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Should we allow Pandas to go extinct?

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Should we allow Pandas to go extinct?
Welsh cake Offline
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Should we allow Pandas to go extinct?
August 14, 2014 at 5:28 pm (This post was last modified: August 14, 2014 at 5:30 pm by Welsh cake.)
Are they too expensive to save? And should the millions upon millions of pounds/dollars spend on their conservation be spend on protecting habits of other endangered species, that are more practical and realistic for us to protect?
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RE: Should we allow Pandas to go extinct?
August 14, 2014 at 5:35 pm
To me this a black and white issue.
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RE: Should we allow Pandas to go extinct?
August 14, 2014 at 5:37 pm
We should protect all endangered species. Look what happened to the unicorns, thanks to that moron Noah!
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RE: Should we allow Pandas to go extinct?
August 14, 2014 at 5:43 pm
I had to do an essay on this in a bullshit "General Studies" A-level exam. I decided to lighten the examiner's day by taking the stance that pandas should die out because it is confusing for Fiat drivers.
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RE: Should we allow Pandas to go extinct?
August 14, 2014 at 5:45 pm
Yea General studies is a joke.

I think it is realistic to save the panda. We've brought back species that were far more endangered than pandas. They aren't exactly that difficult to look after, the only thing they eat is bamboo. And bamboo grows ridiculously fast.
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RE: Should we allow Pandas to go extinct?
August 14, 2014 at 5:49 pm
Let's just selectively breed grizzly bears with dark patches around their eyes and call it even, eh?
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RE: Should we allow Pandas to go extinct?
August 14, 2014 at 6:54 pm
(August 14, 2014 at 5:35 pm)ShaMan Wrote: To me this a black and white issue.

ROFLOL
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RE: Should we allow Pandas to go extinct?
August 14, 2014 at 7:07 pm (This post was last modified: August 14, 2014 at 7:08 pm by Napoléon.)
If they die out then future generations will not be able to enjoy cute panda gifs. What kind of immoral asshole would agree to such a thing?

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RE: Should we allow Pandas to go extinct?
August 14, 2014 at 7:21 pm
When you come to accept that the value of money is a figment of your imagination designed to represent a determined value of an object for trade, you just won't care any more about "expense".

Save the cute little fuckers.
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RE: Should we allow Pandas to go extinct?
August 14, 2014 at 10:23 pm
So a little bit of research and I found out that giant panda's numbers are increasing in the wild. Apparently the high costs associated with them deal with keeping and breeding Pandas that are in captivity. The cost of saving them in the wild should be no more than the cost of preserving their natural habitat, which shouldn't be more than any other species. So if the question about whether or not Zoos should spend so much on their Panda programs is different than whether or not we (or the Chinese government) should preserve wild Pandas. I think they are worth keeping in the wild.
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