#extinct — Public Fediverse posts

So, the #Neanderthals were a bunch of idiots who went around dragging their knuckles on the ground, were they, & people still talk about #football #hooligans or supporters of Tommy Robinson being "Neanderthals". The #reality was VERY different - they were extremely smart, & didn't become #extinct because of lack of #intelligence. Maybe we should bear that in mind. See: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/13/neanderthals-stone-drills-treat-cavities-tooth-siberia-dentist.

So, the #Neanderthals were a bunch of idiots who went around dragging their knuckles on the ground, were they, & people still talk about #football #hooligans or supporters of Tommy Robinson being "Neanderthals". The #reality was VERY different - they were extremely smart, & didn't become #extinct because of lack of #intelligence. Maybe we should bear that in mind. See: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/13/neanderthals-stone-drills-treat-cavities-tooth-siberia-dentist.

So, the #Neanderthals were a bunch of idiots who went around dragging their knuckles on the ground, were they, & people still talk about #football #hooligans or supporters of Tommy Robinson being "Neanderthals". The #reality was VERY different - they were extremely smart, & didn't become #extinct because of lack of #intelligence. Maybe we should bear that in mind. See: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/13/neanderthals-stone-drills-treat-cavities-tooth-siberia-dentist.

So, the #Neanderthals were a bunch of idiots who went around dragging their knuckles on the ground, were they, & people still talk about #football #hooligans or supporters of Tommy Robinson being "Neanderthals". The #reality was VERY different - they were extremely smart, & didn't become #extinct because of lack of #intelligence. Maybe we should bear that in mind. See: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/13/neanderthals-stone-drills-treat-cavities-tooth-siberia-dentist.

So, the #Neanderthals were a bunch of idiots who went around dragging their knuckles on the ground, were they, & people still talk about #football #hooligans or supporters of Tommy Robinson being "Neanderthals". The #reality was VERY different - they were extremely smart, & didn't become #extinct because of lack of #intelligence. Maybe we should bear that in mind. See: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/13/neanderthals-stone-drills-treat-cavities-tooth-siberia-dentist.

Butterfly That Went Extinct in Britain a Century Ago Set for Return to Famous Rewilded Estate Land

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/butterfly-that-went-extinct-in-britain-a-century-ago-set-for-return-to-famous-rewilded-estate-land/

Nicobar #pigeons of #India have magnificent iridescent rainbow feathers 🏳️‍🌈. They are the closest living relative to the #extinct #dodo 🦤 Now threatened by #palmoil #deforestation. Help them survive! #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife 🌴🪔🚫 @palmoildetectives https://palmoildetectives.com/2023/12/23/nicobar-pigeon-caloenas-nicobarica/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Please give a "Like" to my #YouTube post regarding new findings on #extinct #sabertoothed #cats in #Europe:
http://youtube.com/post/UgkxWq5kVVlAtyFiuwhqZ0tI3nxU2BwELRIZ?si=Gnxr_XXiDSD6VFgx

According to new #researchresults—based on the reconstruction of the #brain #morphology of fossils—#Megatereon #cultridens was a skilled #climber, possessed #poorhearing, and had #keeneyesight.
© #StefanFWirth, May 2025

Reference

I. Meli et al. (2026) https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.70213

Illustrations
© S.F. Wirth, AI-assisted

Please give a "Like" to my #YouTube post regarding new findings on #extinct #sabertoothed #cats in #Europe:
http://youtube.com/post/UgkxWq5kVVlAtyFiuwhqZ0tI3nxU2BwELRIZ?si=Gnxr_XXiDSD6VFgx

According to new #researchresults—based on the reconstruction of the #brain #morphology of fossils—#Megatereon #cultridens was a skilled #climber, possessed #poorhearing, and had #keeneyesight.
© #StefanFWirth, May 2025

Reference

I. Meli et al. (2026) https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.70213

Illustrations
© S.F. Wirth, AI-assisted

Please give a "Like" to my #YouTube post regarding new findings on #extinct #sabertoothed #cats in #Europe:
http://youtube.com/post/UgkxWq5kVVlAtyFiuwhqZ0tI3nxU2BwELRIZ?si=Gnxr_XXiDSD6VFgx

