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independent.co.uk - 11/3/2009
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Six years ago, these tiny mustard-coloured toads could be found in their thousands, living under the spray from an African waterfall. No one even knew they existed until 1996. Yet today the Kihansi spray toad will be declared extinct in the wild, a symbol of the plight facing 17,000 species that are slipping towards obscurity. > >
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RT @EcoBold RT @babaksarrafan This is sad :( Red alert: scientists identify 17,000 endangered species http://tinyurl.com/yb3yk9n 11/4/2009 |
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17k of 47,677 threatened #species named by #scientists @ Intl. Union for #Conservation of #Nature: http://bit.ly/xEdlM RT @Defenders #ESA 11/3/2009 |
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RT @Defenders: Scientists identify 17k endangered species! Amphibians = most endangered w/ 1 in 3 at risk. http://bit.ly/xEdlM 11/3/2009 |
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