'Ugly' Endangered Species

[cenkiss]

http://www.atom.com/blog/2009/08/03/...-ugly-to-live/

http://endangered-ugly.blogspot.com/

Why do you think only cute pandas come into people's mind when they try to preserve the habitat.Why do people not try to protect 'ugly' animals?Are they doing this save the nature campaigns just because it is trendy?

Why does none try to protect these?

[Marie Louise von Preussen]

Because environmentalism can be many times traced to sentimentalism. That's why it is so popular among young people.

[Phier]

Umm people have been trying to save the California condor for as long as I can remember.

[Banned]

Everybody likes hot girls, nobody goes for the repulsive ones. Something that does not attract you, is more or less insignificant. You don't care about things that are insignificant. That's what one of the traditional human ideologies dictates. Pure and simple.

[MathiasOfAthens]

Everybody likes hot girls, nobody goes for the repulsive ones. Something that does not attract you, is more or less insignificant. You don't care about things that are insignificant. That's what one of the traditional human ideologies dictates. Pure and simple.

Yes but the ugly ones still find each other.

[eran]

What benefit will our planet get for keeping this thing alive?

[Trey]

What benefit will our planet get for keeping this thing alive?

Having the most badass bird on the planet.

[Theseus1234]

KILL IT
KILL IT WITH FIRE

[SoggyFrog]

Since people are generally ignorant, it's easier for an environmental group to explain to people why it's worth saving charismatic megafauna X rather than less identifiable members of an ecosystem (be they plants, insects, microorganisms) or an ecosystem as a whole. But because protecting that species typically involves protecting the whole habitat, picking a sort of poster species enables them to help all of the other species in a community.

[Ishoss]

That Condor is awesome.

[MathiasOfAthens]

Is that real eran? It looks fake.

[ShADoW]

Is that real eran? It looks fake.

Yes its real apparently, check the link.

[removeduser_4536284751384]

genes are one of our most important resources, right up there with hydrocarbons.

[Phier]

genes are one of our most important resources, right up there with hydrocarbons.

The argument you are trying to make is valid of a sorts but not as you stated it.

Genes as a whole are not a valuable resource at all.

There is a fear that we are losing some useful ones through biodiversity loss, but its going to be rare and hypothetical.

The problem is that convincing people that biodiversity is important is difficult, most educated people don't understand what it really means.

[removeduser_4536284751384]

The argument you are trying to make is valid of a sorts but not as you stated it.

Genes as a whole are not a valuable resource at all.

There is a fear that we are losing some useful ones through biodiversity loss, but its going to be rare and hypothetical.

The problem is that convincing people that biodiversity is important is difficult, most educated people don't understand what it really means.

well yes I meant diversity of genes, not actual physical numbers of genes.

I don't think it's that hard once you spout a few figures about how much important technology and medicine depends on discoveries from the natural world.

[redhammer]

The Gruen transfer - a show on Australian television parodying ads - did one on this a while back:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpUz9Cchm1w

Enjoy

[Phier]

Blocked in my country.