Bad philosophy. What about preservation?

pandas are unfortunately doomed. they are carnivores who evolved to subsist on bamboo out of necessity because prey became too scarce due to over hunting. the poor nutrition in bamboo forces them to sit and eat it all day every day just to survive, so they never have the time or energy for mating.

something about diversity of species, and something about ornament value. I guess.

Originally posted by kbiz:

Bad philosophy. What about preservation?

i live in EU, i dont feel entiteled enough to save an animal that lives so far away

Originally posted by WarHeRo:

Originally posted by kbiz:

Bad philosophy. What about preservation?

i live in EU, i dont feel entiteled enough to save an animal that lives so far away

John Muir says if you tug on a single thing in nature it affects everything else. Don't upset the apple cart.

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Originally posted by salamander:

pandas are unfortunately doomed. they are carnivores who evolved to subsist on bamboo out of necessity because prey became too scarce due to over hunting. the poor nutrition in bamboo forces them to sit and eat it all day every day just to survive, so they never have the time or energy for mating.

Can't zoo's do something about that? like try to force them to eat meat again so they can go back to being healthier?

Then maybe introduce them back to the wild?

Originally posted by Ice Robertson:

Originally posted by salamander:

pandas are unfortunately doomed. they are carnivores who evolved to subsist on bamboo out of necessity because prey became too scarce due to over hunting. the poor nutrition in bamboo forces them to sit and eat it all day every day just to survive, so they never have the time or energy for mating.

Can't zoo's do something about that? like try to force them to eat meat again so they can go back to being healthier?

Then maybe introduce them back to the wild?

it is theoretically possible, yes. but the amount of money and work it would take make it very unlikely that any grand effort would be made in such a way. coupled with the fact that pandas have long pregnancies and typically only produce one single young, it is just a losing battle unfortunately. they are hard wired to eat bamboo now against their genetics, and while it might be possible to make them eat meat once more it is difficult because many would likely starve in the process. which would hurt their already critically endangered numbers.

Originally posted by kbiz:

Originally posted by WarHeRo:

i live in EU, i dont feel entiteled enough to save an animal that lives so far away

John Muir says if you tug on a single thing in nature it affects everything else. Don't upset the apple cart.

ppl have no spare cash for the homeless. yet they send cash to pandas.

I guess some animals weren't meant to survive.

If your country kisses Jinpings ass enough maybe he will give you one.

They don't want to mate with each other but humans keep intervening. I think this is one of those natural selection deals.

Originally posted by WarHeRo:

Originally posted by kbiz:

John Muir says if you tug on a single thing in nature it affects everything else. Don't upset the apple cart.

ppl have no spare cash for the homeless. yet they send cash to pandas.

Hmm. Irrelevant says the panda with no concept of money.

We want all species to remain intact.

Pandas are just one of those animals nature is actually trying to get rid of as we speak. Mother Nature doesnt want them and I think we humans should accept that.

We shouldn't. Not everything survives evolution. If it can't survive on its own, then let it go.