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Post by savertim on Jan 21, 2007 22:07:25 GMT
I feel so sad. We ( man) cause (my guess) about 10 species to be extinct each year and we don't know about 5-9 of them.  Earth would be happy if all the humans died.  |
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Post by sebbe67 on Jan 21, 2007 22:53:24 GMT
I feel so sad. We ( man) cause (my guess) about 10 species to be extinct each year and we don't know about 5-9 of them. Earth would be happy if all the humans died. Aim afraid that the number of species we lose each year is much higher, mostly yet undiscovered species. For ex, A new flower species was found in La Lope resere (south Gabon) in June 06, in December 06 a team revisited the locality to get a sample for a description, they found a newly build road instead of the flower. Searches in many closeby areas have failed to record it. All that remain now is three photographs. |
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Post by another specialist on Jan 23, 2007 23:17:36 GMT
Aim afraid that the number of species we lose each year is much higher, mostly yet undiscovered species.
Yes i agree with sebbe the number is much more than you imagine.
Many yet to be discovered go extinct before we even know they existed.
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Post by Melanie on Jan 25, 2007 14:45:45 GMT
Here can you see a video sequence of the last known Baiji
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Post by Bowhead Whale on Jan 25, 2007 19:27:23 GMT
Do you think I should make one in plush?
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Post by Melanie on Jan 25, 2007 22:05:47 GMT
Why not? Dolphins (equal which species) are looking awesome in plush. Do you think I should make one in plush? |
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Post by Bowhead Whale on Jan 26, 2007 19:10:48 GMT
OK. I have very small plastic googling eyes I could use for it.
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Post by another specialist on Jan 26, 2007 20:07:09 GMT
Do you think I should make one in plush? I agree with Melanie why not. It be a great addition to the collection. |
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Post by Bowhead Whale on Jan 30, 2007 19:14:25 GMT
I will. I already bought wonderful, whitish blue chinchilla-like fake fur for this purpose.
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Post by another specialist on Jan 31, 2007 11:09:03 GMT
Here can you see a video sequence of the last known Baiji Thanks Melanie great movie. Here is another |
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Post by Bowhead Whale on Feb 1, 2007 19:24:23 GMT
My plush baiji is done! It looks quite funny, its shape is more roundish than in real life.
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Post by another specialist on Feb 1, 2007 20:26:17 GMT
Has it been uploaded to the gallery yet?
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Post by Bowhead Whale on Feb 1, 2007 20:43:31 GMT
No. I didn't photograph it yet.
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Post by another specialist on Feb 2, 2007 22:12:18 GMT
Well we have to wait until you do.
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Post by another specialist on Feb 6, 2007 17:48:09 GMT
 The Baiji Yangtze Dolphin is with all probability extinct. On Wednesday, in the city of Wuhan in central China, a search expedition, under the direction of the Institute for Hydrobiology Wuhan and the Swiss-based baiji.org Foundation, drew to a finish without any results. During the six-week expedition scientists from six nations desperately searched the Yangtze in vain. flickr.com/photos/70515101@N00/321669569/ |
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Post by Bowhead Whale on Feb 6, 2007 18:35:48 GMT
My plush baiji picture is getting developped...
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Post by another specialist on Feb 6, 2007 19:11:20 GMT
My plush baiji picture is getting developped... great news |
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Post by Bowhead Whale on Feb 9, 2007 20:15:44 GMT
The picture of Plush Baiji is ready! I sent it to Peter.
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Post by another specialist on Feb 9, 2007 21:13:12 GMT
The picture of Plush Baiji is ready! I sent it to Peter. So it be up soon. |
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Post by sebbe67 on Feb 9, 2007 22:26:32 GMT
A additional search is planned. EDGE aims to support a series of fishermen interviews along the Yangtze River, to investigate which factors drove the Yangtze River dolphin to the edge of extinction, and whether local knowledge suggests that any dolphins might still survive in the degraded river system. The Yangtze River dolphin or baiji is the only living representative of an entire family of mammals, having diverged from all other river dolphins more than 20 million years ago. Survey results indicate that the species has rapidly and continuously declined over the last 30 years, and an international survey conducted in November-December 2006 from Yichang to Shanghai (the entirety of the baiji's recent historical range) failed to locate any surviving animals. If any baiji still survive in the Yangtze system, it is imperative to locate these last individuals as soon as possible. Even if the species is already extinct, there is no clear understanding of which threat processes caused its decline. The Yangtze Basin is home to over 10% of the world's human population, and the river system has experienced massive human habitat degradation from a number of causes. It is likely that the primary reason for baiji mortality has been legal and illegal fishing practices such as gill-nets, rolling hook lines and electro-fishing, but there are few data to determine whether this is the case. Any better information on the specific reasons for the decline of the baiji will be invaluable for developing conservation strategies for preserving the Yangtze's other threatened cetacean, the Yangtze finless porpoise (the world's only freshwater porpoise), and the two other Top 100 EDGE river dolpins - the Ganges and Indus River dolphins. EDGE plans to support a series of 500-600 interviews with fishermen in the Yangtze main channel, side channels and tributaries, to gather data on when baiji were last seen in different parts of the river, how many baiji and porpoises are known to have been caughtin fishing gear, and invaluable information on the impact of Yangtze fisheries on a range of freshwater species. The survey will also promote awareness amongst local people along the river about the importance of conserving the previous but fragile Yangtze ecosystem, and its many threatened species. www.edgeofexistence.org/conservation/yangtze_river_dolphin.asp |
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Earth would be happy if all the humans died. 
