Mother Nature has her own ways of keeping our planet balance. If we take a closer look every aspect in the Nature like the amount of animals, what they eat, their habitats, we’ll see everything is practically perfect!
Messing with this equilibrium may cause a negative impact in many parts of the environment.
Take an example, the Bluebuck (Hippotragus leucophaeus). This is an extinct species of antelope and it lived in South Africa savannahs but it widespread during the Ice Age.
The Bluebuck became extinct around 1800. When the Europeans found this animal in the 17th century it was already rare but the eager of hunting this majestic animal caused its lost. There are four museums were you can see this specimen but none of them shows the delicate blue to grey color spoken in the earlier descriptions of the bluebuck.
They ate mainly grass and they prefer extensive grasslands, avoiding areas with short grass and woodland and they could go for long periods without drinking.
My point is that we should be more careful with the impact that we can cause on the planet and that the animal stability is very fragile so it should be protected, not destroyed!
sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluebuck
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Ana Rita Costa
I totally agree with Ana Costa's point. We should be more careful with things that we do in the planet. The Bluebuck it's just another poor animal victim of our mistakes.
ReplyDeleteWe have to change our positions face the environment quickly!
I also agree with you Ana, and the Bluebuck is only one of the huge list of animals that Man has been putting in danger for a long time. Another great example is the Dodo. That bird was haunted for years and the consequence of this irresponsible and thoughtless behaviour was its extinction.
ReplyDeleteThere are nowadays more associations and organizations that defend all kind of animals but especially the ones which are in danger of being extinguished. But that isn´t enough, every single one of us should help to revert this situation.
It´s imperative that we know what are the consequences of our actions and we should CARE about defending the biodiversity of our fragile and unique planet!
Ricardo , 11ºLH2