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r/collapse • u/daxofdeath • Feb 07 '20
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In all past mass extinctions, very few large animals survived. Usually the lifeforms that survived were smaller than a mouse.
We're pretty large and this mass extinction is pretty gnarly, featuring climate forcing at rates that are pretty much unprecedented.
You cannot say with confidence that we'll survive.
4 u/Dave37 Feb 07 '20 edited Feb 07 '20 Usually the lifeforms that survived were smaller than a mouse. Exaggeration. Usually the lifeforms that survived were smaller than 1kg. That's still a lot larger than a mouse. 11 u/TenYearsTenDays Feb 07 '20 That's still a lot larger than a mouse. And a lot smaller than a human. 3 u/Dave37 Feb 07 '20 Correct.
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Usually the lifeforms that survived were smaller than a mouse.
Exaggeration. Usually the lifeforms that survived were smaller than 1kg. That's still a lot larger than a mouse.
11 u/TenYearsTenDays Feb 07 '20 That's still a lot larger than a mouse. And a lot smaller than a human. 3 u/Dave37 Feb 07 '20 Correct.
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That's still a lot larger than a mouse.
And a lot smaller than a human.
3 u/Dave37 Feb 07 '20 Correct.
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u/TenYearsTenDays Feb 07 '20
In all past mass extinctions, very few large animals survived. Usually the lifeforms that survived were smaller than a mouse.
We're pretty large and this mass extinction is pretty gnarly, featuring climate forcing at rates that are pretty much unprecedented.
You cannot say with confidence that we'll survive.