signalmankenneth
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We lost a lot of species in 2019.
The year started with the extinction of a tiny Hawaiian snail and ended with the loss of one of the world’s largest freshwater fishes.
Along the way we also said goodbye to three bird species, a shark, two frogs, several plants, and a whole lot more.
About two dozen species were declared extinct (or nearly so) in 2019, although the total number of species lost this year probably numbers in the thousands. Scientists typically wait years or even decades before declaring a species well and truly extinct, and even then only after conducting extensive searches.
https://truthout.org/articles/the-faces-of-extinction-the-species-we-lost-in-2019/
The year started with the extinction of a tiny Hawaiian snail and ended with the loss of one of the world’s largest freshwater fishes.
Along the way we also said goodbye to three bird species, a shark, two frogs, several plants, and a whole lot more.
About two dozen species were declared extinct (or nearly so) in 2019, although the total number of species lost this year probably numbers in the thousands. Scientists typically wait years or even decades before declaring a species well and truly extinct, and even then only after conducting extensive searches.
https://truthout.org/articles/the-faces-of-extinction-the-species-we-lost-in-2019/
