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juiceboxzero t1_iw0m750 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Federal government restarts effort to restore grizzly bears to Washington’s rugged North Cascades by Elijah_nicholas

And yet here you are suggesting that we shouldn't repatriate a species that we (basically) removed from the area because it would make it more dangerous for us, as if WE are the purpose of nature.

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[deleted] t1_iw0mewd wrote

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juiceboxzero t1_iw0mmmm wrote

I know you think that's clever and all, but velociraptors don't actually exist.

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CnD123 t1_iw0n4l7 wrote

Just like grizzlies in WA state. Move to rural BC and have a field day

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juiceboxzero t1_iw0nbga wrote

If you want to do stuff outside, move to Texas and have a field day.

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[deleted] t1_iw0nlpc wrote

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juiceboxzero t1_iw0ny9q wrote

I'm literally just parroting your argument back to you, in the hopes that you realize how stupid it is.

Your argument is really "humans are the superior species and therefore we have the right to do whatever we want to all other species, so fuck 'em" and I just wish you'd own that.

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CnD123 t1_iw0oa0d wrote

That is not my argument. My argument is that we decided years ago that is in our region's best interest to not have grizzlies.

Sorry, your side lost.

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juiceboxzero t1_iw0opa5 wrote

>My argument is that we decided years ago that is in our region's best interest to not have grizzlies.

That's the same argument.

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SpunkyRadcat t1_iw0pmma wrote

There's a difference between reintroducing an animal native to an area who only lost that area due to human interference, and an animal that went extinct due to natural selection.

Also velociraptors weren't native to our region anyway. They were Asian, and Jurassic Park lied to you. If you want to read more about dinosaurs in WA here's a link.

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SpunkyRadcat t1_iw0yw5n wrote

You know Grizzly bears are in Yellowstone which is one of the biggest tourist locations in the US. And yet when looking it up, they result in only about one injury every 5 years. According to this the chances of being attacked by a Grizzly bear in Yellowstone is 1 in 2.7 million.

I know you're gonna say, "Well this is somewhere else! Not here in WA!" but if we're gonna make decisions we need to look at similar situations. And the data shows they're not as big a threat as y'all are making them out to be.

Be respectful, be aware of your surroundings, and you'll be fine. Nature isn't some human exclusive playground where anything potentially dangerous to us needs to die.

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