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Asked by Team Stony to Kevin, Liz, Beccy on 21 Jun 2017.
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anon answered on 21 Jun 2017:
I think human animals have already taken over the world. Are you asking about what would happen if people were missing? I think that the plants and animals would live in (relative) harmony. I say relative because some animals would eat the plants (ecosystems need herbivores to feed the carnivores) and of course the carnivores would be dining on the herbivores. In a nutshell, no plants means no rabbits, no rabbits means no foxes, so even the fox needs to plants.
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Liz Buckingham-Jeffery answered on 22 Jun 2017:
It would be very difficult for plants or other animals to take over the world while humans are around. (The only place on earth I don’t think we’ve taken over is the deep oceans.)
But I think if humans were to be wiped out for some reason, then whatever killed us will have probably killed the other large mammals too. So for a while I think plants and smaller animals would thrive.
Interesting question though, thanks!
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christldonnelly commented on :
PS – I meant to tell you, given your login name, that I’ve met with Brian May multiple times. He is very interested in the problem of bovine TB where cattle and badgers both transmit the bacterium Mycobacterium bovis.
Team Stony commented on :
Oh wow. It’s interesting that someone as famous as Brian May is interested in such a topic.
christldonnelly commented on :
He actually has a PhD in astrophysics from Imperial College. Here he is at a meeting I took part in back in March.