> On Aug 16, 2007, at 7:57 AM, Malcolm McCallum wrote: >> Good point,I am on the marine mammal listserv and never heard a thing >> about it.
Perhaps because it was not a marine mammal, Malcolm? :-) The formal notice of the extinction of this dolphin was noted at least in a corner of the blogsphere - on scienceblogs (http:// www.scienceblogs.com/) where several bloggers wrote about it (often lamenting the lack of media coverage), and it was featured on the site's front page as the hot topic for several days. Even now, if you go to scienceblogs and look under the "more hot topics" section, you'll find "Dolphin Goes Extinct" listed from a week ago. Some of the posts there might be worth reading. Madhu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Madhusudan Katti Assistant Professor of Vertebrate Biology Department of Biology, M/S SB73 California State University, Fresno 2555 E. San Ramon Ave. Fresno, CA 93740-8034 559.278.2460 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://zimmer.csufresno.edu/~mkatti http://reconciliationecology.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. [Galileo Galilei] > > On Thu, August 16, 2007 4:07 am, William Silvert wrote: >> I find it odd that with all the discussion of species loss on this >> list, >> no >> mention has appeared of a major extinction of a charismatic >> species, the >> Yangtzee river dolphin. The loss of a large mammal seems to have >> occurred >> with just a small ripple in the news, and seems much less >> noteworthy than >> the birth of a giant panda. >> >> Bill Silvert >> > > > Malcolm L. McCallum > Assistant Professor of Biology > Editor Herpetological Conservationa and Biology > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
