Wierdosity off the scale, captain

[andrewducker]

Cheers to laserboy for sending me a link to this article about conservation efforts for the wierdest animals (i.e. those with the least close relatives).

Comments

[ninox.livejournal.com]

Amused by the cultural arguement. Some people see killing their pet for food a great honour. Others it is the cute attachment arguement that creeps back in. Why is there the problem with dogs over eating rabbit, guinea pig or vegans?

Ok maybe people don't eat vegans!

Will add Evolution to my to read backlog - thanks for the recommendation.

[andrewducker]

If I feel an emotional attachment to something then I don't want it being killed. Is that _really_ such a hard thing to understand?

I don't like spiders, and would happily see them eradicated from the planet. I like kittens, and wouldn't like bad things to happen to them. It's really not terribly complicated...

[ninox.livejournal.com]

No it isn't a hard thing to understand.

I own a guinea-pig & rabbit, I have eaten rabbit before and if in Peru I might consider eating guinea pigs. I would never consider stewing Bungee & Merlot, because of personal attachment.

It wasn't precisely what I was getting at. More having a whine that humans like playing god with species.

Why save one species over another?

Cuteness or should I say media image, to me doesn't seem the best or most logical way to decide a fate of a species; but in reality it very often does. I would prefer more balanced condsidered choice.