2012 06 13
"It is the conservationist's
catch-22: what to do when one endangered species
starts eating another. That is the problem facing environmentalists
whose research shows that jaguars, themselves at risk of extinction,
are increasingly preying on endangered turtle species." — From
an article by Kevin Rawlinson in The Independent
(London), May 8, 2012
Contemplate for a moment on
the unimaginable mass of genetic information that has disappeared
permanently as a result of species extinction, including at least six
hominid cousins of our forebearers.