@cmuratori By default we try and save species in danger of extinction. And here they're listed as having an important ecological role.
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@liasae@cmuratori we rarely understand the full role of a species in the ecosystem, and what effect its loss will have elsewhere.
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@cmuratori Because death's too good for them. -
@Sneftel Nobody has even suggested they are tasty. So I fail to see how their existence is important to us :P - Show replies
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@cmuratori A varied world is a beautiful world; taken millions of years for them to evolve, it's sad if they vanish because of our stupidityThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@cmuratori That said, "why care about the lemur over the millions of invertebrates we're fucking over?" - the answer to that@LiaSae's.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@cmuratori because they're the only animal that looks somewhere between monkeys and dogs, and that makes them pretty special/cool? -
@Flipswitchd Maybe the right conservation strategy would be to rename them "Monkeydogs", which everyone would think was super cool?
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