Its interesting, back only a few centuries or so humans had to be extremely careful in the world during earlier stages in civilization. Particularly the wild west frontiers and the like whether the lack of human population was a fragile thing at best.
Ever since the manifestation and evolution of towns, cities and really anything that provides strength in numbers has rendered that animal threat irrelevant, expect for the odd occasion where hikers or hunters fall prey to the original predators in isolated situations away from the communities of mankind and the protection that provides.
Nevertheless whether you approve of hunting animals in the wild for sport or commerce, humans have become the dominant species on this planet. This was not always so, but i fear the ecological balance is tipping in such a dangerous fashion that we could do irreparable damage to the world we have the privilege to inhabit, be you man, beast, insect etc.
An invisible web connects us all, which does nothing for my arachnophobia ;)
Couldn't agree more mate! well said.
I often think that the over population of humans on this planet is a key issue for us all to be aware and a global strategy is definitely needed ASAP. Until such time, we must as individuals not be selfish and instead act responsibly, thinking carefully about the number of children we need to be having.
Apparently some animals seem to demonstrate more intelligence then humans in this space and naturally stop breeding, i.e. if conditions are not good or their isn't enough resource to sustain they stop breeding until conditions approve and nature is able to repair. I can think of situations where this isn't true though with animals, for example mice (mammals like humans), they will breed to plague proportions, but eventually die out due to disease, stress or starvation. (funny all around the planet humans are experiencing these things now). Fortunately while the damage is massive, nature restores again as the devastation is short lived...Sadly, for humans it's sustained and shows no sign of ending soon...lets explore more in future posts why and what can be done :)