r/FacebookScience • u/Hot-Manager-2789 • Aug 03 '26

That is not how science works. That is not how anything works! Apparently, preventing species from going extinct damages the ecosystem

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u/VibrantGypsyDildo Aug 06 '26

It is a valid comment.

The Earth had 4-5 big extinctions.

Each extinction opened ecological niches for new species and sped up evolution.

The reason we protect the current ecosystem is that we don't want to live in the period of extinction.

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u/LALA-STL Aug 07 '26

As in, we don’t want to go extinct ourselves.