Comments on: Can a Sperm Bank Save Coral From Sour Seas?

By: kent

kent — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 05:05:12 +0000

lain: u are wrong… coral exist 1st before the shark. coral first appeared in cambrian period at 542 million years ago. shark just appeared 420 million years ago..cheers:)

By: Jay29

Jay29 — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 16:59:59 +0000

Exactly. It’s a matter of trying to prevent *ourselves* from killing certain species, not worrying about the natural trend of evolution. I’m sure there are many short-sighted biologists and environmentalists don’t want any species to go extinct for any reason, but it certainly makes sense to prevent or undo wrongs initiated by we humans.

By: Brian Too

Brian Too — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 23:29:53 +0000

Let’s face it, we don’t often ‘decide’ to do these things. Most human-made extinctions, I would say are generally a result of:

1). Unintended consequences;
2). Complete ignorance;
3). Perverse incentives;
4). Pursuit of narrow goals;
5). Short-term thinking.

By: Superchkn

Superchkn — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 15:08:08 +0000

@Lain – You should be questioning our environmental policies then, since humans are responsible for the climate changing at a faster pace than anytime in the past – and thus faster than evolution can adapt. We’ve already anointed ourselves as the new “God” and it’s only recently that the mainstream has finally started to question our self-appointed status as such.

By: Hypnotron

Hypnotron — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 10:14:12 +0000

@Iain
We determine what lives or dies all the time. Mostly we determine what dies and it happens to be pretty much everything.

By: Iain

Iain — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 23:41:39 +0000

Why?
Corals didn’t exist at some time, yet here they are today. So are we the new GOD that determines what lives or dies off? Evolution goes on regardless of our bias. The lucky ones (who happen to be the fittest?) go on, others do not. Hey it’s only 245 Million years or so, not like the shark which has been around for 360 or more million years.
Personally I think we need to save sharks.