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mike  ·  4258 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A conservation story gone bad - The Advanced Apes

Yeah, but we are part of nature, so if we're making decisions then that's nature making decisions! The long and short of it is it doesn't really matter that species go extinct. They go extinct all the time, other species fill the niche, new species emerge, and life goes on, always changing. One day humans will be extinct too.

The fact that pandas are cute and thus we want to save them demonstrates very nicely a survival trait of pandas -- cuteness. I wonder what other species have been saved because we find them pleasing? All part of the scheme of nature! It's absolutely wonderful! (no sarcasm intended here)