Hooooolllyyyy .........moley!

[TheAlphaWolf]

every single atom of my body is shocked. I cannot comprehend this... WOW
first of all,

Quote[/b] ]Scientists have identified about 1.4 million species of organisms. Estimates of the numbers still to be found range from 10 m to more than 100 m.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/411757.stm
can you even imagine how many species that is?
you can? eeehhh... sure you can...
now... read this
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/411757.stm

Quote[/b] ]The earth contains an incredible diversity of life. Literally millions of species are known to man, with more discovered every day. And yet scientists estimate that the species alive today make up less than 0.1% of those that have ever lived

I cannot post enough  

 

 

's to even begin to describe my shock.
HOLY MACKEREL!!!!
my tiny little brain cannot comprehend those numbers...
can any math freak here (lol) tell us how many species there have been in this world? I'm too shocked to even try
I think I'm gonna cry
note that does NOT include subspecies, varieties, etc...

 

[Amateur_Expert]

well move the decimal over to the right 4 times... in other words multiply the number of species you got now (.1%) by 1000 (will make it 100%) so if there are 50 million species alive now (.1%) there were once 50,000 million species (100%)

 

[Finch]

you just found that out? the # species today are a very small fraction of ones there once were.

 

[Amateur_Expert]

kind of disappointing. Sucks that we'll never get to see them

 

[Finch]

When i go to college........ my goal in life is to help save a endangerd species

For future generations.

That is my goal

 

[Amateur_Expert]

If i were you i'd go something more general, maybe something to help a whole community like a rainforest or a region. It would be more significant in the end, and will gain interest in future generations.

 

[Finch]

Quote[/b] ]To many people bacteria are synonomous with disease, although most of the naturally-occurring bacteria in our soils and waters and on our bodies are harmless or beneficial. Globally, less than 5,000 species have been described, but scientists now think many more may exist, perhaps numbering millions, and perhaps even outnumbering all other species. Bacteria have been around for so long that most known species are almost global in their distribution.

Its from a New Zeland national article called 'The state of New Zealand's biodiversity'

You know these people are nuts about conservation when the subtitles 'The State of Our Bacteria', 'The State of Our Protozoans' and 'The State of Our Algae' are the very first subtitles after the main heading

 

[Finch]

Endangerd species recovery plans need several dozens of workers atleast to caarry them out, pluuat captive breeding and habitat modifications. And its not exactly like i have a narrow range of possible species that would need help, because theres alot.

 

[pond boy]

So that would be 1,400,000,000 I think

 

[Amateur_Expert]

no, just add 3 zeros to the number of species we have now. Like if we have 100,000,000 max now, we used to have 100,000,000,000 different species before.

 

[pond boy]

Ok we know of ~1,400,000 so there used to be about 1,400,000,000. Thats what I just said

 

[ALLOSAURZ]

Yeah those are some crazy numbers. It's also hard to believe there were extinction events that killed up to 90% of all life on Earth. It's crazyness. That's partially the reason why I'm not concerned about species extinction. No species can last forever. SO what if humans destroy all mammalian life on earth who knows how adaptive mother nature is. 10million years from now we could have giant cockroaches with human level intelligence. Evolution is a crazy fascinating subject. That's why evolution is so beautiful. Nature is constantly refining and improving itself so that any animal has the potential to arrise to an human intelligent like being.

 

[Finch]

But those species would still be here if it wasnt for us, and could have been the base for future creatures unknoen

Its sort of a selfish attitude because those species have as much of a right to be here as you do

 

[Finch]

thats right who wants mammals around anyway

stupid dogs, deer, and koalas. no one will miss them

 

[Copper]

People, you must remember that most are gone due to natural selection and that process we must not mess with. Man has made some species extinct, and that is wrong, but actually it is a small number ( and must not happen again)

 

[altrade212]

hey why not save colombia, 75% of its jungles havent even been tuched by man yet, now there should be many new species of animal life, insects and best of all..CP's!

 

[Finch]

Quote[/b] ]People, you must remember that most are gone due to natural selection and that process we must not mess with.  Man has made some species extinct, and that is wrong, but actually it is a small number ( and must not happen again)

Thats right evolution isnt a exuse to continue our wastefull habits

 

[Finch]

