Name: Top 20 Natural Wonders Ruined by Morons
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And today we're counting down our picks for the top 20 natural wonders ruined by morons for this list will be looking at beautiful parts of nature that were harmed or destroyed by direct action from people.

Tell us in the comments number 20 Guerra Falls, Paraguay and brazil.

It's kind of strange to see a deceased symbol next to a massive waterfalls entry on Wikipedia.

These stunning falls on their paranoia River roared so loudly that they could be heard from 20 miles away.

Their size and deafening sound drew in tourist From around the world.

And the falls were deeply loved by the local people.

In 1973, the Itaipu Dam was announced and the falls days were numbered.

Over the next nine years, crowds visited the area for a chance to see the falls one last time, tragedy struck when a bridge collapsed and killed several tourists.

The falls completely disappeared in 1982, much to the sadness of those who enjoyed their beauty.

You might be wondering how an entire sea can disappear but never underestimate the power of poorly planned farming practices in order to grow large amounts of cotton.

The so government diverted the waters of the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya rivers from the R.

The sea shrank from 26,300 square miles in 1962.

4 small lakes totaling 6626 square miles in 2004.

Since the 19 sixties, Over 90% of the sea has disappeared.

The remnants of the RLC are highly toxic and too salty to support many forms of life, which has partially led to the probable extinction of the RL trout and sear daria sturgeon.

This once prosperous village was abandoned by its residents when there was no more fish.

Additionally, the toxins have led to a tragic increase in cancer in the people who live in the region.

This beautiful unique tree met it's unfortunate demise at the hands of one man.

The kid chaos was a Sitka spruce that had a rare genetic mutation.

The spruces unusual golden color made it stand out among the other trees and it was sacred to the indigenous hider people.

The golden spruce even featured in hiding pathology in january 1997.

However, Forester Engineer Grant had win made cuts in the iconic tree as an act of protest causing it to fall.

Two days later had win faxed in his confession to both the media and the Haida nation.

He disappeared on his way to his trial and has not been seen since number 17 from Atheist Tree, United States.

Yes, this is yet another north american tree that was cut down.

But at least it was apparently an accident this time.

Prometheus was a great basin bristlecone pine and it was believed to be more than 4800 years old, making it the oldest non clonal organism known to man in 1960.

For graduate student Donald Arco curry was studying ancient trees.

Accounts vary as to why curry cut and sectioned Prometheus instead of simply collecting a core sample.

However, curry claimed that he and the United States Forest Service personnel who helped him did not know about the tree's significance, sadly, no matter the circumstances or that remains of Prometheus is a very large stump.

El Dorado Ranch Park, United States, Once upon a time, the only risk associated with baby showers was encountering some bad punch.

But nowadays they can cause massive wildfires that destroy thousands of acres of parklands.

Rifugio Manuel Jimenez, JR and Angela Rene Jimenez decided to reveal their baby's gender with a smoking pyrotechnical device, The device that smoked a little too much and started a fire.

The blaze Spread over more than 22,000 acres and resulted in the death of firefighter Charlie Morton people were really concerned about the impact that something that started off that seemed so innocent ended up having such an amazing impact on people in the community, their homes.

If you want to have a gender reveal party, maybe stick with pink or blue cupcakes instead of involuntary manslaughter and massive destruction.

He's fighting a fire that was started because of a smoke bomb.

# 15, the Nazca lines peru from here, it might not look like much because to really see the Nazca lines, you need a completely different perspective.

The beautiful and culturally significant Nazca lines survived two millennia of weather, but even they could not escape the stupidity of people.

The unesco World Heritage site covers a large area, so it is in theory pretty difficult to miss.

Unfortunately in 2018 a truck driver still managed to ruin part of the important site.

High Nair, jesus flores, vegan drove over a portion of the lines, destroying some of the images along with a much smaller but still significant act of vandalism by activists.

This encouraged more stringent security around the area.

The Bahamas, what's better than serene, beautiful beach time, serene, beautiful beach time with sweet, adorable pigs.

Of course The famous big major cay pigs are so friendly and trusting that they'll even swim with tourists making for wonderful memories and gorgeous pictures and it's turned the swimming pigs of the Bahamas into international superstars.

Unfortunately, the flood of visitors has also resulted in pollution and overly crowded sands.

In 2017 over half a dozen pig were found dead tourists were blamed for feeding the pigs inappropriate food, including rum and throwing food into the sand, which the pigs ingested along with the tasty morsels, thankfully the remaining pigs seem to be doing well, but make sure you always refrain from feeding wildlife no matter how cute it is, they've become the biggest single attraction in the Exuma keys # 13 Galapagos Islands Ecosystem Ecuador.

Ever since humans first started visiting these breathtakingly beautiful islands, they've been causing problems.

The flora and fauna of the Galapagos have developed in unique ways, but this sadly makes them vulnerable when it comes to competition.

Humans have been intentionally and unintentionally introducing invasive species of plants and animals to this beautiful archipelago for centuries.

Probably somewhere between 65 to 75% of all the extinctions have occurred on islands And of that, somewhere between 80 and 90% or even more is because of invasive species.

Some of these invasive species have caused quite a few problems for the native ones, including habitat loss and food competition.

Thankfully, efforts have been introduced in an attempt to reduce and reverse the negative impacts.

So let's make sure that we manage tourism the best possible way and we use tourism as a conservation tool number 12 Torres.

Del Piney forests chili nicknamed the crown jewel of Patagonia.

This unesco biosphere reserve is a gorgeous and unique area home to endangered species and stunning views.

Torres del Paine National Park draws in hundreds of thousands of visitors a year.

Unfortunately not every visitor is as responsible as they should be.

This national park suffered from two large fires six years apart.

The first in 2005 was caused by a tourists overturned gas stove and it burned about 15,000 hectares.

The second larger fire burned 17,000 hectares and was caused by a tourist lighting, toilet paper on fire.

Both fires killed thousands of animals and caused massive damage.

The next time you go camping, make sure you he'd Smokey Bear's advice.

If it still had the taxes too hard to leave.

Number 11 Bangkok Lake cambodia, The destruction of any natural wonder is tragic, but it's even worse when it has an enormous human cost as well.

This lake's shore's in phnom Penh, were home to thousands of peoples who depended on its waters for food and money from tourism.

In 2007, the city's government announced the sale of the lake and its surrounding area to a property development firm.

The developers pumped mud and sand into the lake, transforming it from a sprawling body of water to a puddle.

Thousands of families were displaced or from their homes due to this horrific undertaking.

Number 10 Devils Hole pupfish, United States, a critically endangered species of pufferfish only lives in Devil's Hole in Nevada there so valued as unique that they spawned, saved the pufferfish bumper stickers in the 19 sixties and seventies.

Government to spend millions of dollars to preserve them.

In april 2016, 3 men broke into the secured area around Devil's Hole.

They destroyed surveillance cameras and one man even jumped into the hole, smashing pop fish eggs during their peak spawning season.

The vandalism led to the death of one of the valued pop fish, lowering that springs population from 115 to 114.