"Bruce" > wrote in message
T...
> In article >, says...
>>
>> "Larty Bodine" <"barbarians > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > http://gizmodo.com/feral-cats-are-an...ter-1786809713
>> >
>> > Cats are an ecological disaster-they're shaping up to be one of the
>> > biggest contributors to the sixth mass extinction. A global analysis
>> > published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academies of
>> > Sciences finds that feral cats have helped drive at least 63 species of
>> > birds, mammals, and reptiles into the dirt over the past 500 years. The
>> > only group of invasive predators that's done more harm is rodents,
>> > which
>> > are linked to 75 species extinctions.
>> >
>> > All told, invasive predators have contributed to at least 87 bird, 45
>> > mammal, and ten reptile extinctions, which amounts to more than half of
>> > all known extinctions in these groups. Another 596 species are now
>> > threatened by introduced carnivores.
>>
>> Humans drive 32,000 species into extinction every year.
>
> You're saying that just as it turns out that a carnivorous sea snail may
> hold the key against diabetes.

Never happen. The big pharmas will shut it down. They have done that for
several promising cures. No sea snal is going to end a 9 billion dollar a
year industry.




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