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- g00dbye, on 05/16/2008, -1/+18Did they HAVE to pick the cutest pictures of endangered species? Now I just feel terrible.
- Shadowdev, on 05/16/2008, -4/+18I like how other websites are catching on to the whole "slideshow with descriptions" idea.
As long as they do it well I'm not opposed to it. - dangsta, on 05/16/2008, -0/+13save the manatees!
- Dorian822, on 05/16/2008, -1/+13Another atrocity of the Bush Administration is that it is allowing hunters to go after the gray wolf, despite it's sparse population.
Every signature counts: www.CallOfftheGuns.org
I don't normally pander that sort of thing to other Digg users, but a just cause is a cause worth fighting for. - gothelium, on 05/16/2008, -0/+11That lynx is so adorable..
- kanvas, on 05/16/2008, -1/+12That lynx is creepy. If you look at only the head he looks like a regular house cat...but as you pan out he turns into a monster
- GRANDPAMUNSTER, on 06/11/2009, -0/+6Wolves !!! Did'nt they allow them to start being hunted again?
- goddessophia, on 05/16/2008, -0/+6At this rate I will never get to see the whales migrating off the coast of Northern California! Tragic.
- criscoxl, on 05/16/2008, -1/+7Sheep eyes creep me out. Just saying the picture of all the bighorn sheep staring at me gives me chills.
Just staring....... with their sheep eyes......... - nubsaucev3, on 05/16/2008, -0/+5sad how 15 years ago some of these werent even on this list...
- tmbrwolf19, on 05/16/2008, -0/+5This one I like. The Forbes' ones automatically advance, take forever to load, and generally feel broken. When its done right, it's nice, but so many sites out there are doing it wrong.
- itsripitsrip, on 05/16/2008, -0/+5i was at a beach in florida and a manatee swam right by us. it was only about 15 feet away and it wasn't near as cute as the picture provided.
- amdforever, on 05/16/2008, -5/+9I beg everybody to take a more active role in saving the earth...
- use more public transportation
- waste less paper
- donate money to environmental funds
- love your animal
One step at a time, guys, one step at a time. All of your little contribution makes a big difference. It's like Digg, our collaborative efforts killed Scientology. - Gryffydd, on 05/16/2008, -2/+6I didn't see the American middle-class white male on that list for some reason...
- tmbrwolf19, on 05/16/2008, -0/+4Well, not really. Iceland hunts minke whales which are not listed as endangered or threatened. The population is quite large and Iceland's catch limit is pretty low. Generally I dislike the notion of whaling, but Iceland is a country where 50% of exports are fish products, so making sure their fisheries never collapse is something they take seriously.
- DraggingTheLake, on 05/16/2008, -2/+6OH, THE HUGE MANATEE !
- Ladymongoose, on 05/16/2008, -0/+4Don't forget the Amur Leopard...less that 40 left in the wild! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amur_Leopard We are lucky enough to actually have one of these gorgeous cats at the Portland, Oregon zoo. Extremely sad that it probably won't make it as a species, thanks to us.
- kookookapoo, on 05/16/2008, -5/+9A few of these surprised me. We're going to be out of animals in 20 years. I am sad.
- theotheragentm, on 05/16/2008, -0/+4Agreed. It's much better than loading half a dozen individual pages. Come on, Cracked and Divine Carloine! You know we're talking to you.
- onionlayer, on 05/16/2008, -1/+4I don't eat the cute endangered species.
- getbusyliving, on 05/16/2008, -0/+3What does evolution have to do with choosing to be an *****? We can save these species; we don't need to kill them to survive.
- getbusyliving, on 05/16/2008, -0/+3You seriously think there are new species of these types of animals being "created" each day? Do you own a magical animal creation device? This isn't natural selection, this is the result of people choosing to be ***** and/or ignorance. We don't need to kill off these species in order to survive.
- inactive, on 05/16/2008, -0/+3Again with the chewing noise (text).
- pinguwin, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2Entirely accurate, but not very representative. Basically a list of charismatic megafauna. Where are the small, simple, green plant that is only found in one valley or an endangered beetle. While charismatic megafauna are good for publicity, they don't capture what is really going on in the ecosystem as a whole. However, if they are the poster children to get other things done, so be it.
- BabyWookie, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2We have these ***** driving around here in their giant trucks, with bumper stickers that say: "Save a dozen elk. Kill a wolf". I want one that says: "Save a dozen wolves. Kill a redneck".
- browny1978, on 05/16/2008, -1/+3dugg for the manatee
- inactive, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2 Preble's meadow jumping mouse. They are plenty in India. Import from here.
- Surefly, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2I want to hang a redneck's head on my wall.
- hairydotus, on 05/17/2008, -0/+2The only problem with people claiming it is natural selection is that most of these animals are survivors of natural selection and they are now only dying off because of human activity. People don't realize that natural selection doesn't allow weak species to survive for long. If they were not fit for survival then they would have never been able to build up a sustainable population. The fact is animals like the polar bear are extreme survivors. They adapted and did not fall victims to natural selection but unfortunatelly they are falling victims to climate change which this time around is not a natural cycle.
- hairydotus, on 05/17/2008, -0/+2The only problem with these statements is that those animals died off due to natural causes not overhunting and loss of habitat. animals that die off because they are not fit for survival do not get placed on the endangered species list. For example humpback whales have swam the oceans for millions of years and were here before humans. Their numbers began to decline after humans started hunting them and polluting the oceans. these animals are incredible and are some of the "fittest" the only problem is that with most of these animals is that their reproductive habits cannot keep up with how fast humans are killing them. For example large cats such as the lynx, tigers, and leapords have very slow reproductive cycles and cannot survive if they are continually poached for reasons such as the illegal animal trade.
