What we need to be careful about is watching which species, besides us, are going to be able to adapt. As we start dying off, who is it that we will be prey to? Not to go all "Planet of the Apes" on you, but who will be our new masters? (Apes don't stand a chance.)
It's the zoos that will start changing. Those animals stuck in cages are studying us as much as we are studying them. It would be interesting to see animals born in captivity. I'd like to read reports on behaviors of these animals compared to normal upbringings in the wilderness. Have dogs become domesticated and obedient, or just compliant? Compliant because we were, and still are the better hunters.
It's the whole alpha-male patterns. Biding their time. There is always the alpha-male of a pack, and the others comply with his demands. BUT, when weakness is shown, another from the pack will challenge the alpha-male. Just because animals in zoos and in your home can't speak, doesn't mean they don't listen, and understand our language. And, as generations pass on, they learn more and more. Essentially, we are helping evolution works it's little magic. Pushing it along. Killing off the slow or stupid deer while hunting, same with fishing and so on. But, to come back to dogs, these breeders out there they are picking the dogs who listen, understand, and take orders from us best, the ones who know the most about us and our language. These ones are the ones to pass their genes on to future generations of smarter dogs, compliant.
So what about the possibility that these captive or domesticated animals are evolving to the point of understanding more about what we are doing to the earth than we are. They may be ready for whats to come, while we stay blissfully ignorant, arrogant. Staying ignorant of global warming, while they are quietly growing gills.
HA! Yeah, not very likely. I think we will remain our own biggest threat until it is all over. The possibility is much larger that we would destroy the planet earth and all that ever was here. Some say that we could never destroy the whole planet, it will be here long after us. I've said it a few times, but I don't think of it as a absolute fact.
Earth has has been around for billions of years, we have been around for thousands of years, just a small fraction of time. But look at how fast things are coming together. Up until a few hundred years ago, we were using wood and metal to fight with. Then gunpowder hit Europe and we had a blast. Technology is a bitch. If you truly believe we will die off and there is no way we could take every other species with us, along with the planet, ponder this: 1750, the musket. 1850, the cannon. 1950, the nuke. 2050, ?
We are throwing a lot of money at what is, basically, the "Star Wars" idea that Ronald Regan proposed when he was president, it was a pretty stupid idea that really never got off the ground. No, this is not the STAR WARS movie, it was a real project they wanted to put in place to fight the Ruskies during the Cold War. Shooting down nukes from space, and having nuke capable satellites. We have so many fucking satellites up there. I know the government has satellites with weapons capabilities. Whether they have some that are actually orbiting the earth right now, I can't say. But the technology is there. In 42 years, we could actually have our own death star, ready to destroy.

Reagan! You Bastard! May you burn in hell!
fucking celebrity hollywood b-actor sleaze ball.. Don't even think about it Arnold! You stay in California.


