Those were VERY dirty socks.
Okay sure sure normal I’m fine, normal. I’m fine. I read it. But I just have a question.
Such trafficking is among the primary causes of the loss of biodiversity on the planet.
What?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity_loss
Not one mention of animal trafficking I could find.
Introducing a foreign specie to a new ecosystem tends to create new imbalances often leading in local species disappearing
I’m not saying it’s a good thing, I’m just balking at the phrase “leading cause”. If it is, it should be on that page!
It would be number 5: invasive species
Leading not, but one of the main ones, far far behind the main one of climate change/ecosystem destruction. I.e. the anthropocene mass extinction.
I think that’s why I balked at it, it felt like a very dashed-off way to end the article.
in dirty socks
They’re going to be murder Tarantulas now.
