Poll: Should We let pandas become extinct?

[dbmountain]

90% of all species that have ever existed on planet Earth are extinct, what is one more?

 

[Tanis]

They're cute, but that's it.

Let 'em die.

 

[theultimateend]

No. Even though they're a total fuck-up of evolution, I don't think that we should let them die out if we have the power to stop it.

On the other hand, it'll likely become even harder to keep them alive, the more dependant on us that they become.

This is what I was thinking, Pandas apparently have no interest in reproducing in captivity, probably as they are a semi- nomadic animal.

So you are saying the Pandas are all married?

ZING!

OT: I love pandas, we must not only save them but also arm them with lazers.

 

[Pandaman1911]

No! Absolutely not! How could anyone even contemplate such a thing? That's absolutely barbaric!

 

[j0frenzy]

I say take a full DNA sample, semen and egg samples from all Panda's currently in captivity then release them into the wild. Then if they die out future technologies should allow us to recreate them if we want to. They are adorable but they're actively refusing to continue their own species.

And I have a new candidate for worst job in the world. The guy responsible for jacking off a panda to get his sperm.

As for the topic at hand, I have no strong opinions one way or the other. General guilty over what our species has done to the planet says that we should try to keep them alive. That being said, if someone cut off funding for research into saving the panda, I won't riot in the streets.

 

[Brockyman]

No.

Perhaps they will become super-intelligent someday, and when we might be on the verge of extinction, they may remember what we did for them and return the favour.

Plus, they're cute.

Or you never know when some giant "Panda probe" is going to show up and start destroying the planet looking for but little buggers...

Sorry, I watched Star Trek IV the other day... care on...

 

[Zorg Machine]

considering the fact that I am founder, admin and sole member of the escapist "cult of the great panda (may he find the forest of everlasting bamboo)" I would have to say no.

 

[KarumaK]

Now, I'm trying to find a way to handle this gently and utterly failing so I think I'll just say this;

Panda's are my favorite animal, die in a fire.

 

[Marowit]

Humans destroyed their habitat - and they have a pretty damn specific niche they fill - so I don't see how we're not responsible.

On top of that, they're so damn cute

 

[Kenbo Slice]

Fuck no. Pandas are my favorite animals!

 

[BoredDragon]

No pandas = no Panda Express D:

 

[Brockyman]

Ecosystem needs all animals, big small, and microscopic. Letting any species go extinct is inexcusable especially if we're the reason their threatened in the first place.

That's not entirely true.... if you believe in Evolution (either that's how life came to be or that even in a God created universe, things change every day) then you can't believe this statement. I do think it's ironic that while most "environmentalist/liberals" that believe in evolution mock "religious/conservative" people for believing in Creationism always seem to forget that evolution DEMANDS species die out, even if it's direct human intervention.

Animal species die out. Do you think our ecosystem would be better with Dinosaurs running around? Humans and a lot of other mammal species would never have developed with the T-Rex and Velociraptors running around.

Humans aren't responsible for ALL animal extinction either... many die just because their time has come, or their habitat is gone. While we should be good stewards of the planet, we can't make keeping one limited population of a subspecies of field mice alive.

Also, (again this includes Evolution and Creationist theories), every animal species that exists today DIDN'T exist in the beginning of time. Most have changed during the evolutionary process OR have gained genetic advantages/disadvantages during thousands of years of development, naturally and thru breeding.

Finally, nature seems to have a way in dealing with loss. Take the Deep Horizon Oil Spill. None of the doomsday predictions of catastrophic sealife death and oil soaked beaches for thousands of miles came true. There was some damage, and human intervention played a part, but the ecosystem itself was able to limit and recover for most of the damage on it's own.

 

[Dorian6]

I am a strong believer in evolution and natural selection, so in this particular case, I think we just need to let nature take its course.

Of the pandas we have in captivity, we only ask one thing; that they mate and have panda babies. If a species can't even be bothered to have sex, why are we working so hard to preserve it?

 

[Nietz]

I say let them die out. Sure, the argument is there that we are to blame for their... misfortune. In all honestly though, let's just let them go with some dignity. Keeping them alive in the state their in now is kinda cruel in itself.

Oh and yeah, why is this OUR choice? Shouldn't the pandas be the ones to choose to live or die out. Now-a-days it seems they have already made their choice, you know, with all the f*cking their not doing.

 

[LobsterFeng]

If they're too stupid to have sex then there's nothing really we can do, but I don't think we should purposely let them die off though.

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

No, make an effort damnit!

I don't care if you call it the circle of life, which it's not since we people seem to interfere in their existence. We broke it so we should fucking fix it.

 

[RatRace123]

That is adorable. What kind of spider is it and is it really endangered?

It is a Goliath Bird Eating Spider (guess why it's called that) and it is indeed endangered.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

Survival of the fittest. Pandas are no exception.

There was a Cyanide & Happiness comic on the subject, and I've spent the last few minutes looking for it with no success.