I just got a newspaper article saying that the Baiji, a rare, nearly blind river dolphin that lived in Beijing was declared extinct. Reserchers were searching in the Yangtze River, which is where the dolphin lived, for six weeks and found nothing.
The Baiji is the first aquatic mammal to go extinct since overfishing and hunting killed the Caribbean Monk Seal over 50 years ago. It's said that boat traffic, overfishing and pollution were the main reasons it went extinct. Researchers say they could of missed a couple dolphins, but they won't survive long in the wild.
I think that's depressing. It makes me wonder just how many more animals have to become extinct before we learn that we have to take extra measures to protect animals and their habitats.
The Baiji is the first aquatic mammal to go extinct since overfishing and hunting killed the Caribbean Monk Seal over 50 years ago. It's said that boat traffic, overfishing and pollution were the main reasons it went extinct. Researchers say they could of missed a couple dolphins, but they won't survive long in the wild.
I think that's depressing. It makes me wonder just how many more animals have to become extinct before we learn that we have to take extra measures to protect animals and their habitats.
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that sucks...
i've heard that we did find some new animal species in some areas of the world
i saw a pic of one, it was a crab with hair on it!!!
i've heard that we did find some new animal species in some areas of the world
i saw a pic of one, it was a crab with hair on it!!!
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pic of dolphin?
EDIT: Nvm I found one
EDIT: Nvm I found one
Were we able to get tissue samples before we lost them?
At the very least, at some point in the future we may be able to clone them back into existance.
I hear there are several groups collecting and preserving tissue samples from as many differant endangered species as possible for exactly this reason.
At the very least, at some point in the future we may be able to clone them back into existance.
I hear there are several groups collecting and preserving tissue samples from as many differant endangered species as possible for exactly this reason.
So depressing to hear stuff like that. It was an awesome looking dolphin too.
sakket
100 Posts
18 years, 1 month ago
Edymnion
Were we able to get tissue samples before we lost them?
At the very least, at some point in the future we may be able to clone them back into existance.
I hear there are several groups collecting and preserving tissue samples from as many differant endangered species as possible for exactly this reason.
they should make endangered animal chimeras! splice the genes together, and kapow! a new dominant species rising from the ashes!
OMG that so sad. i cant belive this. its really gone. a whole species. i didnt think it could happen.
takineko
3931 Posts
18 years, 1 month ago
wait I thought the most recent thing to go extinct was the Tasmanian Wolf?
takineko
wait I thought the most recent thing to go extinct was the Tasmanian Wolf?
what that too? oh no. please dont let it happen to the pandas
how could you possibly let something so cute go extinct?
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takineko
wait I thought the most recent thing to go extinct was the Tasmanian Wolf?
what that too? oh no. please dont let it happen to the pandas
how could you possibly let something so cute go extinct?
takineko
wait I thought the most recent thing to go extinct was the Tasmanian Wolf?
Nope, last one died in a zoo on September 7, 1936.
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takineko
3931 Posts
18 years, 1 month ago
Thylacine
takinekowait I thought the most recent thing to go extinct was the Tasmanian Wolf?
Nope, last one died in a zoo on September 7, 1936.
hmmm, well at least they got it on film, I wonder if I can find a clip of that film on youtube...
No but I found it on Google vids
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7297739262136048775&q=Tasmanian+Wolf&hl=en
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5972103062415284640&q=Tasmanian+Wolf&hl=en
awww I wan't it back!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5573871323952394283&q=Tasmanian+Wolf&hl=en
90schild87
527 Posts
18 years, 1 month ago
takineko
wait I thought the most recent thing to go extinct was the Tasmanian Wolf?
Tasmainian Wolf????
Do you mean the Tasmainian Tiger?
EDIT: this made the page go all wierd so i got rid of the link :o SORRY.
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takineko
3931 Posts
18 years, 1 month ago
Yes it goes by both names, and I found it on you tube, but its the same vids.
takineko
Yes it goes by both names, and I found it on you tube, but its the same vids.
Thylacine is another name for it too.
Trivia Fact: The closest reletive to the Tasmanian Tiger is the Tasmanian Devil.
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90schild87
527 Posts
18 years, 1 month ago
takineko
Yes it goes by both names, and I found it on you tube, but its the same vids.
Ive never heard it called a wof before, becourse of the strips and stuff.
Must just be in the states and other places then.
Also i think they have been trying to clone them for a couple of years now, i think i saw a current affair report with a fetus in a jar or something :roll:
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takineko
3931 Posts
18 years, 1 month ago
Its actually referred to as the Tasmanian Tiger Wolf.
But its official name was Thylacine, which sounds like a chemical.
But its official name was Thylacine, which sounds like a chemical.
This makes me wonder how long it's been when word of an entire species was last extinct. The Baiji dolphin could be the newest one for our recent era.
takineko
3931 Posts
18 years, 1 month ago
FilmationGirl
This makes me wonder how long it's been when word of an entire species was last extinct. The Baiji dolphin could be the newest one for our recent era.
I thought he said the last one was that Monk Seal, in the first post of this thread??
Those Tasmanian tigers look more like giant lemurs or fossa to me. I do feel bad for those dolphins cause they are really cool animals, but it sounds to me like they were kinda disadvantaged from the start being blind and all that. Not that I'm trying to justify our allowing it to go exctinct, that's inexcusible.
takineko
FilmationGirlThis makes me wonder how long it's been when word of an entire species was last extinct. The Baiji dolphin could be the newest one for our recent era.
I thought he said the last one was that Monk Seal, in the first post of this thread??
The Monk Seal was the last aquatic mammal to go extinct since the 50's
Yes, the Baiji is the most recent extinction.
Oh, and the dolphins lived in a murky river, so eyesight wasn't needed that much. They had their sonar to help them along.
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