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feeling sad about extinction again so here's a piece from I made ages ago based on the Mountain Goats song Deuteronomy 2:10

#to the surprise of no one #i am sad about all the animals that would still be around if it werent for humans again #and about all the ones we're going to lose #and the fact that we might lose so many species before we even know they exist and therefore never will know that they were here despite #sharing the same planet at the same time #it makes me so sad i cant even describe it #tasmanian tiger #thylacine #dodo #dodo bird #golden toad #alajuela toad #idk which one makes me the most sad #died in captivity from neglect / exposure despite being the last of her kind #couldnt defend themselves because they'd never encountered predators before #or only seen for 23 years before being declared extinct only 39 years after we discovered them #likely from a fungal infection the researchers tying to help them could have unknowingly spread to them #ugh #i am in my feelings #the mountain goats #deuteronomy 2:10 #extinction #extinct animals #extinct species #my art <3 #cal draws #paleoart

HANDMADE Polymer clay Dodo Bird Sculpture

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I have aged 30 years since starting this class,, here’s my 2nd to last project of the semester They Weren’t the Stupid Ones

prompt was history & we were allowed to use 1 tone of color

ink on bristol board, scanned, & edited in Photoshop

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Gone, but not forgotten. 🦤 Today’s Exhibit of the Day is one of the most famous birds in history: the Dodo (Raphus cucullatus). This iconic species is a lesson in extinction. Around the year 1600, Dutch soldiers found the Dodo on Mauritius Island, east of Madagascar. Less than 80 years later, it was gone. Deforestation, hunting, and the introduction of invasive species contributed to the downfall of this flightless bird.

Though it died out before photography, the Dodo’s skeleton offers clues about what this species was like. For example, this bird couldn’t fly—its wings were small for its size, its sternum had no keel (the support birds need for flight muscles), and it had thick leg bones made for walking. You can see a Dodo skeleton in the Museum’s Hall of Biodiversity.

Photo: D. Finnin/ © AMNH

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A song sung by three creatures who aren't with us anymore.

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Be it by accident, carelessness, or intention, humans have driven an uncountable number of species to extinction.

There was a time when Reunion giant tortoise (Cylindraspis indica) herds dominated an island in the Indian ocean. The curious and friendly behavior of these gentle giants made them easily hunted, introduced invasive species decimated any future generation, and they were met with extinction in the 1800s.

A large relative to the pigeon, the Dodo (Raphus cucullatus) was a turkey-sized flightless bird endemic to a small island east of Madagascar. The Dodo’s fearlessness towards humans allowed for easy and heavy hunting. The first record of the Dodo was penned in 1598 and not even 65 years later - by 1662 - the species was believed to be lost.

Curious, gentle, and nearly 3x the size of a manatee, Steller’s sea cows (Hydrodamalis gigas) were never recorded to have caused damage to the ships ruthlessly hunting them. Though populations were already in decline, the Steller’s sea cow went extinct within 27 years of European discovery.

The Falkland Islands wolf (Dusicyon australis), like the others, was similarly curious and fearless of humans. This trusting behavior was easily exploited and used to lure the small canids to an accelerated extinction.

It is a shame how the most gentle are often the most easily exploited. The loss is unquantifiable.

I saw something I’ve been wanting to see my whole life. This dodo. Ever since I saw the Wild Kratts there, I’ve needed to go. And today, I finally went. As soon as I entered the museum, I dragged my dad straight there. I tried to hold back my tears, but I failed. I will never forget this