34403 Y80 Mastering The Animal Kingdom/Slaying Leo

Q&@

HOMO SAPIENS CONQUERS THE WORLD:
what is the difference between humans and all other animals?
How did our species conquer the world & ìs homo Sapiens a superior life form or just the local bully?
The Anthropocene: with regard to other animals, humans have long since become (like) 'gods'!
We don't like to reflect on this too deeply, because we have not been particularly just or merciful gods?
If you watch the National Geographic channel, go to a Disney film or read a book of fairy tales, you might easily
get the impression that planet Earth is populated mainly by lions, wolves and tigers who are an equal match
for us humans! Simba the lion king holds sway over the forest animals; Little Red Riding Hood tries to evade
the Big Bad Wolf; and Little Mowgli bravely confronts Shere Khan the tiger! But in reality, they are no longer there.
All our televisions, strips, books & nightmares are still full of them, but the Simbas, Shere Khans and Big Bad Wolves
of our planet are disappearing! The world is populated mainly by humans and their domesticated animals?
How many wolves live today in Germany, the land of the Grimm brothers, Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf?
Less than a hundred. (And even these are mostly Polish wolves that stole over the border in recent years!) In contrast,
Germany is home to 5 million dogs. Altogether about 200,000 wild wolves still roam the earth, but there are more than 400 million domesticated dogs. The world contains 40,000 lions compared to 600 million house cats; 900,000 African buffalo versus 1.5 billion domesticated cows; 50 million penguins and 20 billion chickens! Since 1970, despite growing ecological awareness, wildlife populations have halved (not that they were prospering in 1970)! In 1980 there were 2 billion wild birds in Europe. In 2009 only 1.6 billion were left! In the same year, Europeans raised 1.9 billion chickens for meat and eggs. At present, more than 90% of the large animals of
the world (i.e. those weighing more than a few kilograms) are either humans or domesticated animals?!
12 apr 2019 - bewerkt op 16 apr 2019 - meld ongepast verhaal
Weet je zeker dat je dit verhaal wilt rapporteren? Ja | Nee
Profielfoto van Asih
Asih, man, 80 jaar
   
Log in om een reactie te plaatsen.   vorige volgende