Why I Hate Pandas and You Should Too

[Orrex]

7. Actually, it raises an interesting point that I first heard by Douglas Adams in 1992

Panda behavior, in terms of feeding and reproduction, is indeed preposterously inefficient. However, for them to act in any other way would be an utterly un-panda thing to do and may in fact be beyond their capabilities. It's simply what pandas do.

What humans do is modify their environment. We modify the hell out of it, in fact, and it's causing massive destruction to the ecosystem and to countless species along the way. So how are we trying to correct this behavior? By further modifying the environment. But to act in any other way would be an utterly un-human th ing to do, and may in fact be beyond our capabilities. It's simply what humans do.



Adams was talking about a rare, flightless parrot, but the point is the same.