Predators starve as we plunder oceans


	Predators starve as we plunder oceans

brightlight4

4-20-2009 6:09 PM

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4-20-2009 10:30 PM

ratcatcher2

With the natural predators gone, jellyfish are swarming everywhere.

4-22-2009 9:14 AM

tabsey

There is a desperate race on to find another habitable planet. We have just about exhausted the resources of this one.

4-22-2009 9:14 AM

tabsey

And polluted the rest.

4-22-2009 9:47 AM

brightlight4

@tabsey: Do we get included in those moved to another planet or is that just for the wealthy, as usual?

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