- hairydotus, on 05/17/2008, -0/+2Yes they did but only within a certain area of the northwest, and it has risen a lot of controversy from organizations such as the national wildlife foundation.
- TFGeditor, on 05/17/2008, -0/+2I call *****.
"A black bear dines on roadside dandelions in Alaska. The American black bear, Ursus americanus, is one of the threatened mammals on the list of threatened or endangered species. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch photo by Tom Uhlenbrock)"
Black bears are NOT an endangered species. They might be listed "locally" such as the East Texas Pineywoods, but are quite healthy as a species throughout North America. Buried as Inaccurate. - hairydotus, on 05/17/2008, -0/+2I agree people just need to take small steps. If we do not things are going to come back and bite us in the ass. The only reason I say that is because that seems to be the only way to get people to care. They don't care about the animals they just care about whether or not what they do to the animals will effect them in any way.
- hairydotus, on 05/17/2008, -0/+2Ya we are currently in the midst of another mass extinction. WE are losing anywhere from 18000 to 30000 species per year. That is 1000 times the natural rate.
- ultrasur1, on 05/16/2008, -1/+3it's pretty depressing and there's not much anyone can do about it under the conditions the world is rapidly heading toward
- hairydotus, on 05/17/2008, -0/+2talk to the japanese about whaling. they kill upwards of 1,000 whales every year many of which inclue right whales and humbacks. they claim it is for research but the fact is that they whales are killed for their blubber and for food. I will be in Australia this summer interning with the Pacific Whale foundation studying Humpback whales and working towards their conservation
- hairydotus, on 05/17/2008, -0/+2It is because there are various levels of endangered species and it may not apply to all areas. Seeing as black bears live all throughout north america they may not be endangered in all areas. Hunting in the United States is sustained and I usually have no problem with it with the exception of bears. Whether they are endangered or not I could never condone the hunting of a top predator because they are not meant to be hunted.
- hairydotus, on 05/18/2008, -0/+1no you are right it is no different. If killing that animal is what your survival is depending on then it is natural because predators need to hunt. But cutting down entire forests and poaching animals to sell as pets or for their skins is not natural because we don't need to do these things to survive.
- hairydotus, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1Thank god not everyone on digg is in denial
- methos75, on 05/18/2008, -0/+1Technically if we over hunt and kill all the whales in an area, it is also because they failed to find an area they were fit to live in. sorry but if an animal cannot survive our presence, it was because they were unable to adapt to their predators, in this case us.
- GREEDOnvrFIRED, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1I will keep it simple.
"unfavorable heritable traits":
Slowness, soft/attractive pelt, pleasing taste, inability to adapt to new environments, inability to adapt to new food sources. Attractive horns/tusks etc.
"favorable heritable traits":
Speed, rough/unattractive pelt, foul taste, adaptable to new environments, adaptable to new food sources. None or unattractive horns/tusks etc.
Remember this is a simple/partial list for avoiding destruction by the species known as man. Many other factors come into play. - CJDUFFMAN, on 05/18/2008, -0/+1its official, cute animals are not meant to live
- DivePhotoGuide, on 06/06/2008, -0/+1We as humans take for granted that the earth is the domain of all living creatures as part of one big ecosystem that needs each species for the interdependency of one another's survival. We are arrogant and we are destroting the planet and the oceans faster than it can ever recover. It is sad.
- BabyWookie, on 05/16/2008, -1/+2Yes. Most of them would find you to be very delicious.
- hairydotus, on 05/17/2008, -0/+1you can still help to save the animals http://pacificwhale.org or wwf.org these are just a couple of sites where you can donate money or adopt an animal and all of the money will go to fund research that is working to help them survive.
- getbusyliving, on 05/17/2008, -0/+1Wikipedia's definition of Natural Selection:
Natural selection is the process by which favorable heritable traits become more common in successive generations of a population of reproducing organisms, and unfavorable heritable traits become less common.
So please explain how humans killing off entire species of animals is, according to you, natural selection. - maoru, on 05/17/2008, -0/+1Nor is the black bear dining, and I don't see any dandelions! The writer pulled this crappy slideshow right out of his/her ass.
- inactive, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1i would like to see spiders on this list
- GREEDOnvrFIRED, on 05/17/2008, -0/+1"It has been proven that humans have seriously disrupted the balance of ecosystems throughout the world."
Why would you say that after reading my comment? I make no attempt to say it isn't so. What you don't realize is that "the balance of ecosystems throughout the world" have been brutalized by nature for billions of year before we came along.
All the crimes of humans you mentioned (and i agree they suck) are things that happen in nature. Deforestation occurs by fire, drought and climate change. Species are hunted to extinction all the time by other species. Yes animals "wipe out" other animals. For every species that thrives on earth there are 1000 that didn't make it. You haven't a clue how your "balanced" ecosystem works. Your ecosystem is a terrifying obstacle course that allows only a fraction of living things to survive it. You are under the false impression that the earth is a cushy nursery. If it is it is the worst one ever devised. And saddest of all is that you think you operate outside of the system. If a paramecium does something it is natural, if a bear does something it is natural and if a human being does something... anything... it is natural. Sit and think about it for a moment before you write your hasty reply. -
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