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1. 1. outsidethebox 07:45 AM 12/30/12

   Oh, look at the picture. They're so cute and furry and cuddly. They've just GOT to be saved!

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2. 2. mdmooser 10:15 AM 12/30/12

   I imagine sarcasm and ignorance will be replaced with concern when humans are put on the endangered species list.

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3. 3. outsidethebox 06:22 PM 1/1/13

   Human are rarely cute, furry, or cuddly. Perhaps that is why their interests are so often put behind a slew of other species.

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4. 4. Nowsane 05:10 PM 1/2/13

   I have to chuckle when I read about the disappearing Arctic ice. Try looking at Climate Change - Is CO2 the cause? - Pt 1 of 4, http://bit.ly/UbSqvB from Professor Bob Carter, of James Cook University, Australia. There is a bit of humor at the end when he describes how the polar bears and other Arctic life survived the past warming periods.

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5. 5. bucketofsquid in reply to mdmooser 05:59 PM 1/4/13

   Nah, humans have been endangered in whole or in part quite a few times and we are still fun to make fun of.

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6. 6. bucketofsquid in reply to outsidethebox 06:01 PM 1/4/13

   They are fat, mean and smell like fish. That isn't cuddly at all. As a kid I was a hardcore green but as I grew up and learned how nature works I have to wonder if maybe it is OK to let some things go extinct as long as we insure that the over all system can still support some human life.

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7. 7. alan6302 10:31 PM 1/5/13

   There will have to a major extinction event(s) in the next few thousand years. Otherwise, Noah's boat will sink.

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