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🌍Soraya🌲Bodman🐙 @climate-realist.bsky.social · 10/09/2024

With a HUGE cycad against CO2 tunnel vision 🍃 [see the threats section ⬇ ] Biodiversity reminders, day #254 (-110)🌍🗓❗️ Muhure Status: critically endangered Geographic range: forests, savannas and rocky areas along the Mpanga river in Uganda

Muhures: 6 fern-like leaves of a plant visbile in the middle, 3 leaves and a cone of another one on the left; mixed forest background

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🌍Soraya🌲Bodman🐙 @climate-realist.bsky.social · 09/09/2024

End of holiday hiatus & +9 days to next year 😏 Now, a ray with a saw-beak that cuts fish in half!! 🦈 Biodiversity reminders, day #253 (-110)🌍🗓❗️ Green sawfish Status: critically endangered Geographic range: tropical and subtropical waters of the Indo-Pacific

Green sawfish on sandy sea bottom, looking to the right

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🌍Soraya🌲Bodman🐙 @climate-realist.bsky.social · 08/09/2024

The penguin of Africa calls us to "stop" climate change... 🐧 Biodiversity reminders, day #243 (-101)🌍🗓❗️ African penguin Status: endangered Geographic range: South Africa, Namibia, Angola, Mozambique; shore and islands

African penguin standing on a rock, looking to the right

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🌍Soraya🌲Bodman🐙 @climate-realist.bsky.social · 29/08/2024

Not a wasp, and not gaelic either - a volcano survivor! 🦎 Biodiversity reminders, day #242 (-101)🌍🗓❗️ Montserrat galliwasp Status: critically endangered Geographic range: Montserrat island (Carribean, part of the UK), one location: Woodland Spring

Montserrat galliwasp, on a carpet of fallen leaves; looking to the left (bird's eye view, good camouflage, the lizard is reddish-brown)

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🌍Soraya🌲Bodman🐙 @climate-realist.bsky.social · 29/08/2024

Scaly anteater vs. pseudoscience fans 😶 Biodiversity reminders, day #241 (-101)🌍🗓❗️ Sunda pangolin Status: critically endangered Geographic range: forests and tree plantations in most of Southeast-Asia

Sunda pangolin hugging a branch near a fork, looking to the left; black night sky in background

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🌍Soraya🌲Bodman🐙 @climate-realist.bsky.social · 28/08/2024

Large fruit bat foxin' around... 🦇🦊 Biodiversity reminders, day #240 (-101)🌍🗓❗️ Pemba flying fox Status: vulnerable Geographic range: Pemba island (part of Tanzania) Main threats: ⚠ forest loss and fragmentation ⚠ hunting for food ⚠ human disturbance at roost sites (mostly agriculture-related)

Pemba flying foxes, hanging off one bigger and many smaller (curled) branches of a tree (head down, like bats usually do)

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🌍Soraya🌲Bodman🐙 @climate-realist.bsky.social · 28/08/2024

Biodiversity reminders, day #239 (-101)🌍🗓❗️ Tequila splitfin Status: endangered Geographic range: Jalisco, Mexico (one freshwater location; ongoing reintroduction)

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🌍Soraya🌲Bodman🐙 @climate-realist.bsky.social · 25/08/2024

Karam and his family of 9 are trying to get to Egypt. If our governments support this insane massacre, we should at least try and be drops in the ocean... we in the happy-go-lucky 1st world, we who have never seen war should help - if we don't, who will? #FreePalestine #EndOccupation

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🌍Soraya🌲Bodman🐙 @climate-realist.bsky.social · 25/08/2024

Biodiversity reminders, day #238 (-101)🌍🗓❗️ Pygmy three-toed sloth [the smallest sloth ever 😍] Status: critically endangered Geographic range: Isla Escudo de Veraguas (islet east off Panama)

Pygmy three-toed sloth, hanging off a branch above a river, smiling…

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🌍Soraya🌲Bodman🐙 @climate-realist.bsky.social · 25/08/2024

Waaater angel, water angel... Biodiversity reminders, day #237 (-101)🌍🗓❗️ Clarion angelfish Status: vulnerable Geographic range: Baja California, Mexico (+ small islands nearby)

