26 October 2007

Soon long gone

(Note to Young Earth Christians - you can skip this post - it's of no interest - you think the planet is only 6,000 years old, you don't believe in evolution and then there's that dominion thing.)

Scientists have listed twenty five species of primates, man's closest cousins, that are on the brink of extinction thanks to man's generous exploitation of the planet to sate his basest, consumerist urges.

The first on the list, from Madagascar, is Prolemur simus or the greater bamboo lemur, pictured below. More on the other twenty four later.

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