White Dolphin functionally extinct

[snoopdoug1]

Originally posted by: Mucho
Never even knew they existed

 

[ArchCenturion]

Originally posted by: snoopdoug1

Originally posted by: Mucho
Never even knew they existed

Ill bet they died off partially from all the SUV drivers

 

[BlancoNino]

Now I'll never know what one tastes like...dammit.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Originally posted by: FoBoT

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe

Originally posted by: FoBoT
can they clone them?

It's China not Jurassic Park.

england cloned a sheep ~15 years ago

With China and knockoffs, you'll get a marlin spraypainted white and labeled "White Dolfin".

 

[slsmnaz]

Yep, ever since Marino retired. Oh wait...

 

[ArchCenturion]

Originally posted by: BlancoNino
Now I'll never know what one tastes like...dammit.

I wonder how much a plate of White Dolphin Meat, would set you back.

 

[mwmorph]

Originally posted by: ArchCenturion

Originally posted by: BlancoNino
Now I'll never know what one tastes like...dammit.

I wonder how much a plate of White Dolphin Meat, would set you back.

Wjhatever the jail/fines are fro killing endangred species?

 

[Rock Hydra]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
With China and knockoffs, you'll get a marlin spraypainted white and labeled "White Dorfin".

Fixed

 

[iamaelephant]

Animal species go extinct. It's what drives evolution.

 

[Rubycon]

Not surprising and not good news.

 

[Atheus]

Originally posted by: Feldenak
If you're asking if I give a damn what happens after I'm dead...the answer is also no.

Hope you die soon then, coz you ain't no use to the rest of us.

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: Atheus

Originally posted by: Feldenak
If you're asking if I give a damn what happens after I'm dead...the answer is also no.

Hope you die soon then, coz you ain't no use to the rest of us.

You're stuck with me for probably another 30-40 years.

 

[sandorski]

Miami will Draft a White Guy again, don't worry.

 

[b0mbrman]

Welp, they had a good run, but in the end, we just wanted it more

 

[mercanucaribe]

Originally posted by: iamaelephant
Animal species go extinct. It's what drives evolution.

Not in this case. It just happens that species whose habitat is polluted or destroyed by humans go extinct. There is no evolution involved, only arbitrary extinction.

 

[mercanucaribe]

Originally posted by: UDT89

Originally posted by: Feldenak
Things go extinct...always have and always will. BFD.

i agree, its nature.

i mean is anyone crying about the sabertooth tiger?

Are you people joking? Species extinction is drastically accelerated by human activity. It's equivalent to a catastrophic environmental change like what would be caused by a meteor strike. This made the news, but is not a big deal in the grand scheme. Species go extinct every day in the South American and African rainforests. It's just that they aren't charismatic megafauna like dolphins.

Biodiversity is important and it's a big deal when a species that is the result of 3.5 billion years of life on earth ceases to exist.

 

[JEDI]

Originally posted by: BlancoNino
Now I'll never know what one tastes like...dammit.

tastes like chicken, kinda like the dodo bird.

 

[Ktulu]

Originally posted by: chrisms
Man 1
Dolphins 0

Good job, team.

high five!

 

[KDOG]

I'm so sick of hippies blaming humans for everything that goes wrong with the animals, weather, planet etc. I mean, what the hell are we supposed to do? Where are we supposed to live that won't bother some frickin animal or plant? Jeez people, its life, get over it.

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: Feldenak

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: Feldenak
Things go extinct...always have and always will. BFD.

That's a great attitude. Might as well treat the world like it's your own personal garbage can since we're slowly destroying this planet as it is...What the hell, you'll be dead in 50 years so who cares right? :roll:

If you're asking am I going to cry into my pillow and lament the loss of a niche creature in China? Then the answer is no.

If you're asking if I give a damn what happens after I'm dead...the answer is also no.

Really? Not even your family?

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: KDOG
I'm so sick of hippies blaming humans for everything that goes wrong with the animals, weather, planet etc. I mean, what the hell are we supposed to do? Where are we supposed to live that won't bother some frickin animal or plant? Jeez people, its life, get over it.

So you say we have no affect?

If we do have an affect, is it wrong to state it?

What if the affect we have is getting worse, should we ignore it?

 

[Babbles]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth

Originally posted by: FoBoT

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe

Originally posted by: FoBoT
can they clone them?

It's China not Jurassic Park.

england cloned a sheep ~15 years ago

With China and knockoffs, you'll get a marlin spraypainted white and labeled "White Dolfin".

 

[bigdog1218]

Originally posted by: sandorski

Originally posted by: KDOG
I'm so sick of hippies blaming humans for everything that goes wrong with the animals, weather, planet etc. I mean, what the hell are we supposed to do? Where are we supposed to live that won't bother some frickin animal or plant? Jeez people, its life, get over it.

So you say we have no affect?

If we do have an affect, is it wrong to state it?

What if the affect we have is getting worse, should we ignore it?

I think what he means is that the nature of being a human and our lifestyle is going to kill off animals no matter what. And unless all the hippies and animals lovers produce 0 pollution they should shut up because they're adding to the problem every time they drive to work, or buy a packaged item, or turn on their computer etc.

 

[SKORPI0]

Chinese White Dolphin - wiki

After 30 scientists spent six weeks of searching 1000 miles of the Yangtze River without a single sighting, the White Dolphin is considered "functionally extinct".

A species may become functionally extinct when only a handful of individuals survive, which are unable to reproduce due to poor health, age, sparse distribution over a large range, a lack of individuals of both sexes (in sexually reproducing species), or other reasons.

It's a sad day indeed. :frown:

 

[dennilfloss]

We tend to look at such events under the short-term magnifying glass of human lifespan and history. From a paleontological point of view, the extinction of one species usually means a niche opening for another. Species come, species go, life goes on. Twenty million years was a damn good run.