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Pictures: "Rarest of the Rare" Species Named
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Posted on 04/27/2010 12:02:19 PM PDT by JoeProBono
Island Gray Fox Photograph by George H.H. Huey, Corbis
With fewer than a thousand individuals left, the island gray fox (pictured) may not be able to outfox extinction, according to the new Wildlife Conservation Society report "Rarest of the Rare."
The island gray—the smallest fox in the United States—is found only on California's Channel Islands (see map). The tiny mammal has succumbed to predation from golden eagles as well as diseases from domestic dogs introduced to the islands, experts say.
TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Science
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Sumatran Orangutan
Vaquita
Cuban Crocodile
To: JoeProBono
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04/27/2010 12:03:57 PM PDT
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Lurker
(The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
To: JoeProBono
Survived because the little guy is smart as a Fox !!
To: JoeProBono
Also becoming extinct.
To: JoeProBono
Some of these need to become mascots.
The Island Gray Fox would make a good one, especially in Southern California.
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04/27/2010 12:06:44 PM PDT
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Plutarch
To: JoeProBono
Florida Bonneted Bat - "The species has declined to just about a hundred animals due to widespread loss of its preferred roosting sites in cliff crevices and tree cavities."
Cliffs? In Florida?
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04/27/2010 12:08:50 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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04/27/2010 12:17:01 PM PDT
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CodeToad
To: JoeProBono
If they Domesticated those foxes they wouldn’t go extinct.
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04/27/2010 12:17:54 PM PDT
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GraceG
To: JoeProBono
And if this fox becomes extinct the California economy may collapse. Or maybe the fox has nothing to do with it.
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04/27/2010 12:17:55 PM PDT
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FreePaul
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posted on
04/27/2010 12:19:24 PM PDT
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Talisker
(When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on it's own.)
To: Lurker
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04/27/2010 12:19:26 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
The fox is cute. Better kill the rest of them before the watermelons steal that land as a “fox refuge”
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04/27/2010 12:20:12 PM PDT
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John O
(God Save America (Please))
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04/27/2010 12:20:49 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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04/27/2010 12:21:59 PM PDT
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Scythian
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posted on
04/27/2010 12:22:24 PM PDT
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SW6906
(6 things you can't have too much of: sex, money, firewood, horsepower, guns and ammunition.)
To: Chet 99; shibumi; Salamander
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04/27/2010 12:23:39 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Talisker
beat me by 3 minutes! Like minds and all that.....Except mine is the long version ;o)
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04/27/2010 12:24:00 PM PDT
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SW6906
(6 things you can't have too much of: sex, money, firewood, horsepower, guns and ammunition.)
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04/27/2010 12:25:45 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
This Russian Spider Bear, rarely photographed, has killed 8 people in the last 36 hours in a small Russian village
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04/27/2010 12:28:16 PM PDT
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Scythian
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