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Colpocephalum californici - species of louse which became extinct when all surviving 22 individuals of its host species, the California condor, were deloused in the 1980s (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 2 months ago by eah@programming.dev to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This louse was reportedly not harmful to its hosts.

Kinda interested to hear an ethics of science type argument for/against this human-made extinction.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Like with smallpox?

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well, smallpox was definitely harmful to humans, and it's a virus which is different from an animal.

(...and yes, I know that "harmful to humans" often means "good for the planet.")

[–] amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 2 months ago

(...and yes, I know that "harmful to humans" often means "good for the planet.")

that just sounds like ecofascism to me. also, all the viruses I know of never affect just humans but keep mutating and jumping between mammal species. saving the ecosphere can't happen without also saving humans