Today's extremely spicy take is that endangered species protection is a very expensive national vanity project
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If there've been very few of you around for a very long time and the environment isn't collapsing around you, if anything you've provided a lotta evidence that you ain't no keystone species
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I'm not suggesting that we pull all resources and regulations intended to slow the inevitable decline of reject species I'm not insane I'm suggesting that we pool our resources globally and go all-in on the Okapi, which is objectively the best onepic.twitter.com/dooKhPz7V3
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I know, I know: the elephants! We don't have 'em. They're not a part of our national vanity project. This is the longhorn fairy shrimp, which lives in seasonal pools of water in rock indentations. It is endangered because "live in tiny seasonal pools" is a shitty life strategy.pic.twitter.com/CfPUbILJic
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Nothing much eats the vernal pool fairy shrimp & it doesn't eat much of anything, either. It just sorta hangs out in the deceptively deep gross puddles that you accidentally ruin your shoes in. We've set aside 13,000 acres specifically for this shrimp. https://www.fws.gov/cno/es/images/Graphics/VPFS_5-yr%20review%20CNO%20FINAL%2027Sept07.pdf …
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These are the recommendations from the 76-page conservation report on this shrimp linked above. I have no idea how much all of this would cost, but you'll hopefully forgive me for thinking that maybe we should just... notpic.twitter.com/Xy6D454Z68
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me: Humans are too interested in saving charismatic meg— hmm striped butt
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Wtf. Now I want a Planet Earth segmant with David Attenborough telling me of the majestic Forest Giraffe
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How about we add some more excitement to our lives and bring back the Giant Teratorn?pic.twitter.com/0xFgrwmyLG
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At minimum, get generic samples of 'em, so we can recreate them in a Jurassic Park style future.
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This is the type of high-value tweeting that I've come to expect of you and why I'm happy to follow your account. These majestic, stripey-butted creatures deserve all of the attention they can get.
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That is an ugly dog.
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