Friday, June 10, 2011
ENDANGERED?
Not from The Onion:
I'm trying to understand this, but apparently I'm way too stupid to grasp the mystic complexities of Gaian arithmetic.
These minnows are so common that 6 million of them can be killed in one set of water pumps in one stream. So we can assume their total population is considerably larger.
And they are "endangered."
I'm trying very hard to grasp the equation:
Wildly abundant = Endangered
but I just can't comprehend it.
Obviously I'm in serious need of Gaian re-education. Take me to Room 101, please, Mr O'Brien! Bring on the rats! ¶ 7:42 AM
The giant pumps propelling water to some of California's biggest cities and farming districts trapped and killed 6 million young splittail last month, enraging conservation groups and further stoking the fiery debate over operation of the state's sprawling water system.
The killings are also renewing calls to relist the splittail - a native California species in the minnow family - as officially threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
I'm trying to understand this, but apparently I'm way too stupid to grasp the mystic complexities of Gaian arithmetic.
These minnows are so common that 6 million of them can be killed in one set of water pumps in one stream. So we can assume their total population is considerably larger.
And they are "endangered."
I'm trying very hard to grasp the equation:
Wildly abundant = Endangered
but I just can't comprehend it.
Obviously I'm in serious need of Gaian re-education. Take me to Room 101, please, Mr O'Brien! Bring on the rats! ¶ 7:42 AM
