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oh wait we can't, it's extinct.
thanks for nothing humans (and probably chytrid fungus too).
xj
Showing posts with label extinct. Show all posts
Showing posts with label extinct. Show all posts
April 9, 2012
day three-hundred-and-forty-three - golden toad
wow check out this awesome looking toad. let's go see it!
oh wait we can't, it's extinct.
thanks for nothing humans (and probably chytrid fungus too).
xj
oh wait we can't, it's extinct.
thanks for nothing humans (and probably chytrid fungus too).
xj
January 18, 2012
day two-hundred-and-sixty-one - amur leopard
david attenborough once told me (via a tv show not in real life unfortunately) that there were only 35 amur leopards left in the wild. THIRTY-FIVE!
and that was at least five years ago, so hopefully this species is not extinct. i'm glad the one i drew looks quite sad because it's more evocative that way.
also his body is vanishing which is just so deep.
i got accepted into a science degree today, so hopefully i can eventually help save some species. the amur leopard will no doubt be extinct by then (aside: can you believe black rhinos are actually extinct in the wild!? humans are the worst), but maybe we'll discover some new species that i can then proceed to save
either that or i'll do absolutely nothing with it just like my other two degrees...
xj
and that was at least five years ago, so hopefully this species is not extinct. i'm glad the one i drew looks quite sad because it's more evocative that way.
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also his body is vanishing which is just so deep.
i got accepted into a science degree today, so hopefully i can eventually help save some species. the amur leopard will no doubt be extinct by then (aside: can you believe black rhinos are actually extinct in the wild!? humans are the worst), but maybe we'll discover some new species that i can then proceed to save
either that or i'll do absolutely nothing with it just like my other two degrees...
xj
November 14, 2011
day one-hundred-and-ninety-six - przewalski's horse
pronounced sheh-VAL-ski apparently (not pruz-e-wul-skee as i had hoped)
terrible drawing i know. i do have a knack for never drawing whole animals. i always start the animal in a really inopportune spot on the page. almost as inopportune as using 'inopportune' in that sentence was.
huh?
confusing. anyway, my horse-drawing ability is irrelevant - the important thing is that this guy (and his horsey brethren) is pretty endangered. the good news though, is that they were deemed to be extinct in the wild in 1996 but have since done it like crazy to reach a population number of more than 300.
you can see other IUCN 'red listed' species here.
xj
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terrible drawing i know. i do have a knack for never drawing whole animals. i always start the animal in a really inopportune spot on the page. almost as inopportune as using 'inopportune' in that sentence was.
huh?
confusing. anyway, my horse-drawing ability is irrelevant - the important thing is that this guy (and his horsey brethren) is pretty endangered. the good news though, is that they were deemed to be extinct in the wild in 1996 but have since done it like crazy to reach a population number of more than 300.
you can see other IUCN 'red listed' species here.
xj
November 10, 2011
day one-hundred-and-ninety-two - hirola
the fate of an entire genus rests on this guy
not that exact one (he's a drawing) but less than 400 actual antelopes in africa. the last time an entire genus went extinct was 75 years ago with the death of tasmanian tiger.
eep!
pull your shit together humans! (there are probably other extenuating circumstances)
read more of their plight here if you like. or look at this if you need something less depressing to occupy your mind...
xj
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not that exact one (he's a drawing) but less than 400 actual antelopes in africa. the last time an entire genus went extinct was 75 years ago with the death of tasmanian tiger.
eep!
pull your shit together humans! (there are probably other extenuating circumstances)
read more of their plight here if you like. or look at this if you need something less depressing to occupy your mind...
xj
October 30, 2011
day one-hundred-and-eighty-one - irish elk
in the red corner, at 6.9ft tall and with the largest antlers of any known deer is MEGALOCEROS GIGANTEUS!
in the blue corner is CLIMATE CHANGE and HUMAN BEINGS (and unwieldy and high maintenance antlers...).
giant deer loses.
xj
p.s. i now can answer if i would draw dinosaurs and prehistoric megafauna... yes.
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in the blue corner is CLIMATE CHANGE and HUMAN BEINGS (and unwieldy and high maintenance antlers...).
giant deer loses.
xj
p.s. i now can answer if i would draw dinosaurs and prehistoric megafauna... yes.
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