He unironically cares about endangered species

Bees.

Learn 10th grade biology. Trophic levels are less subjective than you think. An user already explained it to you plainly; I'm not sure how I could further convince you

>mastiff
>isn't the most mastiff like
good one op

>Even if all whales went extinct, what would actually happen?
okay you massive gaylord, whales are actually vital to benthic/abyssal ecosystems. when a whale dies and sinks to the bottom, it brings huge amounts of nutrients from the surface, sustaining all sorts of weird critters. (whale poop does a similar thing, just not as dramatically.)
and guess what benthic nutrient transport is important to? the health of the entire oceans. the greatest marine productivity hotspots are where deep upwelling brings nutrients back to the surface, driving the entire local ecosystem. cutting off the nutrient circulation driven by marine megafauna could wreck a lot of fisheries.

know what you're talking about before you make ignorant assumptions. this whole thread is an embarrassment.
>hurr I don't know shit about these, surely nothing bad will happen if we get rid of them.

he said critically impacted

Bees are dying at an alarming rate.

>you have 30 seconds to tell me why I should give a single shit about rhinos going extinct.
Because preventing it would be a thousand times easier than bringing them back after they go extinct.
You shouldn't be so quick to dismiss irreversible harm.

>The very fact that they're already endangered means nothing will be impacted if they go fully extinct.

Retarded statement, a perfect example of an endangered species that will cause impact if it fully becomes extinct is the Blue Whale. Their extinction would cause a significant spike in the krill population which would cause a decrease in Phytoplankton. This will then cause an increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere because Phytoplankton converts and brings it into the ocean. With the decrease of Phytoplankton there will be more carbon dioxide in he atmosphere.

Two biological systems and one ecological system gets impacted from the extinction of the blue whale.

Now perhaps you meant Extinct in the Wild "EW" species have no impact if they go fully extinct which is technically correct.

Just because life finds a way, it doesn't mean that way will be ideal for the human species in the long-term.

>The very fact that they're already endangered means nothing will be impacted if they go fully extinct.
Brainlet tier reasoning. Humans aren't just another predator naturally killing other animals. When we cause something to go extinct, it can greatly degrade our quality of life and probably permanently ruin the environment we live in. We caused bananas to go extinct and now we have to eat piece of shit knock-off bananas.