matador.org— Ten of the world?s most precious endangered species and some interesting facts highlighting their important role on the planet and the urgency with which we should protect them.
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The earth is our mother. It is our home as well. If you don't mind, I think we should make a small effort to not turn it into an absolute s**thole so that some fat f**ks can get McDonalds 24 hours a day.
Its global warming propaganda. Polar Bear numbers are on the rise. I've also been waiting for the sea level to rise since 1987 when I got my Global warming brain washing at school.
Yer nuts. The country has not, statistically, had a low birth rate. It is only over the past 10-15 years (when the World is Dying craze took hold). that this is so. Traditionally, we've had a much better control of immigration. It is only the two Bushes and the Clinton who opened the floodgates for the multi-nationals and the World Socialist movements.
Cool animals, but I don't see what the fuss is about when supposedly like 90% of the species that have ever lived have already gone extinct. I'm not saying lets go club some baby seals for a fun trip this weekend, but lets not blow this out of proportion and put animal's interests above our own.
@RiketyI'm not tilting anything anywhere. This planet is in serious trouble RIGHT NOW. We are very efficient at doing bad things to the environment in pursuit of better standards of living and thriving international economies. We exist because of and in place of other species. You seem to forget (or deny) that the planet has finite resources and we are manipulating things to be consuming most of these resources. This is common sense and if you'll look around or read a few of my references, it's happening around you now.This is not about your global warming conspiracy theories. My references include organisations like the American Institute of Biological Sciences, Scientific American and New Scientist. They all talk about how quickly we are destroying our biodiversity, comparing it to past mass extinctions. Some cite global warming (because it is widely scientifically accepted) as a factor in our multi-pronged attack on the ecosystems on this planet.There has been huge extinctions of both flora and fauna in Earth's history, but these events are rivaled by what we are collectively doing right now:"Based on his and his colleagues’ calculations, some 50 percent of the world’s flora and fauna could be on a path to extinction within a hundred years.""Such a rate of extinction has occurred only five times since complex life emerged, and each time it was caused by a catastrophic natural disaster. [...] Today the Earth is again in extinction’s grip—but the cause has changed. The sixth extinction is not happening because of some external force. It is happening because of us, Homo sapiens, an “exterminator species,” as one scientist has characterized humankind."National Geographic<a class="user" href="http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/9902/fngm/index.html">http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/9902/fngm/in ...</a>"The consensus among biologists is that we now are moving toward another mass extinction that could rival the past big five. This potential sixth great extinction is unique in that it is caused largely by the activities of a single species. It is the first mass extinction that humans will witness firsthand—and not just as innocent bystanders."Earth Policy Institute<a class="user" href="http://www.earth-policy.org/Updates/Update35.htm">http://www.earth-policy.org/Updates/Update35.htm</a>I can continue with the references, but hopefully by now you get the picture. It's not a nice one and we still have time to change things, it's just not likely to happen due to our materialistic culture.
Beautifully done. I love the pictures and especially the Blue whale. Our world has to wake up fast to what's happening with the animals. Thanks for writing this article.Sbright8
Beautifully done. I love the pictures, especially the one of the Blue Whale. Our world has to wake up fast to what's happening with the animals. Thanks for writing this.
tattertechJun 20, 2008
To be completely fair, extinction is about the only constant in nature, it's how progress is ultimately made.
ultrajesusJun 20, 2008
The earth is our mother. It is our home as well. If you don't mind, I think we should make a small effort to not turn it into an absolute s**thole so that some fat f**ks can get McDonalds 24 hours a day.
treeflappaJun 20, 2008
Its global warming propaganda. Polar Bear numbers are on the rise. I've also been waiting for the sea level to rise since 1987 when I got my Global warming brain washing at school.
riketyJun 20, 2008
Yer nuts. The country has not, statistically, had a low birth rate. It is only over the past 10-15 years (when the World is Dying craze took hold). that this is so. Traditionally, we've had a much better control of immigration. It is only the two Bushes and the Clinton who opened the floodgates for the multi-nationals and the World Socialist movements.
Closed AccountJun 20, 2008
Cool animals, but I don't see what the fuss is about when supposedly like 90% of the species that have ever lived have already gone extinct. I'm not saying lets go club some baby seals for a fun trip this weekend, but lets not blow this out of proportion and put animal's interests above our own.
beauleyJun 20, 2008
With all due respect to former Vice-President Al Gore, given his many years of dedication and his recently awarded Pulitzer Prize for his work on making the world aware of “Global Warming” and though still shrouded in some controversy, our even greater world problem is “Global Pollution”.<a class="user" href="http://www.quazen.com/News/Opinions/Al-Gores-Decree-on-Global-Warming-is-Not-Our-Only-Crisis.51904">http://www.quazen.com/News/Opinions/Al-Gores-Decre ...</a>Al Gore's Decree on Global Warming is Not Our Only Crisis
angryredplanetJun 21, 2008
@RiketyI'm not tilting anything anywhere. This planet is in serious trouble RIGHT NOW. We are very efficient at doing bad things to the environment in pursuit of better standards of living and thriving international economies. We exist because of and in place of other species. You seem to forget (or deny) that the planet has finite resources and we are manipulating things to be consuming most of these resources. This is common sense and if you'll look around or read a few of my references, it's happening around you now.This is not about your global warming conspiracy theories. My references include organisations like the American Institute of Biological Sciences, Scientific American and New Scientist. They all talk about how quickly we are destroying our biodiversity, comparing it to past mass extinctions. Some cite global warming (because it is widely scientifically accepted) as a factor in our multi-pronged attack on the ecosystems on this planet.There has been huge extinctions of both flora and fauna in Earth's history, but these events are rivaled by what we are collectively doing right now:"Based on his and his colleagues’ calculations, some 50 percent of the world’s flora and fauna could be on a path to extinction within a hundred years.""Such a rate of extinction has occurred only five times since complex life emerged, and each time it was caused by a catastrophic natural disaster. [...] Today the Earth is again in extinction’s grip—but the cause has changed. The sixth extinction is not happening because of some external force. It is happening because of us, Homo sapiens, an “exterminator species,” as one scientist has characterized humankind."National Geographic<a class="user" href="http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/9902/fngm/index.html">http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/9902/fngm/in ...</a>"The consensus among biologists is that we now are moving toward another mass extinction that could rival the past big five. This potential sixth great extinction is unique in that it is caused largely by the activities of a single species. It is the first mass extinction that humans will witness firsthand—and not just as innocent bystanders."Earth Policy Institute<a class="user" href="http://www.earth-policy.org/Updates/Update35.htm">http://www.earth-policy.org/Updates/Update35.htm</a>I can continue with the references, but hopefully by now you get the picture. It's not a nice one and we still have time to change things, it's just not likely to happen due to our materialistic culture.
jizzliesJun 21, 2008
And one not so precious: the candiru, also known as the 'penis fish'<a class="user" href="http://www.bofads.com/stories/candiru.htm">http://www.bofads.com/stories/candiru.htm</a>
sbright8Dec 4, 2008
Beautifully done. I love the pictures and especially the Blue whale. Our world has to wake up fast to what's happening with the animals. Thanks for writing this article.Sbright8
sbright8Dec 4, 2008
Beautifully done. I love the pictures, especially the one of the Blue Whale. Our world has to wake up fast to what's happening with the animals. Thanks for writing this.