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Humans Aren't Good Caretakers, Just Look at Their Rooms
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Many scientists consider humans as the most invasive species, as humans can greatly change an environment and impact living things that reside there. Are we being stewards of the world? Take a look at an issue in which human intervention has positively or negatively affected the biodiversity of our ecosystems.
Humans have a huge effect on everything they come in contact with. Sometimes the effects they cause are not noticeable until it is too late to reverse them. But that doesn't mean humans are evil or actively seeking to destroy the world. It just means that sometimes they don't realize how powerful they really are. There are many examples of humans lacking understanding of the environment around them, causing havoc through their actions. One example could be the loggerhead sea turtle of Florida.
 Baby sea turtles have to fight for their lives in the first few moments, getting to the ocean is the first part of their journey.
The loggerhead sea turtle live and breed on Florida's coast. Which happens to be the vacation spot of many. Every year people spend their time on beaches, leaving behind litter, the common culprit of environmental destruction. For the loggerhead sea turtle, the common sandwich bag is especially dangerous. When a sandwich bag, haphazardly thrown around ends up floating in the ocean, it looks a lot like a jellyfish. And loggerhead sea turtles love jellyfish. Too bad when they try to munch on the plastic they choke and die. Another reason that human presence has not been all that helpful to the loggerhead sea turtle population is the light that is emitted from the residences near the coast. Beach front property may be fine and dandy for humans but when those sea turtles breed, their little babies hatch and head towards the light. Well, normally that light would be the moon, leading them to safety in the ocean. But in this case, heading towards the light does end in a very cliche way. They make their way towards the city and will more than likely die. But that is for those special eggs that make it to hatching. The heavy traffic on the beach means that the loggerhead sea turtles' nests are being disturbed. By foot traffic, umbrella poles being shoved into the sand etc. But that's not to say that people are evil sea turtle killing machines. They have been able to help a few animals out.
 Twin red panda cubs were 42nd and 43rd cubs to be born in that zoo.
One example would be the red panda. The red panda was and continues to be in great danger of extinction. However, due to the efforts of some dedicated zoologist all over the world, the red panda is continuing to breed in captivity. In 2007 two red panda cubs were born in the Taronga zoo in Sydney. Since the breeding program started in 1997, forty-three red panda cubs have been born there. Only 2500 are to be estimated to be living in the wild in 2007. Along with the breeding program there is extensive research and education being made available in the red panda's native home of Nepal.
So humans have to be mindful of their effect on the environment. Although the damage they can cause is immense, if they are mindful then they can reverse the negative. Hopefully they won't even have to try that and instead manage to find a harmony with the environment and be good stewards of the earth.
SOURCES
- "Man's effect on the environment." Biology Redirect. 7 Oct. 2009 .
- "Red panda twins face Aussie admirers - Science- msnbc.com." Breaking News, Weather, Business, Health, Entertainment, Sports, Politics, Travel, Science, Technology, Local, US & World News- msnbc.com. 8 Oct. 2009 31565/>
- http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/IMAGES/South_Carolina/loggerheadSeaTurtle380.jpg
- http://www.taronga.org.au/imagedata/twins-redpanda-200703.jpg
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Humans Aren't Good Caretakers, Just Look at Their Rooms
Many scientists consider humans as the most invasive species, as humans can greatly change an environment and impact living things that reside there. Are we being stewards of the world? Take a look at an issue in which human intervention has positively or negatively affected the biodiversity of our ecosystems.
Humans have a huge effect on everything they come in contact with. Sometimes the effects they cause are not noticeable until it is too late to reverse them. But that doesn't mean humans are evil or actively seeking to destroy the world. It just means that sometimes they don't realize how powerful they really are. There are many examples of humans lacking understanding of the environment around them, causing havoc through their actions. One example could be the loggerhead sea turtle of Florida.
Baby sea turtles have to fight for their lives in the first few moments, getting to the ocean is the first part of their journey.
The loggerhead sea turtle live and breed on Florida's coast. Which happens to be the vacation spot of many. Every year people spend their time on beaches, leaving behind litter, the common culprit of environmental destruction. For the loggerhead sea turtle, the common sandwich bag is especially dangerous. When a sandwich bag, haphazardly thrown around ends up floating in the ocean, it looks a lot like a jellyfish. And loggerhead sea turtles love jellyfish. Too bad when they try to munch on the plastic they choke and die. Another reason that human presence has not been all that helpful to the loggerhead sea turtle population is the light that is emitted from the residences near the coast. Beach front property may be fine and dandy for humans but when those sea turtles breed, their little babies hatch and head towards the light. Well, normally that light would be the moon, leading them to safety in the ocean. But in this case, heading towards the light does end in a very cliche way. They make their way towards the city and will more than likely die. But that is for those special eggs that make it to hatching. The heavy traffic on the beach means that the loggerhead sea turtles' nests are being disturbed. By foot traffic, umbrella poles being shoved into the sand etc. But that's not to say that people are evil sea turtle killing machines. They have been able to help a few animals out.
Twin red panda cubs were 42nd and 43rd cubs to be born in that zoo.
One example would be the red panda. The red panda was and continues to be in great danger of extinction. However, due to the efforts of some dedicated zoologist all over the world, the red panda is continuing to breed in captivity. In 2007 two red panda cubs were born in the Taronga zoo in Sydney. Since the breeding program started in 1997, forty-three red panda cubs have been born there. Only 2500 are to be estimated to be living in the wild in 2007. Along with the breeding program there is extensive research and education being made available in the red panda's native home of Nepal.
So humans have to be mindful of their effect on the environment. Although the damage they can cause is immense, if they are mindful then they can reverse the negative. Hopefully they won't even have to try that and instead manage to find a harmony with the environment and be good stewards of the earth.
SOURCES
- "Man's effect on the environment." Biology Redirect. 7 Oct. 2009 .
- "Red panda twins face Aussie admirers - Science- msnbc.com." Breaking News, Weather, Business, Health, Entertainment, Sports, Politics, Travel, Science, Technology, Local, US & World News- msnbc.com. 8 Oct. 2009 31565/>
- http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/IMAGES/South_Carolina/loggerheadSeaTurtle380.jpg
- http://www.taronga.org.au/imagedata/twins-redpanda-200703.jpg
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Your response to the question is very insightful. I never heard of the loggerhead sea turtles and it is shocking of what little things we can do, that can harm them. Like, small plastic bags that we don't care about, can by the main cause of those turtles. Little things like that can harm them and we should be more careful in what we do, especially with the trash that we don't seem to throw out. It is also good to hear about the good that we are doing in the world. It is good to know that we are not all evil people and that we are trying to save animals, like the red panda.
Ahahaha. I love your title! :)
"But that doesn't mean humans are evil or actively seeking to destroy the world." - I would admit that it's not entirely our fault, but rather the fact that we don't notice it until the last minute. But now the question is, is it our fault for not recognizing these things sooner? Then could've we reversed the problem earlier?