I dont want to continue this and will stop below the line.
Just this: For decades I have advocated the use of the wörd "bullshit" in the climate "debate". Because it doesn't matter much. If you can't convince the deniers, then why not use an apt word at times... Meanwhile...
Above I guess I have sufficiently layed out the Australian ecocide scenario. A professional biologist could add much more. It is
disgusting to the bones. Meanwhile methinks it is time to talk disgustingly to the deniers,
including the lukewarmers. The disgust needs to be expressed, otherwise the deniers and lukewarmers will never ever shut up with their BS. And they will be voted into office again and again and again. When is the tipping point?
The only chance at meaningful climate communication is to get candidly emotional. Rational arguments don't cut it.----------------------------------------------------------------
BREAKING NEWSPlatypus "on brink of" extinctionhttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-01/uons-pob011920.php[quote---------
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Published in the international scientific journal Biological Conservation this month, the study examined the potentially devastating combination of threats to platypus populations, including water resource development, land clearing, climate change and increasingly severe periods of drought.
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Documented declines and local extinctions of the platypus show a species facing considerable risks, while the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recently downgraded the platypus' conservation status to "Near Threatened".
But the platypus remains unlisted in most jurisdictions in Australia - except South Australia, where it is endangered.
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"We should learn from the peril facing the koala to understand what happens when we ignore the warning signs."
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While the Koala is easy to breed in captivity and can be rewilded, the Platypus is an entirely different beast: Very few zoos even succeded in keeping them alive, let alone procreate. Plus, the venomous males are difficult to handle.
I have no idea where the big fire ash washouts happened. But very likely they were the last nail in the Platypus' coffin. (If not, the next event is in sight.)
A pro-Platypus "anti-human monster" news headline might be:
Platypus First Victim of 2019/20 Australian Fire Season?----------------------------------------------------------------