Comments:Scientists discover 300 new species on island of Luzon in the Philippines
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| Comments from feedback form - "They did a great job , hope th..." | 1 | 18:22, 9 October 2011 |
| Comments from feedback form - "i like it..........." | 0 | 13:11, 25 July 2011 |
| Comments from feedback form - "this is still a stub" | 0 | 01:32, 21 July 2011 |
| Comments from feedback form - "a great sign that phillippines..." | 0 | 00:55, 13 July 2011 |
| Comments from feedback form - "Anyway are they to " | 0 | 14:11, 8 July 2011 |
| glad that new species are being discovered! | 0 | 04:44, 28 June 2011 |
They did a great job , hope that they will continue exploring different places here in the Philippines for us to know the unknown species of our mother land :)
At the Field Museum in Chicago, there's this exhibit explaining that fact that we're in a mass-extinction right now. Due to human activity (urbanization, construction, logging, etc), tens of thousands of species go extinct every year. There was even this digital display that showed the number of species that had gone extinct since 8 am that morning — approximately four species went extinct every hour. It was really depressing to see, especially when you watched that "extinct species" count go up every so often.
Having said that, I'm glad to hear that new species have been discovered! Hopefully this news will help to educate others about the world we live in, and the importance of respecting the livelihoods of our fellow species.