Poll: Should We let pandas become extinct?

[randomsix]

Their only positive evolution trait is being adorable. They won't copulate to save their species, and only massive amounts of cuteness motivated human intervention keep them from extinction.

For god sake if you met one in a forest going up for a cuddle would be just as safe as running away.

 

[Divine Miss Bee]

human intervention with all animals should stop, i think, livestock included. i know this isn't a terribly popular opinion with the american "bacon on everything" crowd, but with so many easy plant-based substitutes for animal products, there is simply no longer a practical reason to continue the life cycle of any animal that isn't productive in its own environment or no longer has one outside of human captivity. sad for the pandas and any other animal that falls under this category, but 99% of all species that have ever lived on earth are extinct. the way of the world is adapt or die, and humans interfere with that and cause problems with the environment and the economy. just let it die if it has no more purpose to its existence.

also, on the same note, start using DDT again. this malaria thing has really gotten out of hand...

 

[Palindromemordnilap_v1legacy]

Heartless though it may sound, I voted yes. They're dying out because they have long complicated mating rituals that we still don't understand fully, which is why they won't breed in captivity. And, well, they're kind of pointless in the wild. The only thing they do is eat bamboo. Thats it. Its such an ineffective diet that's all they can do

 

[MurderousToaster]

Pandas are goddamn awesome. If we don't save them, them what will fill the resulting void of awesomeness? Ostriches? Koi fish? Steven Seagal!?

 

[almostgold]

I think this issue needs a little more explanation than the OP provided:

Basically, there's a rising belief among ecologists that the Giant Panda would have died out by now anyway, even without human intervention. The argument is that as a species, the Giant Panda has pretty much been fucked by evolution: it eats one type of food, lives in one climate/ geographic region, and reproduces too slowly. And by spending so much money on keeping it alive, groups are wasting money that would be much better spent on other species, which have a greater chance, as well as its another case of 'Bambification': the trend for cute animals to get more attention by the public, regardless of their importance to the ecosystem, which is ultimately harmful to conservation efforts.

So thats the argument for letting it die of. Now, obviously, its up to individual people to read up on the issue themselves, and decide if a)they think those theories have enough evidence and b)if, regardless, it would be moral to let a species die.


Hope I helped

 

[8-Bit Grin]

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.

Best answer of the day.

I, for one, welcome our panda overlords.

 

[Addendum_Forthcoming]

There has been a lot of money spent on keeping the Giant Panda on the Earth. Now it's likely that without humans on the planet, that they wouldn't be dying out, though they have been called an evolutionary cul-de-sac by several wildlife experts. So what i'm asking is could that money have been better spent on saving animals that can be helped?

No .. of course we shouldn't endorse the extinction of a species that does not mean us harm. Unless you can definitively prove that all panda, everywhere, have weapons and are planning to use them ... why would I recognise them as something 'Not worth our time and effort to help"?

Are you fucking insane? You're talking about the systematic elimination of organisms simply because 'we couldn't be stuffed to help them'.

What if I turned around and said "You know, Americans are consuming far too much and they have zero ability to pay back their debts ... they're nationalistic and far too violent to accept they are no longer a superpower ... how about if we chemically neuter every American citizen and then wipe out any settlers that make landfall upon US soil?"

Afterall .. it costs way too much money to keep America afloat ... and the rest of the world is footing the bill.

They are in a social and economic cul-de-sac .... not likely to progress out of jingoistic concepts of civil governance and duty .... no ... let's just neuter them and be done with it in 30 years ^_^

Afterall ... instead of the continual loaning of money to the US, and supporting the facade of the petrodollar, a whole lot developing countries would have their qualit of life sharply improved.

 

[huxxcb]

Oh, for the sake of all that is good and stuff like that, NO!
Pandas are adorable, ravenous killers... 'nuff said.

 

[Ithos]

Worthless fuzzballs won't even procrate WITH help. Use the money to save the tigers! They are awesome!!!

 

[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: