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June 9, 2008
The last Caribbean monk seal was sighted 50 years ago near the Yucatan Peninsula. Last week the U.S. government declared the species extinct as a result of overhunting by another species: humans.
It's the BPP's Ramble.
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Not surprising. As Queen sang, "Another one bites the dust!" Our inexorable march towards either annihilation, or a world where we're the only ones left (should we develop technology that'll let us do that) is testimony to our own short-termed stupidity. Too bad other species must suffer during our learning curve
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