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	Tassie devil highlights species decline

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10-8-2008 9:59 PM

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10-8-2008 11:12 PM

Nerfzilla

This is utterly heartbreaking.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/3711f95f-2b88-492b-bc5d-7d9fb94d8a5a/C93E35D0-B305-40BD-BFC2-E72605304FAC/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/10/07/2384041.htm?site=science&topic=latest" href="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/10/07/2384041.htm?site=science&topic=latest" style="font-size: 11px;">www.abc.net.au</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/10/07/2384041.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P class="first">Hundreds of animals, including the Tasmanian devil, have been added to the list of species threatened with extinction, according to the latest edition of the 'Red List' released today.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/10/07/2384041.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.abc.net.au/img/1EB2817C-592C-4800-850D-634E03CD236E" alt="young tassie devil" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/10/07/2384041.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P>The <A target="_blank" href="http://iucn.org/about/work/programmes/species/red_list/index.cfm"><EM>Red List of Threatened Species</EM></A>, compiled by the <A target="_blank" href="http://iucn.org">International Union for the Conservation of Nature</A> (IUCN) and published in the journal <A target="_blank" href="http://www.sciencemag.org"><EM>Science</EM></A> says more than half of the world's mammals are falling in number, with Asian primates particularly at risk.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/10/07/2384041.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P>Overall, 38% of 44,838 species catalogued in the index are listed as "threatened" with extinction: a quarter of all mammals, one out of eight birds, one out of three amphibians and 70% of plants.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/10/07/2384041.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P>In Australia, 788 species appear on the threatened list, including fish, birds and plants. 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