-09-2015, 06:56 AM
Well said.
The extinction rate for all species over a long enough time span is 100%. They are finding new species in the rain forests and other rich biological areas every day (insects, small reptiles, etc)....
When one species goes extinct it leaves a niche for another species to take their role/place.
I'm all in favor of saving struggling species but you do have to weigh the costs with the benefit... you can definitely take it too far and spend outrageous amounts of money on something that in the end won't change things very much. (June suckers going extinct is not going to end the world as we know it!)
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The extinction rate for all species over a long enough time span is 100%. They are finding new species in the rain forests and other rich biological areas every day (insects, small reptiles, etc)....
When one species goes extinct it leaves a niche for another species to take their role/place.
I'm all in favor of saving struggling species but you do have to weigh the costs with the benefit... you can definitely take it too far and spend outrageous amounts of money on something that in the end won't change things very much. (June suckers going extinct is not going to end the world as we know it!)
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