According to new #researchresults—based on the reconstruction of the #brain #morphology of fossils—#Megatereon #cultridens was a skilled #climber, possessed #poorhearing, and had #keeneyesight.
© #StefanFWirth, May 2025

Reference

I. Meli et al. (2026) https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.70213

Illustrations
© S.F. Wirth, AI-assisted

Please give a "Like" to my #YouTube post regarding new findings on #extinct #sabertoothed #cats in #Europe:
http://youtube.com/post/UgkxWq5kVVlAtyFiuwhqZ0tI3nxU2BwELRIZ?si=Gnxr_XXiDSD6VFgx

According to new #researchresults—based on the reconstruction of the #brain #morphology of fossils—#Megatereon #cultridens was a skilled #climber, possessed #poorhearing, and had #keeneyesight.
© #StefanFWirth, May 2025

Reference

I. Meli et al. (2026) https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.70213

Illustrations
© S.F. Wirth, AI-assisted

Please give a "Like" to my #YouTube post regarding new findings on #extinct #sabertoothed #cats in #Europe:
http://youtube.com/post/UgkxWq5kVVlAtyFiuwhqZ0tI3nxU2BwELRIZ?si=Gnxr_XXiDSD6VFgx

According to new #researchresults—based on the reconstruction of the #brain #morphology of fossils—#Megatereon #cultridens was a skilled #climber, possessed #poorhearing, and had #keeneyesight.
© #StefanFWirth, May 2025

Reference

I. Meli et al. (2026) https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.70213

Illustrations
© S.F. Wirth, AI-assisted

From #meat 🥩☠️ to #palmoil 🌴☠️ – #agriculture is the world’s biggest driver of #deforestation and animal #extinction 🐆🦏🔥☠️ As these activities intensify, whole ecosystems could go #extinct. Fight back! #BoycottPalmOil and be #Vegan #Boycott4Wildlife
https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/02/14/how-our-food-choices-cut-into-forests-and-put-us-closer-to-viruses/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Please like my new #animation #video #documentary about the #dodo, its #life, #ecology and #extinction on #YouTube:
https://youtu.be/tlwcirBQlrE?is=Mn4EsGCz4uy-kS6V
The dodo #Raphus #cucullatus (#Columbidae) was native to #Mauritius and was #extinct between 1662 and 1690 due to #humanactivities, #domesticanimals, #naturaldesasters and may be its #parasites
© #StefanFWirth, Berlin, April 2026

I as a #freelancer depend very much on your support via #kofi:
https://ko-fi.com/sfwirth

#illustrations
©S F Wirth, AI assisted

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Andrewsarchus facts ft my stunning @reptimax figure!! #andrewsarchus #prehistoric #animalfacts #dinosaurs #extinct

https://www.instagram.com/p/DXUS8XIDAY1/

#Science #Paleontology #Dinosaurs

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Andrewsarchus facts ft my stunning @reptimax figure!! #andrewsarchus #prehistoric #animalfacts #dinosaurs #extinct

https://www.instagram.com/p/DXUS8XIDAY1/

#Science #Paleontology #Dinosaurs

Study Debunks Myth of Native Hawaiians Brutishly Causing Bird Extinctions

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/study-debunks-myth-of-brutish-native-hawaiians-causing-bird-extinctions/

Study Debunks Myth of Native Hawaiians Brutishly Causing Bird Extinctions

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/study-debunks-myth-of-brutish-native-hawaiians-causing-bird-extinctions/

Study Debunks Myth of Native Hawaiians Brutishly Causing Bird Extinctions

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/study-debunks-myth-of-brutish-native-hawaiians-causing-bird-extinctions/

Study Debunks Myth of Native Hawaiians Brutishly Causing Bird Extinctions

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/study-debunks-myth-of-brutish-native-hawaiians-causing-bird-extinctions/

Study Debunks Myth of Native Hawaiians Brutishly Causing Bird Extinctions

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/study-debunks-myth-of-brutish-native-hawaiians-causing-bird-extinctions/

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/14/african-scientists-fungal-conservation-movement-aoe. The #biosphere is fully integrated & inter-dependent. Take out one part of an #ecosystem & the rest of it collapses - & the same is true of the biosphere as a whole. If all #fungi were to become #extinct, the #extinction of other #eukaryotic life-forms, including #humans, would follow, & very rapidly.

