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Published: 2011-07-07 09:38:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 5438; Favourites: 182; Downloads: 0
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"All that I have left is my reflection on the surface..."Look around. Maybe you are not as lonely as you think.
Part of the Hundred Theme Challenge
Theme: 92. All that I have
Species depicted: Chinese river dolphin or Baiji (Lipotes vexillifer)
Medium: Digital, Photoshop CS5
100 theme challenge folder: namu-the-orca.deviantart.com/gβ¦
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It's still possible that they are still alive, just somewhere nearby the Yangtze. The same with the Chinese Paddlefish.
But who knows.
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Who knows, what if it is enough for them to live? Unlike humans, animals can manage to cling to life even in such tiny numbers.
Nature always has a way to let her organisms live, adaptation and evolution have ways to enable an organism live.
The Baiji are descended from an ancient cetacean that existed around millions of years. You wouldn't be surprised if they are gonna remain alive.
But this is just my opinion though, but I still have hope that they are still alive. And hopefully, we humans leave them alone as whenever we intervene, we just so happen to make things worse for the species's survival.
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Apparently there are a handful left, though the species is still technically extinct as these individuals have no chance of breeding on their own.
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Again, could you link me to some more info on that? I've heard of the occasional single sighting too, but the last one I know of happened years ago and was never verified by experts. Either way, as you say, whichever individuals would be left are part of a functionally extinct species.
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www.theguardian.com/world/2016β¦
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Unfortunately one dubious sighting a remnant population does not make.
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Somebody tear down the useless Three Gorges Dam so we can clone it (but not before we clone the even more spectacular Chinese paddlefish)
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Oohh, now that is a plan I can get behind. Do that, and also initiate some serious, hard plans of action to clean up the big river systems of Asia .
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Just halt the even bigger one they are building in the Amazon before doing that, though. The greatest diversity of species in the Amazon region and they are building right in the most vital areas...
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Ugh, they're planning one over there as well? Such a shame that the wildest places left on earth are mostly in the least (humanly) developed areas of the world, which are of course trying to catch up to the rest now. But that goes at the cost of the wildlife. On a global scale it's a pretty difficult situation. I mean, who are we westerners to say "You can't get a more advanced economy - we already messed up on our own wildlife so now you can't do the same thing!". If only those developing countries had the will and resources to grow responsibly and with a lower impact on the natural world..
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The stupid thing is hydropower produces as much or more greenhouse gases as coal power plants, especially in tropical areas. It's simply wrong to say they are clean energy.
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Yet nobody cares about the even more majestic Chinese Paddlefish that went extinct for the same reason.
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Beautiful artwork 
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Ah yes, truly is a shame that we'll all have to do without those wonderful faces till the end of times
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Saw one at a conservation facility in China, apparently they aren't doing so well in captivity either
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Nope, there was this one animal in a facility, the one you saw, but he died some years ago and the species as a whole is declared extinct
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So sad... After 25 million years its gone forever.
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I love the picture... But also the text
Great work, even if it's so sad...
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Thanks a lot 
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;A; i cant believe they are extinct now... the yantze river dolphin i mean.
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Ah yes, it's a very sad fact indeed :/
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sad that chinese finless porpoise,Indus and Ganges river dolphins are quickly following the Baijis fate (though there can be still some Baijis surviving,but scattered and not enough to make viable population)
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Yes indeed, that is very sad. Living in rivers sure brings its problems with it. On the other hand, I am happy to hear some species are still protected by the people. Irrawaddy dolphins are for example believed to have the power to attract and send fishes into the nets, so fishermen leave them alone and don't harm them. They have even refused to catch Irrawaddys for scientists. Amazon river dolphins are also seen as holy, and some people believe that a life-long curse will rest upon you once you kill one. Sadly enough the people from the neighbouring countries don't think so
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wow great piece
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Thank you very much
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Wow, those markings are so neat! I love how you did underwater, and the reflection!
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Thank you very much once again
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Wonderful depiction of a rare subject! What I immediately liked about this over your other paintings is the gloomy mood and how well the environment fits to the animal in terms of color and light. Oh, and I love the fact that the Baiji is interacting with its own reflection ^^
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Thanks a lot for the long and detailed comment, I appreciate it verrry much =3 And yay for depressing mood
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You are very welcome, dear ^-^
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Really magnificent piece of a noble, extinct beastie!
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Thank you very much
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You're welcome.
And yeah, it is kinda sad.
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just amazing.
reflections are always really cool.
well drawn.
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Aww, thank you very much! 
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