How do we quantify species success?

[Ughubughughughughughghlug]

Number of species members?
Total mass or volume?
Distribution area?
Age of species?
Life expectancy of species?
Species survival probability?

 

[The Mass Shooter Ron Soye]

Amount of steps walked on the Moon.

 

[Chilson]

Is the species at an acceptable population and their numbers are growing? Then its successful. Are their numbers not at an acceptable level and its numbers are falling? Then its failing.

Simple as that tbh.

 

[Exigent Circumcisions]

We just make shit up, obviously.

 

[byuu]

Sum of species' reddit karma.

 

[Troonos]

Number of diseases cured.

 

[XANA]

We probably base it off of reproduction and replacement rates, development of a social/societal structure, and the ability to defend themselves in the midst of environmental pressures.

For instance, pandas are an unsuccessful species in the traditional sense due to their near dependence on a single food source (two types of bamboo which they must migrate to eat), refusal to care for more than one cub if twins are born (if they haven't accidentally squished their cub already) , and have a difficult time maintaining themselves without extensive human and charitable donations.

 

[Divine right to rule]

We could probably say rather definitively that an extinct species is NOT successful.

Other than that, pretty arbitrary.

 

[Ultrapenguin]

We could probably say rather definitively that an extinct species is NOT successful.

Well they were successful at avoiding living in our embarrassing world. That's a big win.

 

[Kermit Jizz]

We could probably say rather definitively that an extinct species is NOT successful.

Other than that, pretty arbitrary.

Even that's a pretty arbitrary standard. Look at the small mammals that were around when the dinosaurs got nuked, they went extinct because they rapidly adapted and became new species.

 

[gang weeder]

Diversity, of course. The less white that a species is, the better it is. This is why our society is so fond of gorillas and places them on a cultural pedestal.

 

[Isaac]

Global distribution. Red Foxes have conquered more territory than The British Empire.

 

[AMHOLIO]

Amount of steps walked on the Moon.

FUCK ANTS

THINK YOU GOT THE MOST POPULATION? INVENT A ROCKET TO FLY TO THE MOON YOU SIX LEGGED BASTARDS!

 

[LucyZhang]

Longevity.

There are some "simple" crustaceans in the ocean which have outlived numerous apex predators extinctions. No matter how strong, how far spread across the globe they were, how high up in the air they flew, the bottom-feeding water-bound earthen-parasites seem to be pretty fucking successful.

We're probably going to go extinct on Earth, while successfully colonizing mars, then the human "Martians" will quickly run out of resources, carving some fucked up face into a rock to prove they were there. The next intelligent creatures will say their minds are playing tricks on them when they say "that looks like a creatures face."

A lot of time is being spent considering Europa to be a great target for an extraterrestrial life search, because of similar conditions to that in Earths oceans.

I'm pre-emptively laughing at the failures of mans future. I mean, I think we can do it, but right now people are too fucked up. Subscribe to my onlyfans plz.

Doesn't really matter how far you've spread your seed across the universe if it's all fucking dead. The bugs in the cocksucking ocean have more potential for tomorrow.

#EatTheBugs #BugsThreatenHumanity

 

[Penis Drager]

All living species around today have an equal amount of "success."
We all came from the same common ancestor and have essentially "existed" the same amount of time.

All that has gone extinct has been unsuccessful.
All that will be extinct before us is less successful than us.
All that survives beyond us is more successful than us.
The universe is exactly that gay and dull.

 

[jumboseafood]

In evolutionary bio the fitness of a organism is defined has its ability to produce fertile offspring.