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PoindexterOglethorpe

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5. What's going on now is not a mass extinction.

Reply to Nigrum Cattus (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 7, 2025, 03:33 PM

Aug 7

We're not losing species and families and genera by the dozens or hundreds. Sadly, we humans are responsible for many animals going extinct, but we're really not yet at mass extinction rates. This may be helpful:
https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/f7f035a8-0f89-4e8d-a64e-417ff602cd00/w=2690

Actually look at the link , and note that previous mass extinctions ranged from 75 to 96 percent of all species. We are laughably below that number.

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Blue whales have gone silent. Why that has scientists worried about Earth's biggest animals ... and the ocean [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 7 OP

We are in the 6tth mass extinction Nigrum Cattus Aug 7 #1

😮‍💨 CentralMass Aug 7 #2

What's going on now is not a mass extinction. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 7 #5

;-{) Goonch Aug 7 #3

And krill has become the new source of choice for "fish oil" and even Costco who has a USELESS and UNREACHABLE LT Barclay Aug 7 #4

This deserves its own post flamingdem Aug 7 #6

Created and done LT Barclay Aug 8 #12

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😔 Buddyzbuddy Aug 7 #7

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Ice making submarines? Found this while searching with AI. No more info past 2019 article blue_jay Aug 7 #10