Top 20 countries with most endangered species

[Hometree]

An interesting breakdown for - well - anyone that's interested.
And as always some of the comments at the end are rather disturbing

top-20-countries-with-most-endangered-species (http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/infographic-top-20-countries-with-most-endangered-species)

[Life]

Sometimes I think that morons shouldn't be allowed to express themselves..(in regards to some of the comments on that page)

[LOGAN]

This is very sad, I think the saddest thing is we'd have everything to save those species we just lack dedication.

[_dollface]

that's so sad. and i agree about the comments on that site. some are just horrible and i blahh. people need to open their eyes and really see the world they are in :S

[zongtseng]

I stopped reading the comments after the first few. I really can't take that level of pure, destructive stupidity. Those people are the reason we're going to lose it all in the end.

[Life]

I stopped reading the comments after the first few. I really can't take that level of pure, destructive stupidity. Those people are the reason we're going to lose it all in the end.


But we are the reason that we're going to save it. =)

[Tsyal Makto]

But we are the reason that we're going to save it. =)

By silencing people like those idiots making comments on the article.

[Hometree]

Admittedly I am rather fond of this big blue marble we call home. And it frightens me that there are those - like some of "the comments" - that speak with such reckless abandon for the Earth.
It makes me even more grateful for the folks within this forum.:nsmile:

And I believe JC said it quite well from the this interview (http://www.tonic.com/article/james-cameron-uses-no-avatar-to-promote-the-environmental-message-in-his-blockbuster-film/) - I believe this was posted in another thread but still good anyway for those who may have missed it...

"Avatar asks us all to be warriors for the Earth. This beautiful, fragile, miracle of a planet that we have right here is our land. Not ours to own, but ours to defend and protect,"

And better still.....

"Cameron also talked about being humbled by nature as he made Avatar. After convening some of the world’s top visual artists to create new (imaginary) life forms to inhabit the fictional planet of Pandora, it turned out (again and again) that actual specimens from nature were more beautiful and bizarre than anything he and his team could invent."

All the more reason for us to protect and share our space with all these amazing and diverse species thus ensuring their preservation!

peace...

[Pa'li Makto]

The blue-fin tuna stat is really sad.
It's good that people eat sushi and sashimi but the recent years of western worlds getting on the band-wagon has led to the overfarming of them.
Literally some Japanese are willing to pay $1000s of dollars for a single fish:
Local fears as US backs bluefin tuna trade ban (http://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/local-fears-as-us-backs-bluefin-tuna-trade-ban-20100304-plsh.html)

[Lukas]

I really don't mind if animals get extinct as long as humans survived. Love mankind over animalkind, that has been my opinion on matters like this in the past. But nowadays, i dunno, because people are becoming inhuman. Its not just about survival anymore, its about killing animals for fun, luxury and entertainment. Its really sad how people treat animals these days.

[Fkeu'itan]

That is a very eye-opening feature. I had no idea our natural world was in such disarray. The comment I found particularly disturbing there was the guy who said "No one ever talks about the new species that are being discovered." (or words to that effect). That gave me the idea that some people are think that once a species dies out, we simply discover a new one to make up for the loss.

"Oh, forget the tiger... look over here! we've found a new bird species!"

Pathetic.

[LOGAN]

this reminds me of "Sharkwater" I don't know if any of you have seen it. It's a documentary about how they kill sharks for their fins. The Japanese actually think because sharks lives old and don't have cancer (they actually do but whatever) that shark fins soup or powder will make they more resistant (it don't - medically proven). a shark fin bowl can sell for as much as 100$ making a fin worth a lot !

they took the shark from the water, cut his fins, through it back in the water still alive and bloody. I do believe humans has to eat, but such horror for false belief is unacceptable.

the shark population have decreased by over 90% and is still not on the endangered species list because of the hate humans have toward shark (remember Jaws) this makes you wander how many other species are in this situation....

[HufweMakto]

I stopped reading the comments after the first few. I really can't take that level of pure, destructive stupidity. Those people are the reason we're going to lose it all in the end.

Agree with you there. I was reading some of the comments, and believe it or not, there was a time when I felt that there couldn't be people who would be so disregarding towards nature or our natural resources.

I remember reading a book about extincted animals, and was reading through a chapter on the Carolina Parakeet, a bird species native to the Atlantic coast of the United States (believe it or not, there used to be colorful yellow and green parakeets in New York!) and the author mentioned a particular feather mite found on the feathers of the stuffed parakeet models. It was a mite species that went extincted with the parakeet itself, which goes to show you that everything is connected, even if it's so small, it can cause a chain reaction. The same goes with the disapearance of the quagga (though I've read they're trying to bring them back), they filled a kind of sentry duty on the African plains before they became extincted. The last example would be how predators like pumas and wolves were exterminated from parts of America only to have prey species like deer explode in population, resulting in massive die offs when serve winters came around and the degradation of the natural environment.

[Hometree]

The practice of finning - or whatever they call what they do to sharks is yet another example of man's inhumanity. Japan also has their other dirty little secret of the slaughter of Dolphins. Apparently the Documentary "The Cove" on this practice won at the Oscars last night. I have not seen it but I believe it shows this horrific practice not to mention the dolphin meat is poisoned due to high levels of mercury yet it is still sold to the public.

Have you ever read Sea of Slaughter - "A Chronicle of the Destruction of Animal Life in the North Atlantic". Quite the eye-opener.

[Tzmukan Wokan]

I think Im goin to live to Ecuador's jungle :nlol:

[zongtseng]

The harvest of shark fins is one of the most horrific things I have ever seen being done. It's not like they are killing them and taking the meat. They don't kill them - they cut off their fin and throw them overboard, so they end up sinking to the bottom and drowning. I sure hope occasionally one of those sharks gets a hold of one of those fishers and takes an arm off.

As for dolphin hunting... considering what we've learned about dolphin intelligence, and them being near a human level of sentience. To me, that's a crime on the level with killing people. That needs to be against international law, period.