How do the extinctions of other creatures affect humans directly and indirectly?

Answer 1

If the animal is a staple in the diet of humans, it may have a direct impact on the diet of humans such as if the tuna went extinct. If the animal is not a staple, it may still have an impact due to the fact that it may be a key food source for another animal which is a staple of the human diet. If plankton went extinct, everything that ate them, such as most fish, would then go extinct. Just as if honeybees became instinct, the pollination of our crops and produce would cease.

Beyond just eating animals, the extinction of creatures can affect our lives in other ways. A poll by the American Museum of Natural History finds that seven in 10 biologists believe that mass extinction poses a colossal threat to human existence, a more serious environmental problem than even its contributor, global warming; and that the dangers of mass extinction are woefully underestimated by almost everyone outside science.

All these disappearing species are part of a fragile membrane of organisms wrapped around the Earth so thinly, that it "cannot be seen edgewise from a space shuttle, yet so internally complex that most species composing it remain undiscovered". We owe everything to this membrane of life. Literally everything. The air we breathe. The food we eat. The materials of our homes, clothes, books, computers, medicines. Goods and services that we can't even imagine we'll someday need will come from species we have yet to identify. The proverbial cure for cancer. The genetic fountain of youth. Immortality. Mortality. The living membrane we so recklessly destroy is existence itself.

Answer 2

The extinction of animals can have a profound effect on humans. Animals disappearing from the planet changes the ecosystems around the world. It can increase insect populations and cause population explosions of those animals humans consider to be pests.

Answer 3

They impact the extinction of animals through things like destroying their habitat for example deforestation this causes problems for them and they cannot live without their homes. Also poaching is a big contribution to extinction.

Answer 4

Animal agriculture is the leading cause of species extinction. In addition to the tremendous habitat destruction caused by clearing forests for animal grazing and to grow feed crops, predators and “competition” species are often hunted because of a perceived threat to industry profits. The use of pesticides, herbicides, and chemical fertilizers in the production of feed crops interferes with the reproductive systems of animals and poisons waterways. The over-exploitation of wild species through commercial fishing and the “bushmeat” trade, along with animal agriculture’s significant contribution to climate change, all contribute to global extinction of more species than any other cause.

Answer 5

The food chain.

If the trees die the animals who ate the trees for food would die which would leave humans with no food causing us to die.

Answer 6

it dose it kills people