clownfish-god wrote: Is their a way if they are going to build it that we take as many fish/reptile/living creature out of that area?
If it had only been a matter of collecting the fish and relocating it, it wouldn't have been such a disaster. but the problem is, you can't.
You cannot relocate the Zebra without it being extinct as we know it today. Reason for this is quite simple. Nature has a way of making sure that a species is adapted to their enviroment, and to keep the species - as a specie.
Nature takes care of this in one of two ways. It either makes it impossible for two species to interbreed and get fertile offsprings, genetically, which it does if two closely related species live in the same lake or river. BUT, if closely related species are separated geographically, it doesn't bother, as they will never meet, crossbreeding is not a problem, so there's no need for a genetic barrier. There's a geographical barrier.
Relocate the Zebra to any other river than the Xingu, and it won't take long before they interbreed with other Hypancistus already present in that particular river.
Bye bye Zebra. And the other Hypancistrus sp. already living in that river for that matter
Absolutely tragic what you told us about the orchids Lornek8. It's impossible to make sense out of their reasoning...