A fox sleeps on a headstone in Cimetière Mont-Royal, Montreal, Quebec
La sieste du renard. Photo by Sam Mont Royal.
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The World’s Most Venomous Snake
It is currently believed that the snake witht the most potent venom in the world is the Belcher’s Sea...
Various lifestages of the butterfly Melanitis phedima polishana
- family Nymphalidae, wingspan of up to 7.5 cm, found throughout East and SE...
Nineteen percent of the world’s reptiles are estimated to be threatened with extinction, states a paper published today by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) in conjunction with experts from the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC).
The study, printed in the journal of Biological Conservation, is the first of its kind summarising the global conservation status of reptiles. More than 200 world renowned experts assessed the extinction risk of 1,500 randomly selected reptiles from across the globe.
Out of the 19% of reptiles threatened with extinction, 12% classified as Critically Endangered, 41% Endangered and 47% Vulnerable
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This makes me really sad T_T
Nooooo