View the new: [link]
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Time slips by. Every grain of sand that falls away becomes more precious than the one before. We humans have the power to stop the eb and flow of the loss of the natural world, yet we chose to sit and watch it disappear before our very eyes. How long will we stand by until we're left with bones and ashes?

WHOPPING CRANES: about four hundred wild
KILLER WHALES: one hundred and eighty thousand. not endangered, however, there are known at risk populations.
SIBERIAN TIGERS: four to five hundred wild
AFRICAN ELEPHANTS: four hundred thousand
LEATHERBACK TURTLES: estimated less than fourteen hundred
SALMON (world wide species):less than three percent of origional population
WAGLER'S PIT VIPER: (the one animal i could not find population stats on)
AMERICAN BUFFALO: an amazing success story. back from the brink of extinction, once thought to be only one to two thousand, their numbers now exceed over three hundred fifty thousand
BLUE SPOTTED STING RAY: These stingrays are hunted throughout their range by near shore fishers. These near shore habitats like coral reefs are also being destroyed by people due to poisoning by farming aids like pesticides and fertilizers and by cyanide, used to capture reef animals for the pet trade.

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GOLDEN DART FROG: thought to be extinct
DODO: extinct
IVORY BILLED WOODPECKER: extinct? (to be determined)
DEVILS HOLE PUPFISH: thought to be extinct

We have the power, it's up to us to use it correctly.
god help us


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i was asked by
to really remake this one [link]
i don't think she's seen it yet, but in a few days, it will be on it's way in the mail.

There is a list of sorts of the stock i used, most of it from this lovely site which i've come to love, oh so much.

the buffalo: [link]
the sting ray: [link]
the whopping crane:[link]
the tokay gecko: [link]
the golden dart frog: [link]
the tiger: [link]
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