Today, for we hear from contributing artist and co-curator of the Ancient Mariner Big Read Angela Cockayne. Angela shares the relevance of The Rime today and her interpretation of this iconic text - https://t.co/TZEMo1r3eL

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Looks like I've been fascinated by and since day 1! 2008 - 2019/2020, my passion for and clearly hasn't changed!

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Here's some examples of my work which feature some endangered and vulnerable animals for 🐢🌍

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Day 8: Zebra Shark (Endangered)

They're nocturnal foragers and rest during the day. As they age, they lose their stripes and gain spots. Threats include being captured and overfished by inshore fisheries. and

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A white-clawed crayfish

We are lucky enough to have in good numbers in our becks, but they are struggling in many places.

To give it a good chance we are looking to have many of our becks fenced off from livestock soon.

He’s a funky dude & needs helping.

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Since today was (still is for me in Pacific Time) Endangered Species Day here is a ring-tailed lemur I'm working on for a project. Ring-tailed lemurs, like all lemurs, are threatened with extinction, unfortunately.

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Today is Can we protect these beautiful animals for the future? Illustrations by .

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Ethiopian Wolf
Native to the Ethiopian Highlands, its similar to the coyote in size & build. Alternative names incl. red fox & red jackal. It's one of the world's rarest canids, and Africa's most carnivore. credit: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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Reposting endangered species series for
"In our hands now lies not only our own future, but that of all other living creatures with whom we share the earth.” ― David Attenborough
https://t.co/EOxQLPHuf3

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This take second to think about the outstanding diversity of nature, not just the bold and the beautiful species but the interesting but ugly ones too.

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The Golden Eagle or Aquila Chrysaetos has a wingspan of almost 2m and it is Scotland's largest resident bird. Those that remain are most likely to be found in the Highlands & Islands with some pairs in the Scottish Borders.
https://t.co/GIxHpZLNgk

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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

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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.

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"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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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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