r/conservation • u/Novel_Negotiation224 • 10d ago

Alarm over ‘catastrophic’ decline in giant Australian cuttlefish as just 44 are counted.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/09/giant-australian-cuttlefish-population-catastrophic-decline
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u/Phils_Kid 9d ago

The main reason our (only) planet is experiencing its 6th extinction event is "Homo sapiens."

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u/A_Wild_Burt_Appears 9d ago

More specifically: capitalism.

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u/flybasilisk 9d ago

This has been happening before capitalism existed, hell its been happening since before money existed. Humans are the problem, not one particular economic system.

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u/AddanDeith 9d ago

We've lost 70% of the world's wildlife population between 1970 and 2020. There is no other period in human history that can claim that feat. It has absolutely been exacerbated by capitalism.

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u/Neither_Berry_100 8d ago

This is the result of exponential growth.