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alexanderpearce · 9 months

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whag if i want to (macquarie harbour july 23)

eta the maugean skate is extremely endangered and facing immediate extinction and the government is the damn fucking liberals and they will not do anything about it. idk what any random people from across the world can do about it but im screaming crying sobbing begging for help

#whag if i want to #tjhe way they literally ONLY live in this one harbour... like whatever it is on that one rock #my photos #maugean skate #sea animals #endangered animals #tasmania #lutruwita #popular #i knew you people would love this #greatest hits #extinction studies

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dwindlebunnies · 4 months

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I need to tell you about this artist.

Her name is Dr Lucienne Rickard and she lives and works in Hobart, Tasmania. Since 2019 she has been drawing pictures of extinct and endangered animals, only to erase them.

The drawings get really detailed, too.

Dr Rickard's work tugs on the heartstrings of passers-by - lamenting the loss of her beautiful and detailed renderings of animals disseappered, or soon to be. It's such an ingenious way to get peoples emotions involved in the disappearance of species they may not have previously even considered.

Her final piece in this series was 100 individually drawn red handfish, representing the only remaining wild population. It was erased in its entirety last month.

You can find more about Dr Rickard on her instagram @luciennerickard

Sources:

1. "Artist erases her drawings of endangered species over four years for Extinction Studies project"

ABC Radio Hobart

By Georgie Burgess

Posted Sun 10 Dec 2023 at 9:52am

2. ‘I almost cracked’: 16-month artistic performance of mass extinction comes to a close

By Stephanie Eslake Mon 25 Jan 2021 13.10

The Guardian

3. Lucienne Rickard's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/luciennerickard/

#Artists #Queer artists #Australian art #Art #Australian artists #Environmental art #Drawing #Graphite drawing #Endangered species #Extinct species #Extinction #Extinction Studies #Lucienne Rickard #Dr Lucienne Rickard #Doctor Lucienne Rickard #This also happens to be my second cousin :)#But I'd be a big fan of her even if she wasn't.

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greenpitbullzombie · 8 months

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Mr. Whitmore having an aquarium of coelacanth in the year 1914 is hilarious. 😅

#Coelacanth #Atlantis #1914 was before we realized they weren't extinct lmao #rich people keeping scientific studies to themselves #at least Disney was being accurate #dhdhdbdhshs okay watching this movie after oceangate disaster is wild #and in the movie!!! it's only been 2 years since the titanic sank!!!#so Milo absolutely 100% going in experimental rich man submarine for a lost city makes him even more unhinged #atlantis the lost empire

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actual-haise · 11 months

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Simply had to do a study featuring the Rajasaurus from Prehistoric Planet, absolutely in love with the design and patterns on this one.

#my art #paleoart #rajasaurus #dinosaur #prehistoric planet #prehistoric planet season 2 #sciart #paleontology #theropod #abelisaur #abelisauridae #carnivore #cretaceous #prehistoric #extinct #animal #india #documentary #study

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simpsforscience · 3 months

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Tiny land pioneers 🌱 might have had a BIG impact on Earth's climate millions of years. Go through this post to learn more!

Image sources:

Background - Craiyon

Land plants - Marilylle Soveran/Flickr

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mumblelard · 6 months

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clarice is about to start popping off. she loves the autumn and she has at least three dozen little blossoms in various stages of exploding pink engorgement. i'm so proud of her. i moved ruth over close because sometimes clarice's wantoness encourages her. bob, the chia christmas tree, is new here, and he has no idea what he is in for even though he has been putting on quite the big bushy fertility show himself. complications ensue

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religion-is-a-mental-illness · 6 months

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"There are so many reasons to doubt the Biblical creation story. For example... if God wants to punish us for Adam's fall, why can't he leave his other creatures out of it? The suffering endured by animals can often defy words... What did they do wrong?"

#bible #christianity #bible study #god is a dick #the fall of man #adam and eve #adam & eve #the fall #religion #extinction level event #religion is a mental illness

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pine-arten · 7 months

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drops three more iterators. doesn't elaborate why

ANT - Analog nodes tuned Group senior, an extremely old iterator. Made when ancients were still figuring iterators' mechanical - biological balance. They use a complicated method of hive insects to compute and process. However this is horribly slow compared to a regular iterator. Time sensitive senior duties were passed on to TART.

NH - Natural harmonics Iterator who was created to study "lesser" organisms and how they interact with the cycle. She's particularly fond of carnivorous plants

CUE - Chemically unyielding extinction An iterator that was made for cataloguing and preserving every accessible lifeform, as well as studying effects of near-death and cryogenics. He's the creator of BUB (Bodies upon bodies)

#pinemartart #rain world #rain world downpour #rw oc #rain world oc #iterator oc #oc: analog nodes tuned #oc: natural harmoics #oc: chemically unyielding extinction #euueehhaghgggaa ueueyyeeggg #my first two iterators who directly study stuff related to the cycle. omg #NH and CUE directly study how stuff is w the cycle ..... every1 else does other shit #and if they're related to the cycle (looks at orb) they don't study it. well acually i guess spirals did study it at some point #but technically wasn't the reason she was made .....#smiles. teehee

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featheredcritter · 1 year

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I love when insect haters come up with weird "scientific" reasons to justify their hate. "We are the most vulnerable animal to wasp venom and we have a natural aversion to wasps" no the fuck we don't

#thoughts #i'm aware there's studies that specifically talk about how humans could have an evolutionary fear of spiers #but they literally bring up weird 'Natural fears' over just random bugs lol #that's not even an exageration a person literally said that about wasps lol #it's ok if you have a phobia it's ok if you dislike insects but like..you don't like them because you don't like them don't make shit up #and please stop portraying hatred of insects as good and shit we're on an extinction event

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is-the-owl-video-cute · 1 year

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is it possible to create an appropriate dodo enclosure or is there not enough info on their behavior/nutrition needs to make an educated guess?

