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White Dolphin Functionally Extict
An anonymous reader writes "For the first time in nearly fifty years another mammal, specifically an aquatic mammal, has gone extinct. In this case, it was the white dolphin, also known as the Baiji, which used to live in the Yangtze River in China. The dolphin had been known to exist for the last 20 million years."
Lived for the last 20 million years. Sure, then in the next 5 years, that will change to the last 30 million years..then suddenly someone will spot another white dolphin. Millions will be invested into the study and cloning/repopulation of them and guess what...ITS A FREAKING FISH (I know its not a fish, its a mammal). The world's ecosystem will not be dramatically harmed if any. No one will care about it in a month. Its just a way for eco-freaks to start yelling that we are killing the earth as they drive off in their new Hummer as they go for a friendly Sunday drive to observe nature.
Click Click Bloody Click PANCAKES!
Take that, you blowholin' sons of bitches! Try playing ball with Shamu now!
Yeah we need to stop those yellow slanty eyes from selling us stuff and investing in our economy! Those bastards!
Ricardo is turning in his grave.
Dolphins and someone's mother are not equivalent.
Humans, being our own species, and being intelligent, deserve more respect than animals do.
Hey man, what does it smell like, with your head up your own ass like that?
I haven't heard a less well informed or more idiotic point of view in a very long time. Please excuse yourself from the gene pool, the rest of us don't want to breed in your pee.
I hate printers.
Alright, after reading this article and now the comments, I will have to change my preferences to send "Funny" to the bottom of the pile. I don't read Slashdot for half-assed recycled jokes like this or "you must be new here", I come for an intelligent discussion. If you want to karma whore, add something worthwhile to the conversation or shut the fuck up.
I can't believe you fucking assholes and your calleous remarks. There are 6 Billion humans on the planet and we're counting some species by the dozen these days. Do you really want to live on a planet where almost all wildlife has been made extinct? Probably yes, judging by your narrow-minded stupid remarks. The problem is that these animals can't keep up with the progression of humans and the dwindling amount of wildlife zones. When are we going to fucking stop? When the entire planet is 'conquered' and no tree is left standing, having been replaced by parking lot for your damn Hummer?
it's all very well for you to fucking sit there in your comfortable home, well fed and happy, stating other people should suffer so that you don't have to feel guilty about a white dolphin becoming extinct. because thats all this is about, you think your guilt alone is worth other people suffering over. your a fucking cockhead, and i hope you one day have to suffer and starve just to see how most people in china lived without this industrialisation.
If you mod me down, I will become more powerful than you can imagine....
I'm crying just a little bit for your fair use doctrine. Seriously, I'm going to open a meat rendering plant next door to your split-level ranch....how does fair use feel now?