Posted on 08/20/2022 10:39:35 PM PDT by algore
Not all species that are not native to a specific location are invasive. To be considered as such, they must adapt to new areas easily and reproduce quickly. By outcompeting the native species, invasive species thrive and cause harm to the habitat and the economy.
Humans have undoubtedly had a significant impact on the environment leading to catastrophic climate crises, and threatening the planet and its inhabitants.
However, can we really say that humans are an invasive species?
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The National Geographic Society defines an invasive species as an “organism that is not indigenous, or native, to a particular area and can cause great economic and environmental harm to the new area”.
Similarly, the US National Invasive Species Information Centre defines invasive species as “an alien species whose introduction does or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health.”
According to both the definitions outlined above, to be categorised as an invasive species, certain criteria must be fulfilled. These include being non-native to the locality, adapting and reproducing quickly, and causing environmental and economic harm to the area.
While the climate changes naturally, humans are now considered the main drivers of climate change. By attempting to modify the natural environment to conform to the needs of modern societies, humans have caused catastrophic events such as global warming, environmental degradation, mass extinction, and biodiversity loss that have led to an ecological crisis and ecological collapse.
Humans have affected and changed biodiversity and the ecosystem in multiple ways. Approximately one million flora and fauna species are threatened with extinction, more than ever before in human history, as a direct result of human activity.
A report by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) found that three-quarters of land and 66% of the marine environment is significantly modified by human actions.
One of the most famous examples of a species that became extinct because of human actions is the dodo bird,
Yes, especially the sub-species Illegalus Wetbackus’ which has demonstrated to leech off the hosts, and multiply at a concerning rate.
The ones that cross our southern border certainly are.
Probably, but every species is likely to have a net negative effect on another species. It’s the way of the world!
Think of those Pac Man games you saw in the early 1990’s.
It’s a Shape-Eat-Shape kind of existance and always has been.
Why are you afraid of an old fat woman that hasn't done anything for years?
She's out of the picture and will likely die soon.
But you're afraid of her?
You must be a pussy that reads blogs.
“ The National Geographic Society defines an invasive species as an “organism that is not indigenous, or native, to a particular area and can cause great economic and environmental harm to the new area”
Libtards are ruining the economy and now the environment with strip mining
” She’s out of the picture and will likely die soon.
But you’re afraid of her? “
you are not the first person who thought she had your back.
That makes no sense.
You may be retarded.
Only liberals. They have no natural place on this earth.
“You may be retarded”
And I pity the fool
One could think of life as self replicating information. Evolution works with genes as the information. People have progress with memes. It’s a second level of evolution that is far more effective than the first. The normal way of thinking about ecosystems does not apply .
Why are you afraid of an old fat woman that hasn’t done anything for years?
Nope.
“Why are you afraid of an old fat woman that hasn’t done anything for years?”
Since you have insider knowledge of the stuff she has not done for years
Perhaps you can share some of it with us?
quantum chicken egg
Maybe the Greenies could set an example by having a few mass suicides.
Liberals are most definitely a vile invasive species.
...and man would still be in charge of the planet having been assigned that responsibility by the Creator Himself.
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