Extinct birds are well out of my scope of knowledge I’m afraid.

#Ask a paleontologist or whoever studies extinct animals not in paleo period #I don’t even know what that’s called #I know archosaurs and parasites and some bacteria and protists that’s it #and I cannot stress enough even that is only the ones that are extant #extinct animals I just look at pictures of longingly kicking my feet #I have no knowledge on them #They’re just neat to look at

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alexanderpearce · 6 months

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_(snail)

#oh #DEATH CABINET.....#thinking about that trailer and the people caring for that snail... he lived for so long #shut up ulrike #achatinella apexfulva #snails #george (snail)#extinction studies

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kattling · 1 year

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Misgendered icon, “Benjamin”. They did you dirty, my pal. Rest in peace.

#thylacine #tazmanian tiger #tazmanian wolf #extinct #australia #marsupial #study #study??? maybe????#skull #doodles #warmup #ref #animal #doodle #art #digital

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gazelessmenagerie · 8 months

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What type of villain are you?

Then Let Me Be Evil

You never wanted to hurt anyone, but the world never gave you a choice. You did the best you could with what you had, but every innocent mistake you made was held against you when it counted, every crossroads led you down the wrong path no matter which way you went. No matter what you did, the odds were stacked against you. It wasn't fair, and you are sick and tired of being told what a monster you are for things out of your control. Well, fine. They want a monster? YOU'LL GIVE THEM A MONSTER!

Tagged by: @beforecreation / Dash

Tagging: You if you got your favorite blanket on your bed

#|| Character Study: {Broly}#( MMMM this is good. Absolutely does align to how I portray him in my head alsfdjg )#( so many things were just out of his control and being a Saiyan at the cusp of extinction in a large and apathetic universe )#( there's quite a bit that lurks beneath his thorny exterior he never lets anyone see and that pains me knowing it alfjdg )#( he'll be the monster everyone fears and embrace it. )#( in short: he's a goddamn mess. )#( totaly did act closer to S as a boy but yknow. being forced to hide with his dad from space lizard empire and fighting with )#( the natives of any planet they had to hide out on. being found out as a saiyan meant there had to be no witnesses. )#( or else they'd be in heaps of trouble. broly having to grapple with the false hopes )#( of meeting other saiyans/rebuilding an empire and the isolation of only having his father to rely on )#( until he began to grow far too powerful and questioned why did he need to obey his father's every word. )#( paragus trying to help his boy control his power outbursts but shit happens and an eye was lost. you know how it goes. )#( someone get his fucking huge bastard some therapy or at least several pounds of fruit/sweets)#( he's still very much evil and hes not remorseful about it but gdi I want him to have some nice things every once in a while.)

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orbiting-star · 2 months

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god can people please stop taking pictures with wildlife please for the love of god just fucking stop taking pictures with wild animals i am going to scream

all those people (with maybe 1 or 2 exceptions) with "rescues" in the US on tiktok are fucking awful people and they're directly contributing to the exotic pet trade

#i have had MULTIPLE ARGUMENTS #with people on tiktok #about how these people should NOT own those animals #girly with a squirrel monkey doing makeup for views has not looked into proper animal welfare i promise you #all those monkeys you see as pets on tiktok? probably taken right out of the wild #AND PEOPLE HAVE THE FUCKING NERVE TO SAY 'leaving them in the wild is what made them extinct'#MY BROTHER IN CHRIST WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT #god i could talk about this for hours #monkeys taken out of the wild for the pet trade are taken as babies #how do they get taken as babies? most of the time the mothers are shot #and then the babies grow up surrounded by humans and not other monkeys and they have no idea how to communicate with their own kind #someone on tiktok said they couldn't give up their monkey to a zoo or sanctuary coz it wouldn't be happy there and it's fine with her #meanwhile it's wearing a nappy #LIKE OF COURSE IT WOULD STRUGGLE AROUND ITS PEERS. IT CANT COMMUNICATE. THAT'S YOUR FAULT.#i'm a zookeeper and i had to 'argue' with a teen about how she could not own capuchins as pets and my god it was frustrating #'but i see them all the time on the internet'#yes i kNOW AND I HATE THAT #but this applies to a LOT of animals #otters. tigers. red pandas. parrots. owls. reptiles. so fucking MANY #i have many many opinions that a lot of people i think would disagree with (people who have not studied/worked with animals)#don't even get me started on those fucking animal cafes in japan and korea

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actual-haise · 2 months

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The early sauropodomorph Camelotia traveling on a quest

This was a study on a shot from The Green Knight, saw that movie last week finally and absolutely loved it So what do I do? Slap a dinosaur in there, as one does

#my art #paleoart #camelotia #sauropodomorph #saurischia #dinosaur #extinct #animal #nature #sciart #triassic #jurassic #britain #mesozoic #prehistoric #the green knight #study #digital art

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simpsforscience · 2 months

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Farewell Trilobites! 😢 The Ordovician wasn't chill at all. Massive extinction for the loss! 🪦🌊 Read through to know the full story.

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