Check out these extinct animal images:
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Image by BethanyWeeks
Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)
It is the largest native North American bird, if measured in terms of weight and length, and is (on average) the largest living waterfowl species on earth.
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the Trumpeter Swan was hunted heavily, both as game and a source of feathers. This species is also unusually sensitive to lead poisoning while young. These birds once bred in North America from northwestern Indiana west to Oregon in the U.S., and in Canada from James Bay to the Yukon, and they migrated as far south as Texas and southern California. The trumpeter was rare or extinct in most of the United States by the early twentieth century. Many thousands survived in the core range in Canada and Alaska, however, where populations have since rebounded. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpeter_Swan
Northwest Trek
December 27, 2011
Simosthenurus Occidentalis - Victoria Fossil Cave, Naracoorte N.P
Image by ccdoh1
These type of discoveries gained Naracoorte N.P a UNESCO world heritage listing.
More info at:
www.parks.sa.gov.au/naracoorte/wonambi/animals/extinct/00...
Waiting....
Image by elizabethdonoghue
To all my contacts:
I know I'm getting a bit behind with comments, and will get onto it over the weekend!
I almost never do photos like this! (This is for my rural Aussie friends as much as anything!)
But I couldn't resist. I was on a farm near the Cobaw ranges, for work, and these cows thought we were going to feed them. It was late afternoon, and time for some hay - as you can see, no feed left in the paddock. Apologies to my Socts friend for the harsh blue sky, but I tell you, rain has become extinct here!
