Can an endangered species survive without help? Can an endangered species survive, even recover without the interference of socialistic government?

A population of butterflies has evolved in a flash on a South Pacific island to fend off a deadly parasite.

The proportion of male Blue Moon butterflies dropped to a precarious 1 percent as the parasite targeted males. Then, within the span of a mere 10 generations, the males evolved an immunity that allowed their population share to soar to nearly 40 percent — all in less than a year.

“We usually think of natural selection as acting slowly, over hundreds or thousands of years,%26quot; said study team member Gregory Hurst, an evolutionary geneticist at the University College London. %26quot;But the example in this study happened in a blink of the eye, in terms of evolutionary time.%26quot;


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5 stars because you taught me something. I did not know about that alga. It is also, as you say, fascinating that the newly evolved organism is suddenly %26#039;pre-existing%26#039;.

Other Answers (3)

• Yes, they can. Even without the involvement of a government, socialistic or other. Yours is a good example of that. However, the factors present that have caused the decline likely needs to be removed. The involvement of a government tends to ensure that.
• animals can survive without us .. but it cant survive without plants as you and all know that we cut trees and plants for so many things . so the plants die out and so does the animals . so if we live in a planet and the animals live in another the animals would be the happiest things in the universe
• Of course they can.The worst enemy of any endangered species is man.The species is either hunted to extinction, or the climate changed so the species can%26#039;t survive.But funnily enough the lowest form of life, will probably end up being the only form of life that survives.