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My top favorite pieces! 🐬✨

Thank you for following all my mermaids and endangered animals (except Day 1)! 🎉 Learned a lot from doing these 🐧#Mermay2018

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2018-06-04

day 31: Maui’s Dolphin (Critically Endangered)

Maui’s dolphins are a sub-species of Hector’s dolphins

In 2016, it was estimated that there were 63 adults. They're expected to become extinct. Gillnets and trawling are major threats to them.

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2018-06-02

day 29: Pink-Headed Duck (IUCN status: Critically Endangered, but possibly extinct)

These shy and secretive birds are one of the rarest waterfowl in India. They live in wetland areas. They have not been conclusively seen in the wild since 1949.

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2018-05-31

Illustrated an eel to raise awareness towards the endangered European eel.

Not cool people!

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2018-05-31

The latest member of my series, the It is currently listed on the list, mostly due to water pollution! However, they have a super power which allows them to regenerate entire limbs. Too bad they can’t flourish in polite water! 🤮😢

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2018-05-30

This is a She’s a critically Did you know?
Yes?-great!
No?- you learn something new everyday :)

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2018-05-28

A quick for an article dealing with endangered large herbivores.

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2018-05-27

day 25: Green Sea Turtle (Endangered)

They are one of the largest sea turtles being up to 5 ft long and can weigh up to 700 pounds

Lights near or on beaches can be fatal to hatchlings since they are attracted to the light which draws them away from the water

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2018-05-27

day 21 late: Black-Faced Spoonbill (Endangered)

It is a small wading bird reaching up to 2.493 feet.
They are found on the East Asian coast. Habitat destruction is most likely their greatest threat. Pollution from pesticides is another contributor.

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2018-05-24

This highly motivated Owl and its friends are from another engraving in 'Endangered Species, and Other Fables with a Twist' by the noted German-American wood engraver, illustrator, and educator Fritz Eichenberg. Read the fable here: https://t.co/v8a4lI0sYG

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2018-05-22

The world's smallest the Kabomani Tapir was described in 2013, making it the first odd-toed ungulate discovered in a century!

Tapir prints and merchandise on my webstore- https://t.co/SW8oCROwtu

https://t.co/sZ9l5nXrK0

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2018-05-19

day 18: Vaquita (Critically Endangered)

The elusive and shy species is the most endangered cetacean.

Their main threat are gillnets, which are used to capture totoaba. Even though fishing for totoaba is illegal.

For

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2018-05-19

"You're safe here" A mermaid who gave a Vaquita a safe place to live forever.
I just finished this piece with a Vaquita (Phocoena sinus) on According to WWF there are only 30 Vaquitas living in the Gulf of California.

https://t.co/MA1R1iz6PR

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2018-05-19

Today is Many animals in the Himalayas, like the Bengal are at risk due to poaching and

(Detail from Padmasambhava as Dorje Drolo; Eastern Tibet; 19th Century; Rubin Museum Of Art; Gift Of Shelley And Donald Rubin; C2006.66.214)

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2018-05-19

It's Purple pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpureais) is endangered in Georgia & Illinois. It has been considered endangered in Illinois since 1980 due to habitat restrictions and low population. Learn more from Plants of Concern: https://t.co/1nMZMa6eNE

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2018-05-19

An Amur Leopard for

Can you suggest a reliable organization where I could donate towards Amur Leopards?

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2018-05-19

Sad that so many animals are endangered, but glad that this is recognised

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2018-05-18

Today is & We took this as a clear sign to dedicate today to sawfish
Sawfish are 1 of the ocean's most critically endangered groups of elasmobranchs.
Learn about Sawfish habitats at: https://t.co/z0Kqy3CpVQ

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2018-05-18

day 16 late: Red Stumpnose (Endangered)

Also known as Miss Lucy. They are endemic to South Africa and are slow growing and long-living.

One major threat to the species is localized overexploitation by recreational and commercial linefishers.

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2018-05-17

day 15 late: Erect-Crested Penguin (Endangered)

They are native to New Zealand. Unlike other crested penguins, they are able to raise and lower their yellow crest feathers. There's a lack of data regarding causes of the population's decline.

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2018-05-16