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considernature · 3 days

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Happy Earth Day!

We share this beautiful planet with over two million other species, from wasps the size of a grain of dust to whales larger than an office building. Yet, many of these species now face extinction due to the ways in which we humans have modified the planet to suit our needs. According to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), 13% of birds, 21% of reptiles, 27% of mammals, 37% of sharks, and 41% of amphibians are currently endangered, and some estimates suggest that 28% of all species on Earth are at risk of extinction in the near future. Imagine you woke up tomorrow and more than a quarter of every plant, animal, and fungus, from the elephants at the zoo to the earthworms beneath the soil, simply vanished, never to be seen ever again. If we choose to continue treating our planet so poorly, this will become a reality.

Here at Consider Nature, we believe the best way to protect our planet is to arm ourselves with knowledge! Over the years, we have written many articles on some of Earth’s coolest, weirdest, and most-endangered species, in the hope of inspiring readers to step up to the plate and protect biodiversity. I hope you will spend a few minutes of your Earth Day today reading about some of the species we believe are worth saving.

Zacaton grasslands in central Mexico, home to the Zacatuche, or volcano rabbit. Image credit: Jurgen Hoth

The Succulent Karoo, one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth and home to the Karoo Padloper. Image credit: Tjeerd Wiersma under CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Gulf of California, home of the critically endangered Vaquita. Image credit: Natural World Heritage Sites.

#animals #nature #science #biology #wildlife #conservation #environment #earth day #endangered species

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heartnosekid · 3 days

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the venus girdle (cestum veneris) | aquatilis_expedition on ig

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kii-tty · 2 days

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oldinterneticons · 17 hours

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#cats #animals

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kawipan99 · 1 day

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JOHNDAVE STIMBOARD!!

Here you go!! ^^ JohnDave Stimboard

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biologist4ever · 2 days

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mic-check-stims · 2 days

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Puppy stimboard for anon

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#stimboard #request #puppies #dogs #animals #pawprint #paws #stuffies #plushies #brown #rainbow #white #tan #stim

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hermitkin · 19 hours

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ETHOSLAB — stimboard with paws, snow and winter themes. requested by 🪱 anon

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#mod niki #stimboard #stim #stim gifs #visual stim #ethoslab #hermitcraft #hermitcraft etho #blue #orange #gray #grey #white #winter #snow #ice #nature #paws #fursuit paws #animals #hands

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without-ado · 3 months

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#fox #animals #foxes #animal #wildlife #wild animals #cute animals #nature #windy

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nyancrimew · 7 months

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reblog this rat until staff gets involved

#rat #rats #animals

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aplpaca · 6 months

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I got a fish book from the library and I just think everyone should know that archerfish aka the guys that spit jets of water at bugs to knock them off plants and eat them aka these guys-

-are a social species (like a lot of fish), and that the jet spitting is actually a learned behavior rather than one they just do instinctually. They have to watch older members of their social groups do it a bunch of times (like up to thousands) before they're able to successfully do it themselves. If you take a young one and isolate it from its species, they just never get good at it (they also catch prey like "normal" fish tho, so an archerfish that can't archer won't starve just bc of that)

When they do learn to do it tho, they can compensate for light refraction, vary how much water they spit based on the size of the insect they're aiming for, and will learn to shoot insects that are midflight by spitting in the bug's flight path rather than where the bug actually is

#i support them #fish #ecology #animals

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considernature · 21 hours

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Oh boy I'm getting within shooting range of 1000 followers! That makes me happier than a shoebill in a swamp!