Predators Strange Days On Planet Earth Summary

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Predators: Strange Days on Planet Earth is an interesting video about predators’ effects on their ecosystems. The video found on Films on Demand describes how many ecosystems across the world are in danger because of the lack of predators. Venezuela’s Lake Guri is in chaos because beasts of prey have long since fled because of a flood, and now, herbivores are overpopulated and have depleted resources. Yellowstone’s Aspen tree problem seems to have started with the killing of wolves and has gotten better when wolves were brought back, allowing less elk and more plant life. Jamaica and other places near the sea have seen their fish disappearing, along with their coral reefs. The fish are disappearing because fisherman had taken large carnivore …show more content…

Predators gave insight as to what predators are really needed for. The video talks about how the environment without predators slowly dies, but the real problem is humans. It was people that became selfish and scared that caused the destruction of ecosystems. We were the ones that caused a flood, killing thousands of animals, in order to create hydraulic power. We were the ones that killed off the wolves, and we were the ones that killed so many fish for food, moving from breast of prey to the prey themselves. Predators mentions that people are unsure if animals would be able to adapt to today’s world , but I think they would be able to. Animals have been adapting to the world for a while now, and our world should not be any different. Whether or not humans would like to learn to coexist with animals of prey is a different story. I believe that humans are creatures of habit and for the most part do not like to get out of our comfort zones, so when we are confronted with animals that can be a threat, the easiest solution would be to eliminate the problem, as can be seen with the wolves at Yellowstone National Park. I also believe humans do not always think in a long term way. In all of the ecosystems described in the video, human action led to decay of ecosystems but could have

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