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21 October 2024
What happens when a species has no natural predators? I've read a little, not a lot, about such events such as the introduction of rabbits in Australia, the rabbits became a big problem, though I don't know if they still are. They gobble up all of the resources, don't they? Is Homo Sapien so different? No natural predators, except for ourselves. Populations grow virtually unchecked. We're at what, eight billion? That is a growth of about two billion the last twenty years. The more of us there are, the more resources we require. How many of us can the earth sustain?
Hmmm ... it must be doom and gloom morning.
"Overconsumption and overpopulation underlie every environmental problem we face today" - Jacques Yves Cousteau
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at least the Alligators then would be an example of a species without natural predators where overpopulation doesn't seem a problem ... if we don't count the reptile parts of the human brain that became so popular in the US ...
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Nope, there are many animals that prey on alligators: Large cats like jaguars and tigers, snakes, birds, black bears and raccoons, other alligators and crocodiles, aquatic competitors like otters and fish, hogs and snapping turtles, and humans
Alligators aren't born large and the smaller they are, the more vulnerable they are to more predators. Plus, alligator populations are constrained by habitat.
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whoops, one learn every day :)