Clarion angelfish, looking into the camera

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 23/08/2024

And - the absence of legislation: airqualitystripes.info/stripes/?con...

the air quality chart for india with vertical stripes serving as a sort of single-axis heatmap, with the effect of dramatising the change quite clearly - Delhi has rising air pollution

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🌍Soraya🌲Bodman🐙 @climate-realist.bsky.social · 24/08/2024

Only 49 left... 🐸 Biodiversity reminders, day #236 (-101)🌍🗓❗️ Miles' robber frog Status: critically endangered Geographic range: northwestern Honduras (one mountainy location)

Miles' robber frog, sitting on a log, looking to the right (bird's eye view)

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🌍Soraya🌲Bodman🐙 @climate-realist.bsky.social · 23/08/2024

Biodiversity reminders, day #235 (-101)🌍🗓❗️ Reindeer Status: vulnerable Geographic range: Canada, Russia, Mongolia, Finland, Norway Main threats: ⚠ migration barriers: roads, powerplants, tourist resorts ⚠ mining activity (complex effect) ⚠ unregulated hunting ⚠ competition with domestic reindeer

reindeers in snowy forest, the one in the front looks to the bottom left; 4 more visible in the background

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🌍Soraya🌲Bodman🐙 @climate-realist.bsky.social · 21/08/2024

Biodiversity reminders, day #234 (-101)🌍🗓❗️ Madagascar pochard Status: critically endangered Geographic range: Lake Alaotra in Madagascar

two Madagascar pochards swimming in open water, looking to the left

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🌍Soraya🌲Bodman🐙 @climate-realist.bsky.social · 20/08/2024

Rare steak for the... Biodiversity reminders, day #233 (-101)🌍🗓❗️ ...Slender-billed vulture Status: critically endangered Geographic range: Nepal, Bangladesh, nearby pt. of China; Myanmar; Cambodia

Slender-billed vulture sits on tree branch, spreading wings, head to the left

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🌍Soraya🌲Bodman🐙 @climate-realist.bsky.social · 20/08/2024

The devil is in the details... Biodiversity reminders, day #232 (-101)🌍🗓❗️ Spinetail devil ray Status: endangered Geographic range: coastal and continental sea/ocean shelves, worldwide

Spinetail devil ray, swimming toward the bottom left

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🌍Soraya🌲Bodman🐙 @climate-realist.bsky.social · 19/08/2024

Neue deutsche politische Theorie: Björn Höcke ist ein Cyborg. 🤖 Kein Mensch kann Augen haben, die so blau sind. Und er hat keinen zusatzlichen Falten wenn er schreit. 🙅🏻‍♀️ Niemand kann mich überzeugen, dass "er" echt ist. Heil ChatGPT! 🫡

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🌍Soraya🌲Bodman🐙 @climate-realist.bsky.social · 19/08/2024

Biodiversity reminders, day #231 (-101)🌍🗓❗️ Galápagos pink land iguana Status: critically endangered Geographic range: Volcán Wolf islet (Galápagos Islands - part of Ecuador)

Galápagos pink land iguana, on dry ground with only a little green; looking to the left

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🌍Peter🔥Antifa✊ @peterru.eurosky.social · 17/08/2024

Arctic Warming Threatens to Set Off Toxic 'Mercury Bomb,' Study Warns | Common Dreams Aug 16, 2024 The release of mercury from permafrost "could take a huge toll on the environment and the health of those living in these areas," said a co-author of the new study. www.commondreams.org/news/arctic-...

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Arctic Warming Threatens to Set Off Toxic 'Mercury Bomb,' Study Warns | Common Dreams

The release of mercury from permafrost "could take a huge toll on the environment and the health of those living in these areas," said a co-author of the new study.

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🌍Soraya🌲Bodman🐙 @climate-realist.bsky.social · 17/08/2024

Biodiversity reminders, day #230 (-101)🌍🗓❗️ Maathai's longleg Status: endangered Geographic range: mountain forest streams of Kenya, likely also Uganda (near border) Main threat: deforestation for logging No video (too mysterious of a 🐲fly), but some info: www.iucnredlist.org/species/5993...

