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[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago (4 children)

The worms during the pre-cambrian

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago

Any other organism that consumes more resources than it gives back.

[–] xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago (3 children)

viruses, locusts… pretty much every plague that’s ever happened… brontosauruses started nesting in swamps and cause an ice age…

but i mean, animals evolved to strike balances because animals that didn’t went extinct… so it must’ve happened many times before…

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

No, animals have not evolved to strike a balance in anyway, the eco system as a whole, possibly, but not animals on their own.

[–] xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 3 days ago
[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

viruses, locusts

lol. I guess that's why there are no more viruses and locusts...

Seriously tho, as far as locusts, they literally evolved to do what they do on a regular basis. Still going strong...

https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/new-model-finds-locusts-making-complex-decisions-in-deadly-swarms/article69504538.ece

Not worth talking about viruses... smh.

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

The biggest differences is those changes occur over thousands if not millions of years thus giving time to species to adapt to new habitats. Many went extinct, but many more arose.

What is devasting is rapid and immediate changes such as an asteroid impact, or volcanic eruption, or humans pumping trillions of tons of co2 while cutting down forests globally within a century.

[–] xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 3 days ago

i’m not talking about mass extinctions