Thread: A QUESTION FOR THE GREENIES

Depends which one is tastier

What should I do if you see an endangered animal eating an endangered plant?
not a god damn thing, by ur question I saw it you didn't

1. Admire the complexity of nature, take a photo, note the date, time and location and write to your nearest university biology department.

2. Run it over, you're in a 4WD, after all.

3. Write a letter to the local paper, decrying the guvmint wasting funding for anything which isn't wheat, barley, sheep or cattle.

4. Don't provide any details at all and pose the question as a moral teaser on a forum somewhere.

Grab your knife and take samples from both for cloning

Originally Posted by hodgo

This question bothers me some what, can any one give me an answer to it please.

What should I do if I see an endangered animal eating an endangered plant?

Think yourself dammed lucky but don't tell anyone as, due to the fact that they are both 'endangered', they won't be around much longer and due to their imminent demise no one else will witness what you have and therefore no one else will believe you.

Originally Posted by hodgo

This question bothers me some what, can any one give me an answer to it please.

What should I do if I see an endangered animal eating an endangered plant?

what was the animal and which plant?

Originally Posted by hodgo

This question bothers me some what, can any one give me an answer to it please.

What should I do if I see an endangered animal eating an endangered plant?

It's a false dichotomy.

Given that most species loss is due to habitat loss, be thankful there is a small piece of the planet that still sustains both.

You've made a good first step by being sufficiently observant to notice both a threatened plant and animal. Given that in Australia endangered plants and animals are often extremely difficult to find unless you are making a concerted effort to do so that is a pretty remarkable thing.

Probably the first thing you should do is learn more about the species you've seen. Do you know if the endangered animal relies of the plant in question for survival? And you could do worse than finding out why the plant is endangered too. Is it a matter of habitat loss, or some other factor?

And if you really wanted to do something you could get involved volunteer work with groups supporting the recovery programs that would be in place to ensure the ongoing survival of both species.

Originally Posted by hodgo

This question bothers me some what, can any one give me an answer to it please.

What should I do if I see an endangered animal eating an endangered plant?

Cut the nearest tree an let the trunk squash flat both of them and blame the 4WD drivers for the vandalism

Now, seriously, let nature take their course, not human intervention is the best in this case