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Biodiversity is a term used to describe the enormous variety of life on Earth. It can be used more specifically to refer to all of the species in one region or ecosystem. Biodiversity refers to every living thing, including plants, bacteria, animals, and humans. Scientists have estimated that there are around 8.7 million species of plants and animals in existence. However, only around 1.2 million species have been identified and described so far, most of which are insects. This means that millions of other organisms remain a complete mystery.

Over generations, all of the species that are currently alive today have evolved unique traits that make them distinct from other species. These differences are what scientists use to tell one species from another. Organisms that have evolved to be so different from one another that they can no longer reproduce with each other are considered different species. All organisms that can reproduce with each other fall into one species. Read more...

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[โ€“] Garbanzo@lemmy.world -2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The suffering of sentient beings that directly results from human activity isn't an accident just because the harm wasn't the main or direct intention. Factory farming is not ethically justifiable whether it's cattle, fruit, vegetables, or grain.

Braindead logic is thinking you're better than anyone else because the creatures you harm get left in the field to rot.

[โ€“] obelix@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Do you seriously think your argument has even a tiny bit of sense to it?

Until harm can be eradicated, we limit it. Trying to suggest that people eating a plant based diet might as well not bother because field mice is absurd.