Let Pandas Go Extinct, amirite?

Pandas actually mate fine in the wild. It's just that habitat destruction and human poaching have wiped out almost all wild pandas.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

The big reason pandas struggle to survive in the wild isn't because they're not built to survive it's because humans are messing with their way of life. If pandas truly were incapable of surviving in the wild they would've gone extinct or evolved a long time ago. They struggle to survive in the wild because humans are messing with them by destroying their environments and their natural way of life

by Basic-Garbage-2475 2 weeks ago

It's like having your house be set on fire by some asshole, and OP is just standing there saying you're not allowed in the homeless shelter because you can't live in the ashes.

by ExcitementSouth7843 2 weeks ago

A lot of times an unpopular opinion is an uniformed opinion.

by Reymundo87 2 weeks ago

I guess you are the evil character of the coming movie "Kung Fu Panda 5"

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Would you say the same for certain human beings? Without certain medical services some people literally couldn't continue living.

by rebeka72 2 weeks ago

Yes

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Humans...are not pandas. You understand this, yes?

by No_Alternative_4979 2 weeks ago

Obviously, but OP is using the same argument eugenicists use to justify killing humans. People take care of pandas because there's general value to life, and biodiversity is important.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

See I completely agree with that. And when you consider a lot of what threatens wild pandas is because of actions done by humans, I think we owe them a little bit of care at this point

by No_Alternative_4979 2 weeks ago

Sadly true.

by Better-Welder 2 weeks ago

If reincarnation is a thing I wanna be reborn as a capybara. Those mofos are chill

by No_Alternative_4979 2 weeks ago

Then you gotta deal with pelicans trying to eat you, though.

by Better-Welder 2 weeks ago

By OP's logic, these humans are also evolutionary dead ends and drain millions each year in medical resources. Should they just cease to exist as well?

by rebeka72 2 weeks ago

This has nothing to do with care or not, I'm just being pragmatic. People who need long term medical services due to chronic illness are just a drain on society and nothing else. They're not even cute to look at, they're just depressing and bog down the spirits of everyone nearby. If they're allowed to reproduce their offspring will likely greet the same fate creating even more suffering. So why are these people being kept alive instead of pandas, who at least provide some form of entertainment and make others happy?

by rebeka72 2 weeks ago

It's not up to me to dictate what others can and cannot do.

by No_Alternative_4979 2 weeks ago

they are. alot of animals give back to their surroundings humans just take and take.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

That's why we're the dominant speciez baby!!! /s

by No_Alternative_4979 2 weeks ago

The panda cartel will not tolerate this.

by emilianopouros 2 weeks ago

they barely reproduce because they're in captivity, they're in captivity because humans destroyed most of their habitats.

by EducationalHyena4635 2 weeks ago

It is true that they will meet extinction without human intervention but that doesn't mean we shouldn't be helping this species survive.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Not an unpopular opinion. An uneducated one.

by GlitteringRead 2 weeks ago

We as a species have the capability and resources to keep them alive. We have entire areas and professions dedicated to it. This is literally enough reason to sustain them. If we can, we should. Letting something go extinct we have the resources to not let that happen is insanely dumb.

by Mcclureenid 2 weeks ago

Why let any type of life extinct?! You monster !!!!

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

but they're cute...

by mcculloughchaya 2 weeks ago

Especially when eating bamboo

by Lonzoborer 2 weeks ago

Save it for the cross burning Adolf

by mcdermottlibby 2 weeks ago

How did they survive before human intervention?

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Barely, all it would take is one bamboo targeting pathogen and they'd go extinct anyway. That's what happens when you get too ecologically specialized.

by Both-Argument 2 weeks ago

oh yeah unpopular opinion right here. and when people ask where the pandas went blame the humans for letting them go extinct. like tf is this opinion?

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

any reason why you apply this only to Pandas?

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Punch a puppy while you're at it /s

by Vontravis 2 weeks ago

Let humans go extinct while we're at it

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

If nature had its way, they'd be thriving. Humans are the cause of their problems, not nature.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Plenty of animals have had their habitats destroyed, but they adapt,wolves, raccoons, even cockroaches. Pandas, on the other hand, refuse to eat anything but bamboo, barely reproduce even in ideal conditions, and can't survive without human babysitting. If they're this dependent on us, are we really '‘saving'' them, or just putting them on life support indefinitely?"

by madisonschroede 2 weeks ago

I explain this point to people all the time. To the person arguing that pandas are threatened by humans, it is not true. Opposite rather. Humans are keeping them alive. Biggest reason they are threatened are because the carnivores with a carnivore's digestive system that eat plants

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

They're too cute to let go extinct

by Fine_Amphibian 2 weeks ago

On one hand I get it. Emotions aside, theyre not intelligent animals and they really seem to struggle against existing. But if we are gonna have zoos, then I dont see an issue with zoos having pandas. Sure, theyre pretty much mostly alive in zoos. But if something happens and all the wild elephants or giraffes or anything else had all the animals in the wild die off, I dont think many people would be cool with allowing the ones we have to die off. We have to have zoos keepers take care of them as well. Its also worth pointing out that the "if it was up to nature" argument only holds up if you ignore humans being a part of the problem. One of the reasons they do things like eat bamboo instead of meat is beleived to be because they were chased out of their natural habitats by poachers. Which is one of the big reasons they were going extinct. It also forced them into areas where their normal prey didnt live. So they started eating bamboo because there was plenty of it around. So if it was up to nature and not humans they probably wouldnt be in the predicament they are in.

by braunedgardo 2 weeks ago

I will add the point that I find it odd how we are constantly told not to play god or interfere with wildlife and that nature is simply supposed to take its course. So why doesn't this apply to animals like the panda? Why are they the exception that we can play god with? OP is right. They would go extinct without us, meaning their strand of evolution has failed. If they can't adapt, then they should die out like the billions of other species before them that also couldn't adapt. Weakening the gene pool doesn't seem like something nature intended to happen

by Clair52 2 weeks ago

Because it's humans that already caused them to head towards extinction. You can't cause something then say we wont interfere- we already got this far by interfering

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago