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The years-long, international effort to save one tiny Mexican fish
- Sporktacular 5y ago... species. One tiny Mexican fish species.
- daniel-cussen 5y agoMaybe someone will do that for Homo Sapiens Sapiens Sapiens someday.
- wonderwonder 5y agoAt 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.
- 8bitsrule 5y agoOne 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. 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.
- pvaldes 5y agoMany people quit the hobby after starting with too small aquariums that are unstable by design, yep.
- pvaldes 5y agoFamily Goodeidae. For more context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_Meadows_killifish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_Meadows_killifish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raycraft_Ranch_killifish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raycraft_Ranch_killifish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empetrichthys_latos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empetrichthys_latos