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    Re: Let pandas die out

    Forget pandas. We should focus our efforts on looking after Red Pandas, AKA the Firefox.

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    Re: Let pandas die out

    Quote Originally Posted by TheAnimus View Post
    by that logic thou, we wouldn't have any health systems.

    we would never help the poor.

    If you believe evolution can be used as an excuse to ignore suffering, then your as imoral as a fundemantalist or a nugenics promoter.
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    Re: Let pandas die out

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    Forget pandas. We should focus our efforts on looking after Red Pandas, AKA the Firefox.

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    now that i think about the word "throttled" in a certain light... its not so far different to strangled really

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    but in recent years its slow and crashes alot
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    Wildlife expert "sorry" for panda remarks
    Springwatch presenter Chris Packham has apologised for claiming that pandas should be left to die out.

    The wildlife expert sparked criticism after suggesting that the species had "gone down an evolutionary cul-de-sac" and only received attention from the public for being cute.
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    Re: Let pandas die out

    I'll bet a Panda threatened him.

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    Re: Let pandas die out

    pfft chicken, now his views will die out.

    Now you know the best way to preserve the panda? Allow the sale of farmed Panda meat.

    Look at the number of farmed chickens, they aren't nearly approched extinction even with all the inbreading.

    Kentucky Friend Panda, which is Finger ling ling good might just save em imho.
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    Which is probably correct. They say the pig, sheet and cow would all be endangered if we didn't farm them, certainly in this country at least.

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    Re: Let pandas die out

    I say it with a bit of my usual style, but yes, it is really obvious, if there was a continued market for panda meat, with demand for it in quantity at low price, they would be prevelant.

    Since we've stopped eating rabbit in blighty, the numbers have declined.

    Obviously there are certian problems with this, like the spanish and fishing, or even us and cod.
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    Re: Let pandas die out

    Quote Originally Posted by TheAnimus View Post
    I say it with a bit of my usual style, but yes, it is really obvious, if there was a continued market for panda meat, with demand for it in quantity at low price, they would be prevelant.

    Since we've stopped eating rabbit in blighty, the numbers have declined.

    Obviously there are certian problems with this, like the spanish and fishing, or even us and cod.
    The cod thing really gets me - we need to rename one of the other many barely perceptibly different white fishes to cod. It's not like anyone would be able to tell the difference. Always makes me laugh when someone says "ewww... I don't like haddock [or whatever fish it is] I always order cod" or similar. Like WTF? There's barely any difference by the time you've battered, deep fried and smothered it in salt / vinegar / lemon juice / gravy...

    Deep fried panda on the other hand... In fact that red panda looks tasty. Bet you'd get a good gamey bit of meat off it... (and yes I am joking, mostly)

    Oh and I have had irregular arguments with vegetarian types about the fact that various cattle would be extinct if they were being bred for eating, etc. One of my friends somehow seems to think the sheep, cows and pigs would be frolicking happily in the woods if we didn't bred them for food and so on.

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    Re: Let pandas die out

    Actually, i'm not a fan of Hokie(or what ever that auzzie fish that a place near my parents peddle is called) or Haddock. Then again I have fish n chips so rarely, I'd probably be willing to pay for sustainably sourced Cod, like I do with most of my sea food I buy myself.
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    Re: Let pandas die out

    Quote Originally Posted by TheAnimus View Post
    Actually, i'm not a fan of Hokie(or what ever that auzzie fish that a place near my parents peddle is called) or Haddock. Then again I have fish n chips so rarely, I'd probably be willing to pay for sustainably sourced Cod, like I do with most of my sea food I buy myself.
    The Hokie Cokie?

    I thought Pollock / Coley / Rock Cod was fished in those parts (same fish, different names AFAIK).

    And yes - I try to buy sustainably sourced cod too (and outdoor reared / free range Pork and free range Chicken) - and I obviously have nothing against that (and I also appreciate the argument of champange socialism / being able to afford to do so). It's just the narrow mindedness many (most?) people in this country apply to food. On that note my mother in law (living as an ex-pat in Cyprus) often comments on her dislike of the 'foreign' food which I have to remind her is actually domestic food for her now... She appears to exist on omelettes, cheese toasties and similar.

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    Re: Let pandas die out

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    Re: Let pandas die out

    Quote Originally Posted by TAKTAK View Post
    WOAH NELLY!

    No-ones ditching Pandas on my watch...

    Then again, this is coming from the bloke who said he would eat the last Panda if he got the money for it...

    Why is it acceptable to spend billions and billions of £££ on the Olympics and not a couple of million on the preservation of an ecosystem?

    The money saved from doing the Olympics properly would probably amount for that, as i know for a fact that some of the contractors have bought in extremely expensive fasteners and then not even used them and just left them to one side, so that money could go to other causes.

    Why the hell do we need to pump billions and billions into the Olympics? We have the facilities left over from the commonwealth games that could be used and added to, saving a huge packet for the country, and potentially saving a species if the money was put to other uses...

    The relatively small amount that keeps the Panda population alive essentially just pays for bamboo, water, housing and medical support.
    Bamboo is one of the fastest growing plants with some species growing metres per day, so it's not as if it is hard to come by...
    Water, not expensive, unless you buy bottled water, which would be pointless, as they would be much better off on general tap water.
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    Medical supplies, this is where the human population growth comes into play, as the natural habitats decrease due to de-forestation of the lowlands the different groups are forced together causing diseases to spread between the colonies much more easily. And due to the dwindling numbers, the colonies are forced to reproduce as a family unit causing problems from inbreeding.

    I for one praise the workers in Sichuan province that help to maintain the populous and sincerely hope that they continue their great work.
    As for not doing the Olympics, none of those contractors are going to say "No Olympics now so I'll give all the money to pandas", they'll just go build something else. None of that money will ever end up doing anything for nature.

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    Re: Let pandas die out

    Quote Originally Posted by Vetro View Post
    As for not doing the Olympics, none of those contractors are going to say "No Olympics now so I'll give all the money to pandas", they'll just go build something else. None of that money will ever end up doing anything for nature.
    The contractors arn't paying for the Olympics, we are, as tax payers, there are far far better things to spend tens of billions on rather than the Olympics...

    Pandas were just an example, you could solve quiet alot with that amount of money...
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    Re: Let pandas die out

    Quote Originally Posted by TAKTAK View Post
    The contractors arn't paying for the Olympics, we are, as tax payers, there are far far better things to spend tens of billions on rather than the Olympics...

    Pandas were just an example, you could solve quiet alot with that amount of money...
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