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The dodo bird was hunted to extinction and I doubt this rat died out due to climate change.
Probably loads of them out there that no one sees.
Leave it to CNN to publish a load of horse shit.
Also they're missing the whole point of species. That's what species do....that is their function....they go extinct.
Jo
Mighty Mouse, is turning over in his grave.
Australian mammal becomes first to go extinct due to climate change - CNN
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(CNN)A small brown rat which lived on a tiny island off northern Australia is the world's first mammal known to have become extinct due to "human-induced climate change," the government says.
The Bramble Cay melomys inhabited a small coral island on the Great Barrier Reef, measuring about five hectares (12 acres) and located in the Torres Strait, between Queensland state and Papua New Guinea.
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It's not definitive, there could be other extinctions; it's believed by some scientists to be the first.
Kind of sad, since the first mammals were somewhat similar.
In any case, a lot of animals have gone extinct because of loss of habitat caused by human activity.
The dodo bird was hunted to extinction and I doubt this rat died out due to climate change.
Probably loads of them out there that no one sees.
Leave it to CNN to publish a load of horse shit.
Also they're missing the whole point of species. That's what species do....that is their function....they go extinct.
Jo
Survival of the fittest.
Considering that rats are pretty much at the bottom of the food chain, what's to say that they were not just eaten by other animals / birds?
So by what reasoning do they say this rat is extinct now due to global warming? I missed that bit of information.
How come the ocean's aren't rising around New York City and drowning all the rats around there?
Are people really this stupid to think that rodents missing from a 12 acre Island is the result of Global Warming and Ocean Inundation?
There are still 12 acres of island for them to run around on. Also it should be noted, that these rodents have only inhabited this sand bar - coral reef for only 170 years.
If you want to look at a sensible discussion about this, here yah go.
Did Climate Change Drive the Bramble Cay Melomys to Extinction? Probably
"There are no longer any Bramble Cay melomys living on Bramble Cay. Their extirpation was almost certainly caused by environmental degradation resulting from the very nature of Bramble Cay as a “geologically temporary..[island]..of considerable instability, which may respond dramatically to fluctuations in [its] environment”, with a maximum elevation of 3 meters (~ 10 feet), made of constantly shifting sand that collects around a small rocky outcrop surrounded by a shallow reef. The area of the cay that supports vegetation, the main source of shelter and food for the melomys, has been shrinking since 1998, down to less than 10% of the 1998 area in 2014.
The main contributing factor to this degradation is the success of other species, primarily the Green Turtle and various sea birds, both of which use the island for nesting (and roosting) which resulted in increasing disturbance and destruction of the vegetation required by the melomys for survival.
Bramble Cay suffered at least one (Spring 2014) or more (or a series of) weather events that inundated the island (maybe repeatedly), that possibly would have reduced the melomys population below a sustainable level, both directly and through destruction of vegetation, their primary food source, however, it is doubtful that there were in fact any remaining melomys at that late date. No melomys had been official recorded on Bramble since 2004.
The official cause — climate change – is speculative and partially based on predictions of future sea level rise and future increased storminess and intensity of storms.
It is this author’s opinion that the human contribution to their extinction is limited to the utter inadequacy of the Recovery Plan for the Bramble Cay Melomys, Melomys rubicola prepared by Peter Latch in 2008."
Mighty Mouse, is turning over in his grave.
Australian mammal becomes first to go extinct due to climate change - CNN
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(CNN)A small brown rat which lived on a tiny island off northern Australia is the world's first mammal known to have become extinct due to "human-induced climate change," the government says.
The Bramble Cay melomys inhabited a small coral island on the Great Barrier Reef, measuring about five hectares (12 acres) and located in the Torres Strait, between Queensland state and Papua New Guinea.
/QUOTE]
It's not definitive, there could be other extinctions; it's believed by some scientists to be the first.
Kind of sad, since the first mammals were somewhat similar.
In any case, a lot of animals have gone extinct because of loss of habitat caused by human activity.
Your point being? I'm mean of course other than humans are too stupid to be able to survive much longer.It's not definitive, there could be other extinctions; it's believed by some scientists to be the first.
Kind of sad, since the first mammals were somewhat similar.
In any case, a lot of animals have gone extinct because of loss of habitat caused by human activity.
Dude....95% of all species that have ever lived are extinct.
Jo
Your point being? I'm mean of course other than humans are too stupid to be able to survive much longer.It's not definitive, there could be other extinctions; it's believed by some scientists to be the first.
Kind of sad, since the first mammals were somewhat similar.
In any case, a lot of animals have gone extinct because of loss of habitat caused by human activity.
Dude....95% of all species that have ever lived are extinct.
Jo