Maathai's longleg, with its wings between the arms of a pinch, looking to the left

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Möwenfels | Marcus N. @moewenfels.bsky.social · 17/08/2024

Mich macht es krank wie ignorant Menschen mit genAI sind. Sobald es linkspolitische Inhalte hat ignorieren alle den Schaden den genAI anrichtet. Den Stromverbrauch, die gestohlene Kunst, der Versuch das Gestohlene zu Geld zu machen. Widerlich.

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🌍Soraya🌲Bodman🐙 @climate-realist.bsky.social · 16/08/2024

Biodiversity reminders, day #229 (-101)🌍🗓❗️ Black abalone Status: critically endangered Geographic range: rocky seashores of California, USA and Baja California, Mexico

Two black abalones on a rocky shore, with two more partially visible on each side

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🌍Soraya🌲Bodman🐙 @climate-realist.bsky.social · 15/08/2024

Biodiversity reminders, day #228 (-101)🌍🗓❗️ Chacoan peccary Status: endangered Geographic range: Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia - dry savannas

Chacoan peccary walking in savanna (white sand and loose green grasses in background); to the right

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🌍Soraya🌲Bodman🐙 @climate-realist.bsky.social · 14/08/2024

Biodiversity reminders, day #227 (-101)🌍🗓❗️ Fosa Status: vulnerable Geographic range: Madagascar's coastal forests Main threats: ⚠ hunting for food (or killed as pest) ⚠ deforestation due to agriculture, quartz mining, rosewood logging ⚠ competition with feral cats and the small Indian civet

Fosa in the intersection of a tree trunk; looking to the bottom left

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🌍Soraya🌲Bodman🐙 @climate-realist.bsky.social · 14/08/2024

Biodiversity reminders, day #226 (-101)🌍🗓❗️ Chinese crested tern Status: critically endangered Geographic range: East coast of China (3 locations) Main threats: ⚠egg collection (despite bans) ⚠ typhoons (connected to former: late breeding => loss of second nest in typhoon season) [...]

Two chinese crested terns, standing on a sandy beach, looking to the right

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🌍Soraya🌲Bodman🐙 @climate-realist.bsky.social · 13/08/2024

#greenwashing #healthcare #boycott Nachhaltig?! 😱 Die denken wirklich, dass man den MOBIL-Logo nicht sofort erkennen würde? Offiziell das unverschämteste Greenwashing-Trick des Jahres.

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🌍Soraya🌲Bodman🐙 @climate-realist.bsky.social · 12/08/2024

Biodiversity reminders, day #225 (-101)🌍🗓❗️ Giant freshwater whipray Status: endangered Geographic range: freshwater and inshore marine habitats in SE Asia, Bangladesh and East India

Giant freshwater whipray, lying at the bottom of a river, looking to the left (tail not fully visible)

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🌍Soraya🌲Bodman🐙 @climate-realist.bsky.social · 11/08/2024

Biodiversity reminders, day #224 (-101)🌍🗓❗️ Sagalla caecilian Status: endangered Geographic range: a mountain (Sagalla Hill) in southeastern Kenya Main threats: groundwater depletion of the soil by eucalyptus and pine plantations

Sagalla caecilian, on brown leaves (+ a green leaf in the background too); looking to the right

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🌍Soraya🌲Bodman🐙 @climate-realist.bsky.social · 10/08/2024

Biodiversity reminders, day #223 (-101)🌍🗓❗️ Pico de El Sauzal Status: critically endangered Geographic range: Northern Tenerife (Canary Islands - part of Spain) Main threats: ◾ trampling (by fishermen and hikers) ◾ collection ◾ predation by rabbits ◾ competition with nitrophile species

Pico de El Sauzal, with its sprawling green leaves and orange flowers

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🌍Soraya🌲Bodman🐙 @climate-realist.bsky.social · 09/08/2024

Biodiversity reminders, day #222 (-101)🌍🗓❗️ Web-footed tenrec Status: vulnerable Geographic range: Eastern Madagascar Main threats: ◾ need for clean, fast-flowing water ↔ siltation and soil erosion caused by deforestation ◾ habitat fragmentation by agricultural expansion ◾ drowning in fish traps

Web-footed tenrec sitting on a riverside rock; lookin to the bottom left

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🌍Soraya🌲Bodman🐙 @climate-realist.bsky.social · 08/08/2024

