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Re:Sir David Attenborough makes stark warning about species ... by framecowbird on Monday September 14, 2020 @03:54PM (#24474365)
The risk is how long that takes. Sure, other microbes pick up the slack, but when? A hundred years? A thousand? Millions?
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Re:Sir David Attenborough makes stark warning about species ... by hinkley on Monday September 14, 2020 @08:54PM (#24476823)
Oh I'm talking about existing populations. If you're talking about for instance, "what will eat all of this plastic?" then I agree with you. There is nothing, never has been, and we don't know when there will be something we can happily coexist with.
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