Amoung the birds extinct... In the americas

Species Category
Jamaican Red Macaw, Ara gossei EX
Dominican Green-and-yellow, Macaw Ara atwoodi EX
Jamaican Green-and-yellow Macaw, Ara erythrocephala EX
Lesser Antillean Macaw, Ara guadeloupensis EX
Cuban Macaw, Ara tricolor EX
Guadeloupe Parakeet, Aratinga labati EX
Guadeloupe Parrot, Amazona violacea EX
Martinique Parrot, Amazona martinicana EX
Gould's Emerald, Chlorostilbon elegans EX
Brace's Emerald, Chlorostilbon bracei EX
Grand Cayman, Thrush Turdus ravidus
Atitlán Grebe, Podilymbus gigas EX
Guadalupe Caracara,Caracara lutosa EX
Slender-billed Grackle, Quiscalus palustris EX
Labrador Duck, Camptorhynchus labradorius EX
Wake Island Rail, Gallirallus wakensis EX
Laysan Crake, Porzana palmeri EX
Hawaiian Crake, Porzana sandwichensis EX
Great Auk, Pinguinus impennis EX
Passenger Pigeon, Ectopistes migratorius EX
Carolina Parakeet, Conuropsis carolinensis EX
Kama'o, Myadestes myadestinus EX
'Amaui ,Myadestes oahensis EX
Kaua'i 'O'o ,Moho braccatus EX
O'ahu 'O'o ,Moho apicalis EX
Bishop's 'O'o, Moho bishopi EX
Hawai'i 'O'o ,Moho nobilis EX
Kioea, Chaetoptila angustipluma EX
Lana'i Hookbill, Dysmorodrepanis munroi EX
Lesser Koa-finch, Rhodacanthis flaviceps EX
Greater Koa-finch, Rhodacanthis palmeri EX
Kona Grosbeak ,Chloridops kona EX
Oahu 'Akialoa, Akialoa ellisiana EX
Maui Nui 'Akialoa ,Akialoa lanaiensis EX
Kauai 'Akialoa, Akialoa stejnegeri EX
Greater 'Amakihi ,Hemignathus sagittirostris EX
'Akialoa ,Hemignathus obscurus EX
Kakawahie, Paroreomyza flammea EX
Ula-'ai-hawane, Ciridops anna EX
Hawai'i Mamo, Drepanis pacifica EX
Black Mamo, Drepanis funerea EX
Colombian Grebe, Podiceps andinus EX
Red-throated Wood-rail, Aramides gutturalis EX

 

[Finch]

Bird species from oceana


Species Category
Bar-winged Rail, Nesoclopeus poecilopterus EX
Wake Island Rai,l Gallirallus wakensis EX
Tahiti Rail, Gallirallus pacificus EX
Miller's Rail, Porzana nigra EX
Kosrae Crake, Porzana monasa EX
White-winged Sandpiper, Prosobonia ellisi EX
Tahitian Sandpiper, Prosobonia leucoptera EX
Red-moustached Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus mercierii EX
Raiatea Parakeet, Cyanoramphus ulietanus EX
Black-fronted Parakeet, Cyanoramphus zealandicus EX
Maupiti Monarch, Pomarea pomarea EX
Guam Flycatcher, Myiagra freycineti EX
Kosrae Starling, Aplonis corvina EX
Mysterious Starling, Aplonis mavornata EX

Australiasian birds

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This is the list of all species that matched the search criteria. To see the account for a particular species, click on the name of the species in the table. You can then also choose to view an extended report providing additional tabular data.


Species Category
King Island Emu ,Dromaius ater EX
Kangaroo Island Emu, Dromaius baudinianus EX
New Zealand Little Bittern, Ixobrychus novaezelandiae EX
Auckland Island Merganser, Mergus australis EX
New Zealand Quail, Coturnix novaezelandiae EX
Dieffenbach's Rail, Gallirallus dieffenbachii EX
Chatham Rail Cabalus modestus EX
New Caledonia Gallinule, Porphyrio kukwiedei EX
Lord Howe Island Swamphen ,Porphyrio albus EX
North Island Takahe, Porphyrio mantelli EX
Norfolk Island Ground-dove, Gallicolumba norfolciensis EX
Tanna Ground-dove, Gallicolumba ferruginea EX
Choiseul Pigeon, Microgoura meeki EX
Norfolk Island Kaka, Nestor productus EX
Paradise Parrot, Psephotus pulcherrimus EX
Laughing Owl, Sceloglaux albifacies EX
Bush Wren, Xenicus longipes EX
Stephens Island Wren, Traversia lyalli EX
Chatham Island Fernbird, Bowdleria rufescens EX
Lord Howe Gerygone, Gerygone insularis EX
North Island Piopio, Turnagra tanagra EX
South Island Piopio, Turnagra capensis EX
Robust White-eye, Zosterops strenuus EX
Chatham Island Bellbird, Anthornis melanocephala EX
Norfolk Starling, Aplonis fusca EX
Huia, Heteralocha acutirostris EX


Not listed are the species listed as 'probabbly extinct'
you get the idea

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[TheAlphaWolf]

Quote[/b] ]you just found that out?

well, I knew it was a small fraction but .1%

!

Quote[/b] ]my goal in life is to help save a endangerd species

my goal in life is to save MANY endangered species in their own habitat (not in zoos etc)
finch... I completely agree with you. evolution isn't an excuse, etc.
and HOLY COW! you obviously mean by humans right? (I know... stupid question)
I didn't see the ivory billed woodpecker there... I only knew that one and the carolina parakeet (and they were so cute

)
if it wasn't for stupid people killing them all, maybe I would have a beautiful bird eating out of my birdfeeder right now

(well... THAT beautiful bird I have plenty right now)