Meet Darwin's muse... Biodiversity reminders, day #221 (-101)🌍🗓❗️ Floreana mockingbird Status: endangered Geographic range: Champion and Gardner-by-Floreana islets (Galápagos Islands - part of Ecuador)

Floreana mockingbird perched on its favorite cactus species (Optunia), looking to the right

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🌍Soraya🌲Bodman🐙 @climate-realist.bsky.social · 08/08/2024

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🌍Soraya🌲Bodman🐙 @climate-realist.bsky.social · 08/08/2024

Biodiversity reminders, day #220 (-101)🌍🗓❗️ Giant anteater Status: vulnerable Geographic range: Middle and S-America, from Honduras to Argentina Main threat: habitat loss, fires (especially in grassland habitats) / slash and burn agriculture (sugarcane), hunting (for meat or as a pest)

Giant anteater, walking to the right, in grassland; trees/shrubs in background

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🌍Soraya🌲Bodman🐙 @climate-realist.bsky.social · 07/08/2024

Biodiversity reminders, day #219 (-101)🌍🗓❗️ Burmese red serow Status: vulnerable Geographic range: steep rocky hills & mountain forests of Myanmar (=Burma)

Burmese red serow chewing grass, looking to the right

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🌍Soraya🌲Bodman🐙 @climate-realist.bsky.social · 06/08/2024

Vielen Dank, Linkedin. So kann ich endlich den deutschen Politik verstehen. 😳 p.s. Die "Mitglieder mit ähnlichen Interessen" (Klima, Sozialbereich + mein derzeitiger Beruf/Studium), die folgen ihm wirklich? Wenn ja, warum?

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🌍Soraya🌲Bodman🐙 @climate-realist.bsky.social · 05/08/2024

Biodiversity reminders, day #218 (-101)🌍🗓❗️ Newton's fiscal Status: critically endangered Geographic range: Sao Tome island (Sao Tome and Principe)

Newton's fiscal, sitting on a mossy branch, looking to the left

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🌍Soraya🌲Bodman🐙 @climate-realist.bsky.social · 04/08/2024

Biodiversity reminders, day #217 (-101)🌍🗓❗️ Giant kangaroo rat Status: endangered Geographic range: dry grasslands of California (USA)

Giant kangaroo rat standing in front of its burrow, looking to the left; sandy background

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🌍Soraya🌲Bodman🐙 @climate-realist.bsky.social · 03/08/2024

Biodiversity reminders, day #216 (-101)🌍🗓❗️ Burmese roofed turtle Status: critically endangered Geographic range: rivers of Myanmar (= Burma)

Burmese roofed turtle, close-up on its head and neck, a small part of its shell visible too; looking to the right

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🌍Soraya🌲Bodman🐙 @climate-realist.bsky.social · 03/08/2024

Biodiversity reminders, day #215 (-101)🌍🗓❗️ Andean flamingo Status: vulnerable Geographic range: high-mountain salt lakes of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru

A flock of Andean flamingos feeding in a shallow salt lake

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Katja Diehl @katjadiehl.bsky.social · 19/06/2024

Das finde ich an Bluesky irritierend... Warum hat ein Post, der darüber aufklärt, dass der Axel-Springer-Verlag der Fossillobby gehört, keine Reichweite? Ich weiß nicht, seit wann ich versuche, über diese Zusammenhänge aufzuklären - und immer noch sagen mir Leute: Wow! Das wusste ich nicht.

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🌍Soraya🌲Bodman🐙 @climate-realist.bsky.social · 01/08/2024

Biodiversity reminders, day #214 (-101)🌍🗓❗️ Pygmy hippopotamus [the small(est) hippo] Status: endangered Geographic range: swamps of Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone

Pygmy hippopotamus yawning, looking to the left (close-up on head)

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🌍Soraya🌲Bodman🐙 @climate-realist.bsky.social · 01/08/2024

Biodiversity reminders, day #213 (-101)🌍🗓❗️ Fadan Status: endangered Geographic range: Micronesia and nearby islands Main threat: habitat loss, damage by invasive insect species (cycad aulacaspis, cycad blue butterfly, longhorn beetle) www.iucnredlist.org/species/6131...

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