Majestic #leopards are adaptable and a range over several continents, yet they’re #extinct in places due to #palmoil #deforestation, #poaching and other threats. Help them every time you shop and #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🚫#Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives https://wp.me/pcFhgU-199?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Majestic #leopards are adaptable and a range over several continents, yet they’re #extinct in places due to #palmoil #deforestation, #poaching and other threats. Help them every time you shop and #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🚫#Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives https://wp.me/pcFhgU-199?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Majestic #leopards are adaptable and a range over several continents, yet they’re #extinct in places due to #palmoil #deforestation, #poaching and other threats. Help them every time you shop and #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🚫#Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives https://wp.me/pcFhgU-199?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Majestic #leopards are adaptable and a range over several continents, yet they’re #extinct in places due to #palmoil #deforestation, #poaching and other threats. Help them every time you shop and #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🚫#Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives https://wp.me/pcFhgU-199?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Majestic #leopards are adaptable and a range over several continents, yet they’re #extinct in places due to #palmoil #deforestation, #poaching and other threats. Help them every time you shop and #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🚫#Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives https://wp.me/pcFhgU-199?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Once believed #extinct, the enigmatic #BushDog 🐕🐺 is now ‘Near Threatened’ from #palmoil 🌴🔥 and #soy 🥜🔥 #deforestation in #SouthAmerica. Masterful hunters they rely on prey that is disappearing. Help them survive! #Boycottpalmoil 🌴☠️⛔ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives https://wp.me/pcFhgU-73d?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

#News: Nature's talented #engineers - #toucans are saving endangered #trees in #Brazil! 🦜🌳 #Extinct locally in the 60s, they were returned 50 years ago and are now vital seed dispersers. Protect wildlife = restore the forest! #BoycottGold #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/03/toucans-reintroduced-50-years-ago-disperse-seeds-of-endangered-trees-in-brazil/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

NEW VIDEO: Languages are dying. species are going #extinct. Our world's #diversity is withering away. But why should anyone care anyway? Why should diversity be treated as a value in itself?

https://youtu.be/Mx6VhWcUjCY

How Do We Know A Species Is Really Extinct?

"When the only image available of your species is a painting, that’s a really big clue that it’s extinct"

#SciComm by @grrlscientist

#Extinct #EndangeredSpecies #WarOnWildlife #ecocide https://grrlscientist.medium.com/how-do-we-know-a-species-is-really-extinct-c9c1c436c3c8

How Do We Know A Species Is Really Extinct?

"When the only image available of your species is a painting, that’s a really big clue that it’s extinct"

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#Extinct #EndangeredSpecies #WarOnWildlife #ecocide https://grrlscientist.medium.com/how-do-we-know-a-species-is-really-extinct-c9c1c436c3c8

How Do We Know A Species Is Really Extinct?

"When the only image available of your species is a painting, that’s a really big clue that it’s extinct"

#SciComm by @grrlscientist

#Extinct #EndangeredSpecies #WarOnWildlife #ecocide https://grrlscientist.medium.com/how-do-we-know-a-species-is-really-extinct-c9c1c436c3c8

Two #extinct #marsupials in #WestPapua found alive! The #marsupials highlight the need to protect #Papuan forests or they are gone for good! Resist for them and #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife when you shop 🌴🙊🔥☠️🚫 @palmoildetectives #Boycott4Wildlife https://wp.me/pcFhgU-iOH?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Majestic #leopards are adaptable and a range over several continents, yet they’re #extinct in places due to #palmoil #deforestation, #poaching and other threats. Help them every time you shop and #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🚫#Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives https://wp.me/pcFhgU-199?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Majestic #leopards are adaptable and a range over several continents, yet they’re #extinct in places due to #palmoil #deforestation, #poaching and other threats. Help them every time you shop and #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🚫#Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives https://wp.me/pcFhgU-199?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Majestic #leopards are adaptable and a range over several continents, yet they’re #extinct in places due to #palmoil #deforestation, #poaching and other threats. Help them every time you shop and #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🚫#Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives https://wp.me/pcFhgU-199?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Majestic #leopards are adaptable and a range over several continents, yet they’re #extinct in places due to #palmoil #deforestation, #poaching and other threats. Help them every time you shop and #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🚫#Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives https://wp.me/pcFhgU-199?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Majestic #leopards are adaptable and a range over several continents, yet they’re #extinct in places due to #palmoil #deforestation, #poaching and other threats. Help them every time you shop and #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🚫#Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives https://wp.me/pcFhgU-199?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

