[HN Gopher] The years-long, international effort to save one tin...
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The years-long, international effort to save one tiny Mexican fish
Author : Thevet
Score : 48 points
Date : 2022-01-18 19:30 UTC (2 days ago)
(HTM) web link (www.atlasobscura.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.atlasobscura.com)
| pvaldes wrote:
| Family Goodeidae. For more context:
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| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_Meadows_killifish
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| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raycraft_Ranch_killifish
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| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empetrichthys_latos
| Sporktacular wrote:
| ... species. One tiny Mexican fish species.
| daniel-cussen wrote:
| Maybe someone will do that for Homo Sapiens Sapiens Sapiens
| someday.
| 8bitsrule wrote:
| One year I was given a simple home aquarium to keep alive and
| healthy. I tried using reason, even bought a plecostomus to fight
| (eat) the algae. It was a struggle. I couldn't keep this simple
| little ecosystem healthy. If only I knew more.
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| Thought about the great outdoors (we know so little about) - that
| 4 billion-year experiment. Humbling. So many life-forms to
| sustain, so much that has to be balanced. Despite our abuse, we
| take it for granted. That good fortune may not persist.
| wonderwonder wrote:
| At first I started reading this and my first thought was "what's
| the point". As I read it though, I realized these people actually
| had a tangible impact on the world, they all rallied together and
| got something done. They can look back at this as they are older
| and feel like they made the world a tiny bit better during their
| lives. I write software and really have almost no lasting impact.
| Went from feeling pretty superior to appreciative in one short
| article. Interesting how that happened.
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