Simbi Laveau Posted September 2, 2012 #1 Share Posted September 2, 2012 http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/31/us-invertebrates-idUSBRE87U0I520120831 Creatures with no backbones,that keep the ecosystems of the world ,in danger of extinction . From worms to bees to shellfish 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandpa Greenman Posted September 2, 2012 #2 Share Posted September 2, 2012 That is bad, and most people don't know just how bad that is. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q-C Posted September 2, 2012 #3 Share Posted September 2, 2012 (edited) Save the Spineless!!! What is also sad is that the article felt the need to define vertebrates and invertebrates for its readership. How can we care about what we don't know, or care enough to know about basic biology. Edited September 2, 2012 by QuiteContrary 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simbi Laveau Posted September 2, 2012 Author #4 Share Posted September 2, 2012 *shakes head* Let's all go be lords of the flies . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZaraKitty Posted September 2, 2012 #5 Share Posted September 2, 2012 This guy will be upset if the bees disappear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 2, 2012 #6 Share Posted September 2, 2012 *shakes head* Let's all go be lords of the flies . Only ignorance of the decline in invertibrate biodiversity over the last thirty years could allow you to be complacent. I don't think ignorance is any basis to build an opinion on. Br Cornelius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancient astronaut Posted September 2, 2012 #7 Share Posted September 2, 2012 Albert Einstein said that if bees were to vanish that Mankind has only 4 years of life left. they go extinct, so do we. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Fluffs Posted September 2, 2012 #8 Share Posted September 2, 2012 Darn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skookum Posted September 2, 2012 #9 Share Posted September 2, 2012 "They produce a lot of the things that humans rely on and they produce them for free." Hope the Government don't read this bit or they will tax us for their hard work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRIPTIC CHAMELEON Posted September 2, 2012 #10 Share Posted September 2, 2012 Bugger and I just love Bee vomit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highdesert50 Posted September 3, 2012 #11 Share Posted September 3, 2012 Well, I would not particularly miss the "killer" bees that have decimated and displaced the European variety, nor the RIFA fire ant, emerald ash borer, Asian long-horned beetle ... . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamLegend Posted September 3, 2012 #12 Share Posted September 3, 2012 Welcome to the 21rst century. Robotic bees... Cloned animals... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1VL4XiC9nM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueandi Posted September 3, 2012 #13 Share Posted September 3, 2012 Albert Einstein said that if bees were to vanish that Mankind has only 4 years of life left. they go extinct, so do we. Sorry to pour water on it, but he never said that. Einstein was a physicist, not an entomologist so had no interest in the subject, and no records show he ever said it. However the sentiment certainly rings true, if too many of the 'workers' in the natural world become extinct, then the whole ecosystem becomes unsustainable in it's present form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesspy Posted September 3, 2012 #14 Share Posted September 3, 2012 (edited) Bugger and I just love Bee vomit. LOL So is this part of the 6th extinction? Or has man dug himself a grave? I don't believe people are understanding how bad this is. I do hope people get a slap across the face before its too late. Edited September 3, 2012 by jesspy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notoverrated Posted September 3, 2012 #15 Share Posted September 3, 2012 Welcome to the 21rst century. Robotic bees... Cloned animals... [media=]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1VL4XiC9nM thats pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashotep Posted September 3, 2012 #16 Share Posted September 3, 2012 There are a lot of foods you can kiss goodbye without bees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandpa Greenman Posted September 3, 2012 #17 Share Posted September 3, 2012 This guy will be upset if the bees disappear Not as much as me... Save the bees... Must have MEAD!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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