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mamagaea ([personal profile] mamagaea) wrote2006-05-02 01:44 pm
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Not the Polar Bear!

More Species Slide to Extinction

The polar bear and hippopotamus are for the first time listed as species threatened with extinction by the world's biodiversity agency.

NNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

BBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

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Climate chaos
The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is another new entrant onto the Red List.

The IUCN says the main threat is the reduction in Arctic sea ice, a consequence of climate change. This reduces the bear's ability to find food, and compromises the snow caves where they raise their young.

Image: Robert and Carolyn Buchanan

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