Official: Black Rhino declared extinct.

[frankiej]

I doubt I would have been allowed to have one as a pet, so no biggie.

Animal captivity may benefit to exotic animal to some degree, but dunno if zoo have black rhinos under captivity. But is that a joke? Hardly laughing matter here.

I joke about everything, man. I take nothing seriously. I don't see a reason to take anything seriously.

[HeyItsZeus]

Not my problem? But seriously, I've learned to admit that not every animal is important to human well-being.

This matters not.

[Blam!]

I doubt I would have been allowed to have one as a pet, so no biggie.

Animal captivity may benefit to exotic animal to some degree, but dunno if zoo have black rhinos under captivity. But is that a joke? Hardly laughing matter here.

I joke about everything, man. I take nothing seriously. I don't see a reason to take anything seriously.

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Not my problem? But seriously, I've learned to admit that not every animal is important to human well-being.

This matters not.

Condoning this behavior with animals will only encourage more extinctions and further damage to Earth's life diversity. Human beings being top of food chain doesn't mean animals are less important, because we're all depending on Earth's ecosystem.

To deem the animals be important or not important to human well-being is misplaced belief will led the disastrous damage to Earth's life diversity plus ecosystem.

[Minimalist]

If scientists be aggressive against misguided beliefs like medical benefits of black rhino powder,

Science is aggressive about the use of condoms to protect against HIV. And then Pope Shithead the 265th comes along and says

“You can’t resolve it with the distribution of condoms,” the pope told reporters aboard the plane heading to Yaoundé. “On the contrary, it increases the problem.”

The pope said a responsible and moral attitude toward sex would help fight the disease.

[email]http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/18/world/africa/18pope.html[/email]

The pope said a responsible and moral attitude toward sex

This would be funny if it wasn't coming from that two-bit phony.

[HeyItsZeus]

I doubt I would have been allowed to have one as a pet, so no biggie.

Animal captivity may benefit to exotic animal to some degree, but dunno if zoo have black rhinos under captivity. But is that a joke? Hardly laughing matter here.

I joke about everything, man. I take nothing seriously. I don't see a reason to take anything seriously.

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Not my problem? But seriously, I've learned to admit that not every animal is important to human well-being.

This matters not.

Condoning this behavior with animals will only encourage more extinctions and further damage to Earth's life diversity. Human beings being top of food chain doesn't mean animals are less important, because we're all depending on Earth's ecosystem.

To deem the animals be important or not important to human well-being is misplaced belief will led the disastrous damage to Earth's life diversity plus ecosystem.

I agree.
I also agree with my previous statement.

[Blam!]

If scientists be aggressive against misguided beliefs like medical benefits of black rhino powder,

Science is aggressive about the use of condoms to protect against HIV. And then Pope Shithead the 265th comes along and says

“You can’t resolve it with the distribution of condoms,” the pope told reporters aboard the plane heading to Yaoundé. “On the contrary, it increases the problem.”

The pope said a responsible and moral attitude toward sex would help fight the disease.

[email]http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/18/world/africa/18pope.html[/email]

The pope said a responsible and moral attitude toward sex

This would be funny if it wasn't coming from that two-bit phony.

"The Pope is either stupid, ignorant or dim... If people take his words seriously he will be responsible for the deaths of thousands, perhaps millions of people." -Richard Dawkins

Damn right, Richard Dawkins!

Edited: the reference of Richard Dawkins' quote - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion...tupid.html

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I agree.
I also agree with my previous statement.

So you agreed that you may have misplaced belief? By all means, please do ignore Earth's life diversity that you may deemed not worthy for human well-being.

Fail.

[The Magic Pudding]

Let us imagine a nice elderly couple, spending their retirement travelling the galaxy observing wildlife.
Earth's one of their favourites but it's been a few centuries since they visited.

Pa: It says here there are now 7 billion humans, that's quite an impressive effort, we should have a little party to celebrate.
Ma: Are you sure?
Pa: Ye, let's make a guest list.
Ma: Oh, well OK, if you want.

Pa: Dodo, we must invite a dodo, remember those lovely birds.
Ma: Na, none left.
Pa: What, what happened?
Ma: Humans ate them all.
Pa: Ah well, there never were many of them though.
How about a few passenger pigeons, remember the huge flocks that took days to pass?
Ma: Na, gone, eaten by humans.
Pa: Realy,,, oh.
Great Auks?
Ma: Eaten
Pa: Oh dear, what about chickens?
Ma: Oh ye there's billions of them, they might have trouble getting away for the party though.
Pa: I think we'll leave the birds for now, how about those glorious black rhinos?
Ma: Probably out of luck there, only a few left locked in zoos.
Pa: What? surely humans haven't eaten all of them?
Ma: Humans use their horns for penile enhancement.
Pa: Penile enhancement?
Is that really necessary? there's 7 billion of them!
Hey wait a minute, you're having me on aren't you, rhino horn wouldn't help with erections, would it?
Ma: No, and no.
Pa: Javan Tiger?
Ma: Gone, humans object to being eaten.
Pa: Sharks, I know there's still sharks, remember we watched that movie on the trip over here.
Ma: Well there are sharks but they get a bit nervous for their fins around humans.



Ma: Don't you want to continue with your list.
Pa: Ah no, I think I'll leave it till later.
Ma: Well don't leave it too long.




Pa: But those lovely little marsupials should be OK, they're good at hiding, let's ask a desert bandicoot.
Ma: Eaten by foxes and cats.
Pa: Foxes and cats good at finding,
but how? there were no foxes and cats on that continent.
Ma: People love animals and they couldn't bare to be without their cats.
Pa: Ah, and foxes do humans also enjoy the company of foxes?
Ma: No foxes are fun to kill, people can't be without their sport.
Pa: Oh well the formidable thylacine, they'd hold their own with foxes and cats.
Ma: They were cruel killers of sheep, couldn't let them get away with that.
Pa: Haven't any of the other intelligent species taken humans to task for their actions?
Ma: Dolphins sometimes try.
Pa: So what did the humans say?
Ma: I don't think they understood, didn't say anything, they consider it impolite to talk with a full mouth.
Pa: Do you think we should approach them?
Why are you showing me that picture?
Isn't that us on our wedding night?
Ma: No
Pa: Us after our 500th wedding anniversary celebration?
Ma: No it is a common human meal, Spaghetti and Bolognese sauce.
Pa: Oh.

[Captain Scarlet]

If they rediscover this sub species in a dark corner of Africa sometime in the future. Statler will be on here claiming it disproves evolution by means of natural selection.

[Blam!]

By means of natural selection? How humorous, self-defeating argument. Natural selection is one of many keys to explain how evolution work.

[Captain Scarlet]

By means of natural selection? How humorous, self-defeating argument. Natural selection is one of many keys to explain how evolution work.

Yes I know Blam. Not sure what you're driving at?