So I am feeling very inspired by Rudy's. Otters are useless as well. So this swell is about how truly terrifying are. When I was 23 years old, I was very innocent to the reality of how terrifying otters are. I went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium for the first time and I watched the otters swimming together, holding hands, rubbing their bellies as they digested food and just admired what peaceful, adorable creatures I thought they were
Bowie Rowan
@bowie · 0:16
Just to clarify, Rudy's initial slow was about pandas. That pandas are useless, not otters. So just to clarify and here is a link to the initial conversation. If you have not had the great fortune of hearing it yet
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15
Bowie Rowan
@bowie · 0:15
Sam Doeboy. I challenge you to expand upon what it is that you think could possibly make the Otter terrific. Please do. Let me know
sam dougherty
@samdoughboy · 0:24
I think if you watch the video, I'm gonna link to this, you'll see an example of a perfect symbiosis between two species. That kind of shows the beauty of an interconnected ecosystem, a system. And I also don't feel the need to defend the usefulness of others. They're great. And that's it
Bowie Rowan
@bowie · 0:45
Okay. So admittedly that was beautiful. And seeing human and otters working together is amazing. I love that. Though I was slightly disturbed by the image of the jailed otters. I really just wanted to scream like, Be free, but I also get it. I am linking to another video, though, that shows autos in a slightly different light. So please do watch and let me know your assessment of this portrayal of this very complex and divisive creature. Thank you
Rudra Narsiman
@rudra · 2:11
And frankly speaking, there's a lot of species that we don't even know exists that are dying this very instant. So I think a very serious take on this swell conversation is, how far do we need to go to conserve different endangered species? Does it really change the way we're change the ecosystem that we live in, or is it just something that we have deemed responsible on ourselves and are not taking it to a place we never thought it would go
Sudha Varadarajan
@sudha · 1:30
There is nothing of value to add in this conversation, but I want to respond because I want to get notified of updates in this conversation. Forgive me, but since Rudy posed the question on how much is, you know enough and how much is too much in conservation, my answer to that will be Give back. I think every individual needs to figure out a way to give back what he takes just to keep the balance. As an individual, maybe you consume so much of natural resources
Bowie Rowan
@bowie · 3:26
Yet we also have a desire and a self awareness around harm and feeling a sense of responsibility to conserve whether that species, particular species or whole ecosystems that are being destroyed by industry in human beings desire or maybe natural inclination to continually evolve and build these to me initially feel like competing or contradictory impulses. But what if there is something larger at work that is happening with these competing impulses to at once evolve and grow and expand and build and destroy in that process?
