An extinction timeline, in case you're keeping score

[pscot]

Scientists predict that human activity has put the world on the brink of the sixth mass extinction in earth’s history, an event characterized by the elimination of a large number of species within a very short period of time. Here is a timeline of extinction events over the planet’s history:

•450 million years ago: First Extinction: A bunch of dumb fish die

•450 million years ago-360 million years ago: Pretty smooth sailing, all things considered

•360 million years ago: Second Extinction: Following the eradication of 96 percent of all life, planet’s surviving bacteria really living it up

•250 million years ago: Third Extinction: Despite dire warnings of many within the scientific community, increasingly alarming assertions that another mass extinction could be imminent are largely ignored by dinosaur community

•205 million years ago: Fourth Extinction: End of winged crocodile species that would have blown your fucking mind


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[daleanime]

1. kick, kick, kick....

[randys1]

2. And what angers me is I wont be able to see a climate change denier die from said

climate change.

And I deserve to get to see that.

I wont get to because I wont live long enough, barely.

[BlueJazz]

3. You hit on one of the problems having older people deciding the future.

They're not around to see the outcome of their decisions.

[Gregorian]

4. Horseshoe crab racked with survivor’s guilt

Haha.

[pscot]

5. That touched my heart

[AuntPatsy]

6. Greed as well as Ego will ensure we are facing the sixth