Re: Extinction and Loss of Habitat
- Subject: Re: Extinction and Loss of Habitat
- From: G* R* S* J*
- Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 20:40:07 -0600 (CST)
Ted,
Exactly.
The dinosaurs did die off because of a loss of habitat caused
by a meteor crashing into the earth. It really destroyed the habitat.
Loss of habitat is another way of saying some parts of the world are
changing too fast
for some plants/animals to evolve to accommodate the change.
I think I am also safe in saying this is science.
Ray
GRSJr@Juno.com
On Tue, 6 Nov 2001 15:02:05 -0600 (CST) Ted.Held@hstna.com writes:
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>Am I missing something? Did the big dinosaurs die off because of loss
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>habitat? Most species have died out because they are failures of one
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>or another or are not able to keep up with a changeable world. This is
>basic Darwin and modern permutations thereof. I think I am safe in
>saying
>this is science.
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> "Ron Iles"
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>Ted!
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>You must be joking?
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>Ron
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>Subject: Extinction and Loss of Habitat
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>I take exception to the statement that most extinctions are caused by
>loss
>of habitat. Surely some, maybe many are in the large scheme. But new
>predation, disease, and plain old climate alteration must be right up
>there. And then there is the probable fact that some species are just
>not
>well evolved - failures, in other words. I think habitat loss gets a
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>following since it is an obvious factor in large animal extinctions,
>particularly those of recent times. You know, the warm fuzzies. I wish
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>had the Book of Life and could review the numbers on this that would
>include all "species", including the millions that have perished since
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>beginning.
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>Just a skeptic about sweeping pronouncements.
>ted.held@hstna.com
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