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Day 21: Extinct

"O que será que extinguiu uma raça tão desenvolvida quanto os humanos? Seria por conta da drástica alteração climática decorrente da exploração desenfreada dos recursos do planeta?"
"... Nah, definitivamente foi um meteoro."

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2020-02-26

And Patrick, the Rose Knight. After one of my favorite extinct animals: the Thylacine.

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2020-02-26

ANNOUNCEMENT: I'm very excited to share that I'm helping to organise a march to try to save the Southern Resident Killer Whales from extinction.
It's on March 22nd in London. A fantastic speaker lineup tbc soon! More details: https://t.co/Oe84jThAHM
Please sign up & RT 🐋

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2020-02-23

BAT
The Nendo tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene sanctacrucis) is a critically endangered, possibly extinct megabat from the Santa Cruz group of the Solomon Islands.

(Credit: Noeliria123)

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2020-02-23

On 21 February 1918, the last Carolina parakeet in captivity died at Cincinnati Zoo. The American Ornithologists' Union declared the birds in 1939. This engraving is by Mark Catesby, publ. 1731-43. More about Catesby & his legacy in our blog: https://t.co/COwiZ1d2Dy

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2020-02-22

102 years ago today, Incas the last Carolina parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis) died in Cincinnati zoo. The same zoo (and perhaps same aviary) that held Martha the last passenger pigeon, just 4 years earlier. https://t.co/wQGuSuQD56 Image by Audubon.

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2020-02-22

The extinct African subspecies of carnivorous horse. Having been wiped out in the early 1800s, this animal is only known today from a small handful of poorly preserved taxidermy specimens.

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2020-02-22

Here’s some ‘impossible’ half-elves, of which no known examples ever existed, and the elf subspecies are either extinct or missing, so no new attempts could be made.

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2020-02-20

This is a wonderful graphic from on the important place of wild boar in European forests.

Wild boar is one of ~120 species which are extinct in Ireland due to human activity. 🐗

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2020-02-20

Halisstra Melarn was a drow priestess of House Melarn in Ched Nasad. At her "death," she was turned into a demonic servant of Lolth known as the Lady Penitent.


📖: Extinction
🎨:

https://t.co/UQLOf8mweR

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2020-02-17

My latest paleo-fish art. This time it is the extinct swordfish Xiphiorhynchyus who hears the dinner bells a-ringing. Big thanks to for introducing me to this double-bladed species.

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2020-02-17

The huge extinct sperm whale Livyatan melvillei measured an incredible 18 metres long. It had huge curved teeth lining its jaws, unlike modern sperm whales which grow conical teeth only on their lower jaw.

(Credit: Mary Persis Williams)

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2020-02-16

Guadalupe Caracara

Diet: Carnivore
Romanised Name: Guadarūpekarakara
Also known as: Quelili, Calalie, Mourning Caracara
Conservation Status: Extinct
Scientific Name: Caracara lutosa
Average Lifespan in the Wild: Extinct
Japanese Name: グアダルーペカラカラ

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2020-02-16

It's Sadly, pangolins are the most trafficked wild mammals in the world. Yet, there's still time to save them from extinction.

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2020-02-16