Amid the sixth mass extinction, frogs, salamanders, and caecilians remain the most threatened group of vertebrates on Earth. Over 40 percent of amphibian species are now threatened, the latest global assessment has found.
“Amphibians are disappearing faster than we can study them, but the list of reasons to protect them is long, including their role in medicine, pest control, alerting us to environmental conditions, and making the planet more beautiful,” explains Re:wild ecologist Kelsey Neam.
Anecdotal, but I’m currently touring in the Amazon rainforest and our guide was SO excited to finally see a poisonous frog, which we thought was curious. According to our guide, they’ve been rarer to see. =\
I really think that the world is about to irrevocably change. Sometimes I feel like passenger in a car careening towards an accident. I can plainly see the danger but I’m powerless to do anything about it except scream.
About to? It’s changing every day. Big climate events are happening all of the time. It’s just a steady march towards environmental collapse. None of it happens quickly.
Only when you stop paying attention does it feel like there are sudden changes. The selective coverage of climate change in the media doesn’t help with any of that.
Action where you can
Ignorance where you can afford
Just picturing them being quietly annoyed they can’t lick the frog for a quick high because they were taking you guys for the tour