What should you do when you see one endangered species eating and other endangered species?

Question

Sensable answers only please, this is a serious question.

Answer 1

Ignore it, it's called survival of the fittest. (you're pressing you luck by asking for sensible answers only in Yahoo Answers)

Answer 2

Well I'm not sure where you are getting at on this one. If one endangered species is eating another then I presume it is too late to do anything about it. If it is already being eaten then wouldn't it be dead? If by some chance you are meaning something along the lines of what to do if you saw 2 endangered animals attempting to fight to the death or something like that then I would have to say regardless if they were endangered or not, if I witnessed soething like that taking place then I would have to get involved by throwing something, yelling, etc. It would just depend on the situation and the types of animals on how I would react.

Answer 3

Take a picture. Or better yet film it. Great footage for National Geographic. The last thing you'd want to do is interfere with the food chain in any way, unless there's already some outside unnatural interference that's threatening an endangered species.

Answer 4

Shoot 'em both, clean and cook with some endangered vegetation.

Don't forget salt and pepper.

Yummmm!!!!!

Answer 5

Nothing.  Even if one was not endangered.  It's the way life works.  Now if it was a human killing for skin/pelt/bone ONLY - then that's a simple answer.  Hit them in the head with a rock :)

Answer 6

Sit back and watch its survival of the fittest. Unfortunately not all animals will live forever on this planet their will be replacements of some sort. Its part of the natural cycle. The only time we should intervene is when its stuff like cutting down forests or cities expanding into natural habitats are the cause. Nature has its ways and we have no right trying to dictate nature.

If the one animal is eating the other what gives you the right to decide which survives? If you don't let the animal eat the other animal it may starve and die you would be responsible because you took away its chance of survival..

Answer 7

Make sure you get your share.

Answer 8

Watch nature at work - the strong survive, it's natures way and we must never interfere

Answer 9

Well if I were a scientist I'd do a captive breeding program to ensure there were enough of both, or maybe boost the numbers of the population that's being eaten so that they have enough numbers that they can be culled by the other animal with no repercussions.

Answer 10

The likelihood of that happening---two endangered animals being in the same place,  at the same time,  AND you are there to observe it---is pretty small.  Plus, I would have to be educated enough to recognize that both creatures were, in fact, endangered.

But assuming all of this does happen,  and I'm there to see it....really, I think the only sensible action is to allow Nature to take its course.

If the two creatures are together    (same habitat)  by Nature's design,  IE they were not forced or brought together by man,  then Nature apparently intended for one of the creatures to be predator,  and one of them to be prey.

By not interfering, the natural order of things has not been compromised.  If I were so equipped, I would probably take photographs  (or video)  of the incident,  but that would be the extent of my participation.

Answer 11

I don't think I would want to be close enough to do anything.  I might end up as dinner.  I suppose that's natures way of doing things.  What can human's do??  Not very much I don't think.

Answer 12

If one is eating the other, the one being eaten is presumably dead, or injured and beyond salvation. I would leave them alone. But if they are not yet entangled, I would try to keep them apart.