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re: How would the natural world change if all humans suddenly vanished?
Posted on 3/13/18 at 11:08 am to weagle99
Posted on 3/13/18 at 11:08 am to weagle99
Your small dog breeds would absolutely die out. Your overly large breeds might die out, too. Obviously they'd just all be mutts after a couple of decades.
And yes, hogs would probably rule the fricking world.
And yes, hogs would probably rule the fricking world.
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Posted on 3/13/18 at 11:10 am to weagle99
Sea levels would fall, Ozone hole would close, North Pole would ice back up, and all that daylight we'd been saving would be lost.
Posted on 3/13/18 at 11:12 am to Jim Rockford
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The consensus was that in a few thousand years there would be very little evidence we were ever here, apart from the ruins of a few megastructures like Hoover Dam.
Lol we find evidence of ancient civilizations thousands of years ago all the time. Why wouldn't that exist in the future? Especially with how developed we are
Posted on 3/13/18 at 11:12 am to deltaland
Seedless bananas can’t reproduce without humans. Ditto avocados. Maybe ditto corn.
Who is going to milk the dairy cows?
Dogs could be eaten by other predators way before they regain their wild instincts. Even if they aren’t they breed indiscriminately so eventually all that would be left would be tan colored pariah dogs.
Who is going to milk the dairy cows?
Dogs could be eaten by other predators way before they regain their wild instincts. Even if they aren’t they breed indiscriminately so eventually all that would be left would be tan colored pariah dogs.
Posted on 3/13/18 at 11:14 am to LSU_postman
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The Last of Us
Greatest story in a game ever
Posted on 3/13/18 at 11:14 am to weagle99
This is the only way to eliminate the zombie threat.
Posted on 3/13/18 at 11:15 am to LSUBoo
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Dear diary cows,
You're fricked.
“Betsy’s udders are so much bigger than mine! Ugh! It’s so unfair. First I can’t paint my hooves black and now this. This farm sucks. ”
-an Emoo Heifer
Posted on 3/13/18 at 11:17 am to weagle99
I really don’t think it would matter what happened to it
Posted on 3/13/18 at 11:24 am to deltaland
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Lol we find evidence of ancient civilizations thousands of years ago all the time. Why wouldn't that exist in the future? Especially with how developed we are
It's exactly because of how advanced we are now. All of our infrastructure is built to be maintained periodically. The steel and iron in everything now will quickly rust and deteriorate without proper environmental control such as air conditioning and heating. It is really mind blowing to see the projected views of what major cities will look like in 10,50, 100 years after the last of the human population is gone.
Posted on 3/13/18 at 11:46 am to deltaland
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How would any of that happen?
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- Wild pig population would explode
Not much a hunter or naturalist but I guess the theory is that we keep them in check versus where they naturally belong, numbers wise.
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- Dogs might go extinct. At a minimum they would eventually become a single breed (pariah dog)
The yappers would last a few months as there was still garbage to go through. But agreed they'd be bred out and or die before we see a dingo-like race of 40+ lb dogs.
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- Dairy cows would die out
If I have it right, they've been bred where if they go long without milking its a big problem. I imagine some would survive just through natural mating but I'll let someone more qualified argue against this.
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- Corn, seedless bananas, avocados would disappear
Seedless bananas, duh. Avocados as I understand it, before humans, could only propagate when the giant sloth existed. Only animal that ate them while being big enough to pass the pit.
Posted on 3/13/18 at 11:48 am to weagle99
Honeycrisp apples would go extinct, which would be almost as tragic as all humans vanishing.
Posted on 3/13/18 at 11:51 am to weagle99
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How would the natural world change if all humans suddenly vanished?
Nobody would know.
Posted on 3/13/18 at 11:54 am to Boudreaux35
There are millions of wild dogs on this planet.
Why would dogs die out?
Why would dogs die out?
Posted on 3/13/18 at 11:58 am to bengalbait
I think there’d be plenty evidence of us left in 1000 years. Might be crumbled, but Manhattan won’t be a lush forest with no evidence of steel or concrete. Plastic will still be around.
Posted on 3/13/18 at 12:00 pm to weagle99
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Dogs might go extinct
nah, pitbulls would rule the Americas
Posted on 3/13/18 at 12:04 pm to deltaland
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Lol we find evidence of ancient civilizations thousands of years ago all the time. Why wouldn't that exist in the future? Especially with how developed we are
The comment was said is if from the air you wouldnt be able to see things such as cities and houses and such cant vegetation has taken over. Which has happened to ancient cities, and why now they are so hard to find. It is believed there are still cities as big as Chichen Itza or bigger still undiscovered in the jungles of central America.
Posted on 3/13/18 at 12:23 pm to CarRamrod
Posted on 3/13/18 at 12:24 pm to weagle99
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- Wild pig population would explode
Not in the long run. We keep their predators in check. Wolf and mountain lion populations would grow rapidly and feast on pigs.
Deer would decline due to reforestation and more predators.
Most dog breeds would disappear. Same for cats.
Most bird populations would increase, especially large raptors. House Sparrows, Pigeons would decline.
Dairy cows - yeah, no chance. Chickens - slightly better odds but not much.
Same for most of the crops we've specifically engineered. No pesticides, herbicides, fertilizer, watering.
Lots more fish in the oceans.
It would take many centuries for plant life to stabilize. We've spread plants all over the earth into places where they wouldn't normally be. Some would keep spreading. Exotic animals too (maybe some zoo escapes).
One last impact - an ice age becomes much more likely. We are due for one. Without our CO2 input to the atmosphere another ice age is inevitable.
This post was edited on 3/13/18 at 12:28 pm
Posted on 3/13/18 at 12:31 pm to Tigris
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n ice age becomes much more likely. We are due for one.
We are actually still in one. Technically.
Posted on 3/13/18 at 12:36 pm to weagle99
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How would the natural world change if all humans suddenly vanished?
One thing wouldn't change though, Alabama will claim even more national championships.
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