Why is the plough the most deadly weapon of extinction?

MadSci Network: Environment & Ecology

Subject: Why is the plough the most deadly weapon of extinction?

Date: Sun Sep 2 20:16:40 2001
Posted by Emily
Grade level: 10-12 School: Milton High School
City: Milton State/Province: MA Country: USA
Area of science: Environment & Ecology
ID: 999476200.En

Message:


An ecologist once said that "The plough is the most deadly weapon of extinction 
ever devised; not even thermonuclear weapons pose such a threat to the beauty 
and diversity of life on earth." Why is this?

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