“As predators at the top of the food chain, sharks serve a critically important purpose. Just like top predators on land, sharks regulate the populations of the species they feed on, helping to keep the ecosystem balanced and able to support a wide variety of life. A drastic decline in sharks could lead to a cascading effect throughout the ocean ecosystem, from coral reefs to the fish species on which many economies depend.”
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GR: For sport and from fear, we have hunted wolves, lions, tigers, and many other predators almost to extinction. Humans are smart, but not smart enough to care about the consequences of their actions. Perhaps in time a species will evolve that naturally accepts responsibility for what it does. That species will follow Immediacy the philosophy of consequences, and will study its surroundings so that it can understand and foresee what its actions will produce. Doesn’t seem like we’re the one.