Posted on 03 February 2010. Tags: 1703, 1870, 1883, 1888, 1896, 1909, 1914, 1930, 1936, Amsterdam, australia, Bryan Nelson, carnivorous marsupial, Catholic bishop of Quebec, Cincinnati, fossil reconstructions, Hobart Zoo, London Zoo, Martha, Netherlands, ohio, Passenger Pigeon, Plains Zebra, Quagga, Tasmania, Tasmanian Devil, Tasmanian Tiger, Thylacine, Wilf Batty
Written by Bryan Nelson
The current rate of extinction is 100 to 1000 times higher than the average, or background rate, making our current period the 6th major mass extinction in the planet’s history.
Although fossil reconstructions or pictorial representations can sometimes be difficult to connect with, it’s impossible to ignore the experience of seeing a photograph of an animal on the brink of extinction.
Thus, what follows is a list of 11 extinct animals that were photographed while still alive.
Tasmanian Tiger
The last Tasmanian Tiger, or Thylacine, known to have existed died in the Hobart Zoo, in Tasmania, Australia, on September 7th, 1936. Read the full story
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Posted on 02 October 2009. Tags: 1851, 1877, 1896, 1905, 1933, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1994, 1995, 20th Century Fox, Alan Levine, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr, Buena Vista Television, Caravan Pictures, CBS, CEO, CNN, Crown Publishing Group, Danny Goldberg, Dow Jones, Dreamworks, Edward McLean, espn, Eugene Meyer, Fox Television, George Jones, Gerald Levin, Hollywood Pictures, Interscope Records, Joe Roth, John McLean, Lifetime Television, Max Frankel, Michael Eisner, Michael Schulhof, Miramax Films, Mortimer B. Zuckerman, MTV, New York Times, News Corporation, Newsweek, Nickelodeon, Peter Kann, Pocket Books, Prentice Hall, Radio Network, Richard Bernstein, Richard Snyder, Rupert Murdoch, Showtime, Simon & Schuster, Sony Pictures, Steven Bornstein, Stilson Hutchins, Stuart Hersch, Ted Turner, Touchstone Pictures, Walt Disney Company, Weinstein brothers, William Paley
The power of lies, deceptions and disinformation as Americans pay the price of collective stupidity.
“You know very well, and the stupid Americans know equally well, that we control their government, irrespective of who sits in the White House. You see, I know it and you know it that no American president can be in a position to challenge us even if we do the unthinkable. What can they (Americans) do to us? We control congress, we control the media, we control show biz, and we control everything in America. In America you can criticize God, but you can’t criticize Israel…” Israeli spokeswoman, Tzipora Menache Read the full story
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