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Some good news to cleanse your feed. The Blue Macaw (made famous by the movie Rio) has recentered the wild “defeating” extinction.
206 upvotes, 11 comments. Sidechat image post by Anonymous in US Politics. "Some good news to cleanse your feed. The Blue Macaw (made famous by the movie Rio) has recentered the wild “defeating” extinction."
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Anonymous 9w

From what I’ve learned ab manatees, stuff like this isn’t always good :( it makes people think great! they’re saved now our efforts can stop! …no 😐

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Anonymous 9w

Maybe I’m dumb but I thought extinct meant there were no more left. Not a single one. Totally gone. And endangered was the word for if their number were dangerously low but not zero. So how can something come back after 2 decades of extinction? Genuinely asking, someone educate me lol

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 9w

They also don’t get the same protections anymore now that they’ve lost their endangered classification

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 9w

Idk ab these guys specifically but ik in a lot of cases like black footed ferrets we thought they were extinct but we discovered some populations still existing and we able to start a breeding program and now they’re back from “extinction”

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 9w

Not dumb!! There’s fully extinct and then there’s extinct in the wild. For a while, these guys only existed in captivity. Now there’s some out and about in the world :) here’s the full breakdown

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 9w

They’re currently classified as vulnerable and decreasing, so they’ll probably get their endangered classification back soon. But yeah, conservation efforts tend to go to the most critical needs. So if one species is no longer endangered, we shift gears to helping a species that is still critically endangered. We don’t have unlimited funds so we have to triage. It’s unfortunate, but it’s also the most effective way to slow/stop extinctions

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 9w

Ooooh ok! Thank you both #1 and #4!!

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