• BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee
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    17 days ago

    read a long time ago about how the deer population got out of control in this one forest, and within a few years the place was practically a desert. everything just fuckin died

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      17 days ago

      That’s a common problem in places where humans eliminated the existing predators. Herbivores evolved to reproduce in large numbers to account for the predators and this is a disaster if suddenly there are none.