Threatened Species
The photo above is an endangered ape's eye view of another threatened species at the Wild Animal Park near Escondido.
There are only 300 of the endangered variety of ape presently living in the wild and millions of the above pictured species--but probably individuals of neither species is aware of its nearness to extinction.
Great numbers of living individuals of a species do not guarantee its survival as we have seen from the demise of the passenger pigeon and others--it seems most difficult to stop or turn around a species which no longer fits into the earth environment for any number of reasons.
Also a species which has been successful for the billions of years necessary to evolve into its present form may suddenly not be successful enough to withstand new environmental conditions.
We can only wish good luck and bon voyage to both of these closely related life forms.
There are only 300 of the endangered variety of ape presently living in the wild and millions of the above pictured species--but probably individuals of neither species is aware of its nearness to extinction.
Great numbers of living individuals of a species do not guarantee its survival as we have seen from the demise of the passenger pigeon and others--it seems most difficult to stop or turn around a species which no longer fits into the earth environment for any number of reasons.
Also a species which has been successful for the billions of years necessary to evolve into its present form may suddenly not be successful enough to withstand new environmental conditions.
We can only wish good luck and bon voyage to both of these closely related life forms.
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