Yangtzse River dolphin 'now extinct'

Telegraph ^ | 08 Aug 2007 | Roger Highfield

[chessplayer]

“This species is was not exactly an evolutionary powerhouse.”

“And yet they’ve been around for 20 million years.”

Yup. Only 20 million years. That proves how unsuccessful a species they were. If it were`nt for humans driving them to extinction, they would still be thriving and proving how unsuccessful a species they were.

[longtermmemmory]

not to be confused with Republicanuswithoutspinus which is a spineless mammal...

[SunkenCiv]

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[Sawdring]

Yup. Only 20 million years. That proves how unsuccessful a species they were. If it were`nt for humans driving them to extinction, they would still be thriving and proving how unsuccessful a species they were.

Meet the Ichthyosaur

Nature has been playing around with this form for over a hundred million years. A newer, more successful animal form has developed and it is going to replace many species on this planet that cannot compete in the new order of things. Don't be sad, its just the nature at work.

[dfwgator]

George Carlin put it best:

Let me tell you about endangered species, all right? Saving endangered species is just one more arrogant attempt by humans to control Nature! It’s arrogant meddling! It’s what got us into trouble in the first place! Doesn’t anybody understand that? Interfering with Nature! Over 90 percent.. over… way over 90 percent of all the species that have ever lived — EVER LIVED — on this planet are gone. Whissshht! They are extinct!

We didn’t kill them all.

They just… disappeared! That’s what Nature does! They disappear these days at the rate of 25 a day, and I mean regardless of our behavior. Irrespective of how we act on this planet, 25 species that were here today, will be gone tomorrow! Let them go… gracefully! Leave Nature alone! Haven’t we done enough?