It's #WorldAnimalDay! 🐅 What is lost due to #extinction and why are humans the largest threat? "A species’ genome is a sort of manual; when the #species perishes, that manual is lost. We are, in this sense, plundering a library—the library of life" nationalgeographic.com/anima…

What we lose when animals go extinct

Animals are disappearing at hundreds of times the normal rate, primarily because of shrinking habitats. Their biggest threat: humans.

nationalgeographic.com

Oct 4, 2019 · 8:31 AM UTC

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Anthropocentrism: More than Just a Misunderstood Problem link.springer.com/article/10… #extinction #species #biodiveristy
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*burning a library
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The manual of life is not only the genome. It's also the behaviour patterns that are transmitted from a generation to the next. Some of which are typical to given ecosystems. For example, like older elephants knowing where to find water or food in droughts periods.
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