From #meat 🥩☠️ to #palmoil 🌴☠️ – #agriculture is the world’s biggest driver of #deforestation and animal #extinction 🐆🦏🔥☠️ As these activities intensify, whole ecosystems could go #extinct. Fight back! #BoycottPalmOil and be #Vegan #Boycott4Wildlife https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/02/14/how-our-food-choices-cut-into-forests-and-put-us-closer-to-viruses/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/02/14/how-our-food-choices-cut-into-forests-and-put-us-closer-to-viruses/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

The rarest owl in the world is the Pernambuco Pygmy #owl. Maybe now #extinct due to massive forest loss in #Brazil 🇧🇷 from #meat 🥩 #palmoil 🌴 #soy 🥜 and #sugarcane #deforestation Help them and be #vegan #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/02/20/pernambuco-pygmy-owl-glaucidium-mooreorum/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

The rarest owl in the world is the Pernambuco Pygmy #owl. Maybe now #extinct due to massive forest loss in #Brazil 🇧🇷 from #meat 🥩 #palmoil 🌴 #soy 🥜 and #sugarcane #deforestation Help them and be #vegan #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/02/20/pernambuco-pygmy-owl-glaucidium-mooreorum/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

The rarest owl in the world is the Pernambuco Pygmy #owl. Maybe now #extinct due to massive forest loss in #Brazil 🇧🇷 from #meat 🥩 #palmoil 🌴 #soy 🥜 and #sugarcane #deforestation Help them and be #vegan #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/02/20/pernambuco-pygmy-owl-glaucidium-mooreorum/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

The rarest owl in the world is the Pernambuco Pygmy #owl. Maybe now #extinct due to massive forest loss in #Brazil 🇧🇷 from #meat 🥩 #palmoil 🌴 #soy 🥜 and #sugarcane #deforestation Help them and be #vegan #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/02/20/pernambuco-pygmy-owl-glaucidium-mooreorum/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

The rarest owl in the world is the Pernambuco Pygmy #owl. Maybe now #extinct due to massive forest loss in #Brazil 🇧🇷 from #meat 🥩 #palmoil 🌴 #soy 🥜 and #sugarcane #deforestation Help them and be #vegan #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/02/20/pernambuco-pygmy-owl-glaucidium-mooreorum/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

’It blew my mind’: Long-lost ice-age ecosystem, including fossils of lion-size armadillo and giant ground sloth, discovered in Texas ’water cave’

Two researchers snorkeling in a subterranean stream in Texas discovered fossils from the Late Pleist...

Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/85snz

#animals #extinct-species
https://www.livescience.com/animals/extinct-species/it-blew-my-mind-long-lost-ice-age-ecosystem-including-fossils-of-lion-size-armadillo-and-giant-ground-sloth-discovered-in-texas-water-cave

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/31/uk-smallest-bird-prey-among-species-risk-extinction-study-finds; https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-70064-4 (open access). "The #merlin, Britain’s smallest bird of prey, is one of more than 200 #species that will become #extinct in the #UK if action is not taken to curb #emissions & #unsustainable #landuse, a #study has claimed."

Animals considered extinct for 6,000 years just re-emerged in a New Guinea rainforest

Not one but two different species of animal, both thought to be extinct, have been spotted alive in…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #Discovery #Extinct #marsupial #Science #species #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/493833/

https://www.europesays.com/ie/402490/ Animals considered extinct for 6,000 years just re-emerged in a New Guinea rainforest #Discovery #Éire #Extinct #IE #Ireland #marsupial #Science #Species #Wildlife

Northern Gliders are rare gliding mammals critically endangered in #PapuaNewGuinea. Support them and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife because many supermarket brands are sending them #extinct for dirty #palmoil via @palmoildetect
https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/02/05/northern-glider-petaurus-abidi-2/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer