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Re:An amphibian fungus has become “the most deadly pathogen ... by Sharlin on Thursday March 28, 2019 @04:32PM (#19516302)
Nice to know that not every ecological disaster is our fault…

> probably via the international trade in pet amphibians

…oh, never mind then.

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Re:An amphibian fungus has become “the most deadly pathogen ... by FPGAhacker on Thursday March 28, 2019 @06:17PM (#19517179)
Hey, we still have the dinosaur asteroid.
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Re:An amphibian fungus has become “the most deadly pathogen ... by taneq on Thursday March 28, 2019 @11:15PM (#19518851)
Every ecological disaster is our fault by definition. If it's not in some way anthropogenic, it's "natural" and therefore OK. Dinosaurs being wiped out? Meh, asteroids happen. Mammoths being wiped out by cavemen? Ecological disaster!
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Re:An amphibian fungus has become “the most deadly pathogen ... by ImaCake on Friday March 29, 2019 @02:52AM (#19519655)
In defence of these terms and some quarters of humanity; we often try to save keystone species at risk of extinction even when we are not at fault (see the Tasmanian Devil for example).
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