Humanity has wiped out 60% of animals since 1970, major report finds

Re:Humanity has wiped out 60% of animals since 1970, major r... by Rotareti on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @07:19AM (#18335453)

My equivalent of this is insects. My family and I made a lot of trips with our car in the 90th. The front of the car was full of squashed insects when we arrived. There was a constant knocking on the windshield. The amount of insects that I find on my car today is far less. I think it's about 10-20% of what it was in the 90th. I'm worried.

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Re:Humanity has wiped out 60% of animals since 1970, major r... by rootusrootus on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @10:22AM (#18336689)

You guys can come take some of our frogs and insects :)

My car (sports car, low to the ground) doesn't really get many bugs these days. My pickup, on the other hand, is a hot mess every couple days.

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Re:Humanity has wiped out 60% of animals since 1970, major r... by neetdavid on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @08:19AM (#18335793)

This has to be one of the funniest takes I've seen

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Re:Humanity has wiped out 60% of animals since 1970, major r... by r7000 on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @08:37AM (#18335917)

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/05/where-have-all-insect...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/08/26/windscreen-ph...

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Re:Humanity has wiped out 60% of animals since 1970, major r... by neetdavid on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @09:23AM (#18336193)

I don't doubt that bug populations are dropping.

The idea of lamenting climate change by having nostalgia for the days when piling into a car and driving across the countryside would guarantee a handful of smashed insects on the windscreen is funny to me.

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