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Topic: What animals would become extinct if humans disappeared?

Anonymous A started this discussion 14 years ago #17,560

For example, many many breeds of dogs.

Dead !Pool7hVoC2 joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 1 minute later[^] [v] #296,206

only the shit breeds though.

adam jensen !AIy/L67q.s joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 4 minutes later, 6 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #296,208

chicken and cow
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Dead !Pool7hVoC2 replied with this 14 years ago, 5 minutes later, 12 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #296,209

@previous (adam jensen !AIy/L67q.s)
there are chickens that live in the wild, as well as bovines.

Dairy Cows? Probably.

Chickens with more than two legs, wings and no beak? Yes.

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Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 6 minutes later, 18 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #296,211

@296,206 (Dead !Pool7hVoC2)
lolthis

Basically the ones we've screwed with selective breeding.

Broseph !!fxnDb+Ve4 joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 5 minutes later, 23 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #296,213

Mice. Even though we consider them pests, they are considered domesticated animals in the sense that they rely on us to survive. Forced to live in the wild, the common house mouse would be extinct in no time. Some species of rat would suffer the same fate. Field mice would be OK.

Pandas would become extinct, since it takes a lot of our efforts just to keep them around. Almost all of our domesticated plants would disappear in 1 or 2 generations.

Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 3 hours later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #296,334

@296,209 (Dead !Pool7hVoC2)
KFCs chickens

@previous (Broseph !!fxnDb+Ve4)
just the ones that have been genetically altered to not create seeds, the rest would survive via cross-pollination

HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 4 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #296,341

@296,211 (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
> Basically the ones they've screwed with selective breeding.
fixed

adam jensen !AIy/L67q.s replied with this 14 years ago, 21 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #296,360

@previous (HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q)
retard

Broseph !!fxnDb+Ve4 replied with this 14 years ago, 45 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #296,385

@296,334 (F)
Actually, many of the ones that have seeds will still die out because the seeds can't spread without human intervention, such as corn. Some will "survive" via cross-polunation, as you point out, but then it's not really the same species anymore.

The same can be said about dogs. Any of the breeds tough enough to survive will interbreed with wolves and other breeds, and before long they're all homogenous wolves again.

astromermaid joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 8 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #296,397

hamsters ;_;

squeegee !firstkPE1Q joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 16 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #296,412

I can't imagine a scenario in which our specious would go down and not take every other species with us.
Bacteria and some insects would survive.
ha, give that 300 million years, earth!

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Anonymous J joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 13 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #296,418

Read or torrent The World Without Us if you're very curious. In short, some domesticated animals such as dogs would fill certain niches in much smaller numbers, though they would eventually either die off or interbreed with the native fauna. Invasive species like pigs might have more of a fighting chance and the lack of competition may even cause a Malthusian-type extinction. The more dependent species like corn would probably disappear within a year.
All in all, however, most plants and animals would enjoy a boon like no other, due to the return of their habitats. Some species which have been all but annihilated by our actions now survive in captivity under our protection and aid. Leopards are would probably go extinct without humanity's guidance, too much damage has already been done.

Anonymous K joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 22 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #296,832

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