Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Chinese River Dolphin "Functionally" Extinct

The extinction of the baili, a mostly blind pointy nosed fresh water dolphinfrom the Yangtze River could be the first large mammal extinction documented in 50 years. For six weeks a research team from six nations searched the yangtze for signs of the Baiji without any luck. The Baiji, separated from other Dolphins, Whales and aquatic mammals over 20 million years ago. This extinction is significant since this species was not overhunted, but probably died out due to overfishing techniques like "electrofishing".
for more info visit the Baiji research page or read on the article on the BBC.

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Taxidermia Wurzeltodensis

The beautiful, intellegent and talented Suzanne G has been at it again. Besides bringing talented artists together and debeloping an awesome shop, she had now made an incredible Cabinet of Wonder featuring talented artists and animals forms. See the collection and she has also created a great sideshow, er slideshow
we remain in awe.

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4 foot Coelacanth found off Sulawesi

Another Coelacanth was found in Indonesian water off the northern coast of Sulawesi. Thank Justinus Lahama for pulling in the four legged fish-beast. read more on the BBC site.

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