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became extinct throughout most of europe in prehistoric times, the last wild roaming bison was shot in 1919 at bialowezia national park, where they have since been re-established and with no natural predators are thriving
Trichechus manatus latirostris (Harlan, 1824) - Florida manatee in Florida, USA. (August 2009)
Mammals are the dominant group of terrestrial vertebrates on Earth today. The group is defined based on a combination of features: endothermic (= warm-blooded), air-breathing, body hair, mother's milk, four-chambered heart, large brain-to-body mass ratio, two teeth generations, differentiated dentition, and a single lower jawbone. Almost all modern mammals have live birth - exceptions are the duck-billed platypus and the echidna, both of which lay eggs.
Mammals first appear in the Triassic fossil record - they evolved from the therapsids (mammal-like reptiles). Mammals were mostly small and a minor component of terrestrial ecosystems during the Mesozoic. After the Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction at 65 million years ago, the mammals underwent a significant adaptive radiation - most modern mammal groups first appeared during this radiation in the early Cenozoic (Paleocene and Eocene).
Three groups of mammals exist in the Holocene - placentals, marsupials, and monotremes. Other groups, now extinct, were present during the Mesozoic.
Shown above is a Florida manatee, Trichechus manatus latirostris, in Pine Island Sound, Florida. Manatees are members of Order Sirenia, a small group of entirely aquatic mammals. Four species are alive on Earth today. The sirenians are manatees, dugongs, and sea cows. They occur in the tropical Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, the tropical Indian Ocean, and the western Pacific Ocean. They have large bodies, a paddle-like tail, rounded front flippers, and few body hairs (mostly concentrated on the face). Sirenians are principally herbivores - they feed on shallow-water vegetation.
Classification: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Mammalia, Sirenia, Trichechidae
Locality: near the western margin of Pine Island Sound at McCarthy's Marina, just offshore from the eastern shoreline of Captiva Island, Gulf of Mexico coast of southern Florida, USA
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An old stunner in yet another new home: T Rex in the California Academy of Sciences' new home, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.
A small action in Melbourne involving Extinction Rebellion Youth.
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Aktivist*innen von Extinction Rebellion projizieren Nachrichten an eine Häuserfassade in Kreuzberg. Berlin, 02.12.2023
A small die-in action staged at the front of Hoyts Cinema in Frankston, Melbourne.
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this is my old ass Extinction of Mankind poster on my living room wall, this poster has been through a lot, was on my bedroom wall when i was teenager, my dorm room wall in Long Beach. was on my living room wall in my first apartment right off Melrose Ave. spent a few years on my little bro's bedroom wall, now its back home with me on my living room wall in my trailer.
Extinction Rebellion and Scientist Rebellion Italy carried out an enormous "guerrilla" projection on the venue of the 2022 Gastech Conference in Milan, exposing the destructive consequences of this criminal industry.
Fossil gas is just another dirty fossil fuel that emits CO2 when burnt and leaks methane (a super potent greenhouse gas) all along its supply chain. As the climate crisis intensifies, any new gas investments are investments in death and destruction. #CleanGasIsADirtyLie!
Companies like BP, Shell, and ENI are making billions in profits off of an #EnergyCrisis they helped create, cashing out on the war in Ukraine and financing dictatorships worldwide. The salaries of their CEOs are paid for by consumers whose utility bills are strangling them.
We won't be fooled by events like Gastech. THE GAS ERA MUST END! Now is the time to accelerate the transition away from ALL fossil fuels and radically scale up decentralised renewable energy, electrification, and energy efficiency across Europe.