There’s something more important.
Japanese River Otters have been declared extinct.
This is now a Japanese River Otter appreciation and memorial post.
RIP little otters, there was nothing you could do.
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IN THE ARMS OF THE ANGELS…
No! Poor otters. :(
:( RIP little guys.
Nooo
…The virginal brides file past his tomb
Strewn with time’s dead flowers
Bereft in deathly bloom
Alone in a darkened room
The count is dead…
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Lonesome George, last-of-his-kind Galapagos tortoise, dies at about 100 years old: Galapagos National Park - @Reuters http://t.co/WCFyE7Ki
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According to a 2004 New York Times article on the subject, this particular baleen whale has apparently been tracked by NOAA since 1992, using a “classified array of hydrophones employed by the Navy to monitor enemy submarines.” It sings at 52 Hertz, which is roughly the same frequency as the lowest note on a tuba, and much higher than its fellow whales, whose calls fall in the 15 to 25 Hertz range.
To make matters worse, the high-pitched whale “does not follow the known migration route of any extant baleen whale species.” The result, according to Dr. Kate Stafford, a researcher at the National Marine Mammal Laboratory in Seattle, is that the lonely whale keeps “saying ‘Hey, I’m out here,’” but “nobody is phoning home.”
This is so, so tragic. I feel so bad for this whale.
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A very loyal doggie, “Leao,” sitting patiently for the second consecutive day next to the grave of her owner, Cristina Maria Cesario Santana, who was killed in the recent landslides in Brazil. Leao’s faithfulness is a poignant reminder of the bonds that are formed between pets and their owners, and it’s a reminder of how devastating death can be for everyone involved.
