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<blockquote data-quote="Whizbang Dustyboots" data-source="post: 3162811" data-attributes="member: 11760">Humans are hardly unique in their destructive behavior on environments. They're just REALLY, REALLY good at it, but they're not doing anything that beavers and locusts haven't done before them, albeit at a lower level of proficiency. Humans are animals and are acting on the same impulses that drive most other species.And many species thrive in cities that did just fine in the wild. The Asian rock dove adapted to human cities thousands of years ago and is now known as the common pigeon. The European sparrow has made a similar progression. Today, coyotes, various birds of prey and other species all live in cities. To call them &quot;opportunistic&quot; seems strangely judgemental of them responding to the biological imperative to survive and breed.Nature is not a benevolent engine, it's red in tooth and claw. Humanity's teeth and claws are just particularly red.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Whizbang Dustyboots, post: 3162811, member: 11760"] Humans are hardly unique in their destructive behavior on environments. They're just REALLY, REALLY good at it, but they're not doing anything that beavers and locusts haven't done before them, albeit at a lower level of proficiency. Humans are animals and are acting on the same impulses that drive most other species. And many species thrive in cities that did just fine in the wild. The Asian rock dove adapted to human cities thousands of years ago and is now known as the common pigeon. The European sparrow has made a similar progression. Today, coyotes, various birds of prey and other species all live in cities. To call them "opportunistic" seems strangely judgemental of them responding to the biological imperative to survive and breed. Nature is not a benevolent engine, it's red in tooth and claw. Humanity's teeth and claws are just particularly red. [/QUOTE]

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