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To: nickcarraway

It is estimated that over 99% to 99.9% of all species that have ever lived on Earth are now extinct. Scientists believe that of the billions of species that have existed over the past 4 billion years, only a tiny fraction (less than 1%) are alive today.

So why worry about some fish no one cares about?


4 posted on 05/11/2026 12:21:45 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: SmokingJoe

Let them go gracefully.


5 posted on 05/11/2026 12:23:02 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: SmokingJoe

Other way around.

I care about it now, didn’t when I didn’t know it was endangered or even existed.


6 posted on 05/11/2026 12:25:15 PM PDT by Veto! ((Trump is Superman))
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To: SmokingJoe

“So why worry about some fish no one cares about?”

All that evolutionary and extinction by natural causes stopped when the US got rich enough to intervene in nature. The plight of the Northern Spotted owl was, of course, the fault of those horrible, horrible companies who were logging. So, all logging stopped to save the owl. Last I heard the Northern Spotted Owl was being wiped out by another species of owl who thrived in the increased available woodland. So, both problems were caused by evil, evil companies making a profit. BAD companies!

As for the missing fish...it was delicious.


11 posted on 05/11/2026 12:32:42 PM PDT by Gen.Blather (Oh, gosh! I said that out loud. I'm so sorry.)
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To: SmokingJoe
So why worry about some fish no one cares about?

So that far-left outlets can blame Trump and Elon Musk, as they have here.

16 posted on 05/11/2026 1:50:51 PM PDT by libertylover (The HBM (Has Been Media) is almost all AGENDA-DRIVEN and HATE-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: SmokingJoe

Democrats are trying to fund DNA banks to preserve species DNA incase they go extinct....

For demons who supposedly believe in Darwinism, they don’t practice it. More God complex BS


23 posted on 05/11/2026 3:58:51 PM PDT by SPDSHDW (A sinner saved by Jesus)
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