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[–] abies_exarchia@lemm.ee 28 points 1 month ago

I definitely think this is backwards. its the humans that are less likely to overhunt the animals that they evolved alongside. If the animals are part of your culture/religion/ecosystem you’re not going to wantonly destroy them. But as humans spread, the animals may not have meant as much to them culturally, or they didn’t know how to not overexploit them. Like the first people in north america were likely a key factor in the loss of megafauna, but then became stewards of many existing megafauna/ecosystems as their culture adapted and they became more grounded in place

[–] Im_old@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Well hippos then went berserk and now fuck everything up on sight

[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

A game of telephone across generations. Some of the message got misconstrued.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Well, it seems to improve fitness either way.

[–] huquad@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago

Jesse, what the hell are you talking about

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Someone make an Ultron hippo.