Why care if species go extinct?

[Paco Dennis]

 

[Pepper]

Well, since you put it that way..........

 

[Warrigal]

Exactly Paco Dennis. You only have to consider how we would miss honey bees should they all disappear.

There is another reason - we are custodians of the land and of the creatures that have adapted to it. Australian fauna is very special, and if we Australians continue to destroy habitat we will lose so many unique species that we say we love.

 

[JustDave]

Well, you see, extinction does not apply to humans, only animals and plants, which we don't need anyway.
<sarcasm off>

 

[SmoothSeas]

the homeostasis of our planet is contingent on maintaining a vibrant and thriving biodiversity - ie: no pollinators = no food / no food = FAMINE!!! That we know of, there's no planet B. and if there is? how in the hell do we expatriate 800 billion people?

 

[officerripley]

So true. While humans wouldn't be the first species to ever go extinct, looks like we might be the first to be able to take all or most of the others with us.

 

[Farrah Nuff]

What would Noah do?

 

[Farrah Nuff]

Well, you see, extinction does not apply to humans, only animals and plants, which we don't need anyway.
<sarcasm off>

Yeah, this world would be a pretty nice place,
if only it weren't for all of the people!

 

[Nathan]

Things will be different in 10 or 20 million years, nature will likely have wiped all signs of human existence away. The Earth will still be young, and have several billions of years to host animal life, before the sun burns out.