#we're born seeing a population that's a *quarter* of its original richness. and if it declines by another half
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Giraffe Conservation Foundation lists their historical range as much larger (story of the world), but it's still far from "all of them."
#bird responds#animals tag#hooves#i hope this doesn't come off like an ''um actually''#i'm not disagreeing! the point still holds!#but i think it's worth it to be aware of the massive decline in megafauna#even a couple hundred years makes the answer to 'which countries in africa?' VERY different#(never mind the actual. you know. changes in what countries are even there)#there's a term i can never Fucking remember that describes how the decline of ecosystems goes on to influence our perception of 'normal'#when our parents saw a population that was half of what it was originally; and they see it decline by half#we're born seeing a population that's a *quarter* of its original richness. and if it declines by another half#we think it's only declined by a half#when it's an **eighth** of what it once was. we cannot begin to imagine the species richness that we've lost#anyway sorry that's not the point of this post i just think it's important to keep those thresholds in mind
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