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New Estimate Suggests 5.5M Species On Earth, Not 30-100M
An anonymous reader writes "How many species share our planet? According to a recalculation by an international research team, the number is significantly lower than we thought — only around 5.5 million."
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134340: I am not a number. I am a free planet!
We are to blame for the loss of so many species....sure flamebait me if you will, even troll me, but it does not change the fact we are destructive in nature, look at my GF she decided that the racoon in our backyard was not supposed to get in and set a trap...so let's kill mother nature because we were brainwashed to think the land we leased from the government for a certain amount ACTUALLY belongs to us and not mother nature...hate to tell you though that after we are long gone, mother nature will still be here unless we are successful in killing her first...then the point will become moot.
The reason why those calculations are dropping is not because of error, but because of human consumption, and destruction.
I would seriously love to see an alien life form come down on earth and take stuff because they thought they had a right because they are more intelligent then we are, and therefor should be able to walk into our environment and totally bulldoze through our houses because "they bought that land from x government on their home planet stating there was no REAL intelligent life on earth and they could build their home here...."....a bit like Avatar's message, although no one will ever remember that message over the 3d and special effects or cool theme about avatars for humans...etc...