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		Someone 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Just ten species make up almost half the weight of... Much worse than humans? Even ignoring the scale of their work, feral pigs are found mostly in the Americas and Australia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral_pig)

ggm 4 months ago [–]

No, in the scheme of things we're the worst. By far. Contextually we're also not going to stop but can chose to stop other things, and do so.

Perhaps my Australian bias showed. Feral pigs are comprehensively wrecking Australia, human wreckage not withstanding.

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