why do people who "protect" animals often hurt or kill them...

[rudeguy]

stemming from this article: http://www.abc-7.com/story/19523361/2012/09/12/spider-halts-traffic-project

Although it is a very rare find, the meshweaver will be dissected at Texas Tech University so researchers to learn more about the arachnid and determine how it fits into the ecosystem.

So the stupid spider is rare enough to halt a $15,000,000 construction project but they are still going to kill it?

 

[waggy]

wait what? really? thats fucked up

 

[Kelvrick]

I think bulldozing over the habitat of a rare spider is different than dissecting it in a laboratory setting.

 

[rudeguy]

I think bulldozing over the habitat of a rare spider is different than dissecting it in a laboratory setting.

que?

Dead is dead

 

[pcslookout]

For one it is not an animal but an insect.

 

[Kelvrick]

que?

Dead is dead

Killing one for knowledge gained is different than killing the habitat where more might reside. I think it might be harder for them to survive under tons of concrete and asphalt.

That aside, I would have crushed it without thinking twice. Who would even recognize a rare spider? Just playing devils advocate between the difference of the two scenarios.

 

[Ronstang]

What a monumental waste of time. Move the fucking spider. It will be fine. It's habitat is not confined to that particular spot. Anywhere in the area is fine.

Liberals really are fucking stupid. I remember an engineering student friend of mine had a project for TXDOT when we were at Texas A&M 25 years ago. They needed to widen a section of road leading into Austin but some stupid envirowhackos were concerned about the affect of the extra traffic on the bird and wildlife population. So a $350K study had to be done by my friend's professor.

I told him that all they were going to find was any wildlife that was bothered was simply going to relocate a few hundred feet or maybe a mile. After a 6 month period and $350K later they found the wildlife simply moved.

 

[darkxshade]

I thought we nuke spiders from orbit?

 

[waggy]

lol reminds me when some state spent hundreds of thousands to move a tree.

 

[Pray To Jesus]

cause there is only one in the whole area

 

[edro]

Dump 5 gal of gasoline in that hole and drop a match in there.
Problem solved.

 

[CPA]

cause there is only one in the whole area

And?

It's not like the ecosystem was missing it.

 

[BladeVenom]

For one it is not an animal but an insect.

You failed biology didn't you?

 

[natto fire]

For one it is not an animal but an insect.

wat? are you srs? ur knowledge of biology is only superseded by mine of the written wurd.

(It actually is hard to type like a retard, must be nice being ignorant of basic knowledge)

 

[alkemyst]

que?

Dead is dead

It's clear why you are in your status of life.

There is a difference in a wasted life and one that was learned from. Not that I agree with just killing a rare creature.

However, the Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus Leucocephalus) is now no longer at risk at all due to research that in the beginning cost their lives. They would have been eradicated without it.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

It's clear why you are in your status of life.

There is a difference in a wasted life and one that was learned from. Not that I agree with just killing a rare creature.

However, the Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is now no longer at risk at all due to research that in the beginning cost their lives. They would have been eradicated without it.

Fixed.

 

[Imp]

Meh, bird nests "go missing" all the time in construction.

 

[coldmeat]

Killing one for knowledge gained is different than killing the habitat where more might reside. I think it might be harder for them to survive under tons of concrete and asphalt.

That aside, I would have crushed it without thinking twice. Who would even recognize a rare spider? Just playing devils advocate between the difference of the two scenarios.

This. Do they have arachnologists working on that construction crew?

 

[SlitheryDee]

We don't value them because we love them. We want to learn about them simply because we like learning stuff, especially when that stuff might go away before we learn anything about it. I personally don't care about the welfare of this particular spider, but in the words of the great R.A. Heinlein:

"scientific research, no matter how 'pure' and useless it may seem, has an annoying habit of paying for itself many times, in the long run, in the form of greatly increased productivity."

 

[SlitheryDee]

It's clear why you are in your status of life.

There is a difference in a wasted life and one that was learned from. Not that I agree with just killing a rare creature.

However, the Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is now no longer at risk at all due to research that in the beginning cost their lives. They would have been eradicated without it.

Fixed.

Whoa really?

 

[alkemyst]

Fixed.

whoa bro. I am a Zoology major you realize and what you did was major grammar nazi.

 

[alkemyst]

Whoa really?

Not sure if you are replying to Hamburgerboy's correction of a capitalized letter or my statement that the Bald Eagle is safe for now.

The latter is true, Animal Kingdom in Disney World had one in their show. Bird was awesome to see that close. When I was learning about animals we had them in Florida, but you couldn't approach them...sadly at that time you'd find them missing or shot and just left for dead.

 

[IronWing]

Professors are arrogant. That is all.

 

[SlitheryDee]

Not sure if you are replying to Hamburgerboy's correction of a capitalized letter or my statement that the Bald Eagle is safe for now.

Just that.

 

[alkemyst]

Just that.

yeah, he thinks he has so much game sadly.