We lose species to extinction every year. How many can the planet lose before the whole ecosystem collapses?

Question

Is this even a possibility. I know some people say that other species will fill a gap, but is it possible to create too many gaps and/or gaps that are too big to fill?

Answer 1

We discover new species as well.  The planst isn't dying.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Hundreds of thousands. Maybe more. many, many thousands of species came and went naturally long before man was a significant player on earth. Man may be next. Nature has no conscience and kills at random with no regard to suffering.

Answer 4

*shudders* I hope not..but that's probably going to happen

Answer 5

One More!

Answer 6

No body truly knows  when the true complete collapse would happen each extinstion can be compensated by another breed.

Just in the insect world are 920,000 "Known

species of insects and each division has countless  numbers,

So just in the insect world different ones are more than any zoo on earth could show for exhibit.

Animal are just as complex over 15,000 and the comprise of countless know and unknown divisions. Just the fish of the oceans only a portion of them is discovered