Six-Legged Giant Finds Secret Hideaway, Hides for 80 Years

Re:Six-Legged Giant Finds Secret Hideaway, Hides for 80 Years by nroets on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @06:28AM (#10930000)

Let's say the tree lobster on Lord Howe is replaced by rats and cats. Then Lord Howe lost one specie and gained 2, for a net gain of one specie. So local biodiversity increased. The planet lost one specie, so global biodiversity decreased.

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Re:Six-Legged Giant Finds Secret Hideaway, Hides for 80 Years by xanthopan on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @11:05AM (#10931562)

I'm sure Lord Howe lost much more than just one species of tree lobster.

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Re:Six-Legged Giant Finds Secret Hideaway, Hides for 80 Years by hampizza on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @09:06PM (#10935593)

You're right. go down to page 26 of this pdf: http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/threatenedspecie...

Makes for scary reading!

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Re:Six-Legged Giant Finds Secret Hideaway, Hides for 80 Years by yareally on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @12:59PM (#10932454)

That assumes nothing else in the ecosystem was dependent on the lost species.

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Re:Six-Legged Giant Finds Secret Hideaway, Hides for 80 Years by xenihn on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @04:30PM (#10934208)

You think the rats won't continue to displace other species? And what happens to the rats when there's nothing left to displace? And then what happens to the cats?

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