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Barrett808 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-08-09 08:28 PM
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Endangered Madagascar lemur nears extinction from forest destruction
A small group of crowned sifaka lemurs (Propithecus coronatus) have been located in the corridor d’Amboloando-Dabolava, Miandrivazo district-Madagascar, but are immediately threatened with local extinction. The small, fragmented, and isolated forest shelters a group of only six adults and one baby.

Interviews with local people revealed that once several groups of the species resided in the corridor, and even last year, about 20 individuals were still found there. However, within one year, the population dropped from 20 to 6 individuals. ...

http://desdemonadespair.blogspot.com/2009/09/endangered-madagascar-lemur-nears.html
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lbrtbell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-08-09 09:27 PM
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1. I remember Steve Irwin doing a Croc Hunter special on this
Sadly, what he predicted is coming to pass. :cry:
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