Maybe they are new
Filed Under (Culture War) by Don C on 26-10-2007
Instead of seeing a glass as half-full or half-empty, some people always see a broken glass that can cut your lip. In an AP story about how mankind is killing off 1/3 of all apes, monkeys and other primates:
Six species are in the report for the first time, including a recently discovered Indonesian tarsier that has yet to be formally named and the kipunji from Tanzania, which was discovered in 2003.
Some of the new species we discover are endangered from the get go,” Mittermeier said. “If you find a new species and it’s living in an area heavily impacted by habitat destruction and hunting, you recognize it’s in trouble.”
Wouldn’t this guy be fun a party?
I’m no biologist or conservation expert but common sense leads me to at least consider the possibility that the Indonesian tarsier is a new species. I’ve done a little research on this topic before and have been meaning to do a piece on it, maybe do some actual counting. There are I think more species being found than are going extinct. One could argue that all our efforts to protect and save a species from extinction could be preventing a even-more-wonderful new species from evolving.
Decide for yourself:
Google news ==> New Species found
Google news ==> Recent extinctions
Google news ==> Recently Extinct
