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[13 Jun 2008|01:31am] |
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Sad Fate Sealed for Caribbean Monk Seal
Last Friday the U.S. government declared that the Caribbean monk seal is endangered no more -- it's extinct. It was last sighted in 1952 and was put on the endangered species list in 1967 in the vain hope it would be rediscovered. Its extinction was driven by hunters of food, blubber, and skins as far back as 1494, when Columbus noted it was easy prey.
The Caribbean monk seal takes the title as the first seal species to go extinct solely due to human causes. Unfortunately, the endangered Hawaiian and Mediterranean monk seals could be the next to go. Both species are dwindling fast due to global warming, sea-level rise, and other factors. The monk seal's 4-percent annual decline has put it on a fast extinction trajectory unless something is done soon.
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[13 Jun 2008|05:57am] |
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Here is your horoscope
for Friday, June 13:
Your life needs a bit of an adjustment -- though not so much that you don't recognize it any more! Things are going to have to balance out by the end of the day, so play around with your activities and schedule.
I have to be balanced by the end of the day? No pressure there. :o
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