I had this thought looking at someone else's blog post.
Are there any other animals besides humans that have a serious negative impact on the planet? The first that came to my mind was cows and the methane that they produce in large quantities, but this seems to be a product of mass farming by humans and therefore not necessarily the fault of the cows. I'm sure there must be some animals out there that have a negative impact, but could any of them possibly add up to the damage we have done ourselves?
Probably the animals that affect the environment most, after us, is beavers. When those busy little suckers discover fire, look out!
ReplyDeleteI think that there are some animals that have the potential to cause as much damage as we have if they were left to damage it however they wanted too. Zebra Mollusks for example, once introduced to an ecosystem, then start to destroy it. This has become an issue in some of the lakes in Berkshire County, and now people have to take extra pro cautions when out boating to not spread more of these ecosystem destroyers.
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