Timeline for A sentient carnivorous species trying to preserve life. How could they find a new food source?
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| Mar 14 at 15:51 | history | edited | Michael Richardson | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 23, 2021 at 17:26 | comment | added | Michael Richardson | @Vaelus The dodo was exterminated by the rats and pigs that accompanied humans to the island, though humans likely would have eventually exterminated them. This was definitely an example of invasive species causing havoc. The American Bison population was drastically reduced, not because they were over-hunted, but because there was an active policy to eradicate them so that the Native Americans would no longer have them available to support their people. | |
| Oct 2, 2019 at 4:35 | comment | added | Headcrab | A society that has reached "around Roman era technology" would most probably be unable to sustain itself through hunting alone. They would have to destroy all those precious natural habitats by converting them to pastures and animal farms. | |
| Oct 1, 2019 at 23:04 | comment | added | Vaelus | @MichaelRichardson The ones I'm thinking of involve a sapient species with the tools to massively overhunt and some other species like dodo or buffalo. | |
| Oct 1, 2019 at 22:48 | comment | added | DarcyThomas | @Vaelus Yes and no. The Yellowstone example is pretty robust. It is also plausible from a world building perspective. Which is good enough in this case. However there are many example of this phenomenon. It can be a bit distressing to find something we have done has caused large destruction. Especially if it is because of something we did with the intent to do good and help nature .See this video ted.com/talks/… on how trying to help elephants caused more deserts to form and cause more harm | |
| Oct 1, 2019 at 22:45 | comment | added | Michael Richardson | @Vaelus Would those be with invasive species? Because it would not seem to be possible that such an arrangement could be stable for any significant length of time. | |
| Oct 1, 2019 at 22:37 | comment | added | Vaelus | Can a single example really be extrapolated to all predator/prey relationships? I think I can name at least a few predator/prey relationships off the top of my head that are unambiguously detrimental to their ecosystems. | |
| Oct 1, 2019 at 18:51 | comment | added | Ghedipunk | @KyleDelaney, it answers the question perfectly: "No, not with current understanding of ecology, and here's how your empathic/sympathetic carnivores will improve their world by continuing to eat the flesh of other feeling creatures." | |
| Oct 1, 2019 at 18:19 | comment | added | Kyle Delaney | Except that this doesn't answer the question | |
| Sep 30, 2019 at 20:32 | history | edited | Michael Richardson | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 30, 2019 at 19:16 | history | edited | Michael Richardson | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 30, 2019 at 16:39 | comment | added | The Square-Cube Law | Lots of good answers here, and IMO this is the best one. | |
| Sep 30, 2019 at 16:36 | history | edited | Michael Richardson | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 30, 2019 at 15:42 | history | answered | Michael Richardson | CC BY-SA 4.0 |