Emperor penguin and Antarctic fur seal now endangered

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Post by darth_avocado » Thu, Apr 09, 2026, 3:55 PM UTC

Emperor penguin and Antarctic fur seal now endangered
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Re: Emperor penguin and Antarctic fur seal now endangered

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Post by alsetmusic » Thu, Apr 09, 2026, 4:18 PM UTC

It’s surprising how much this headline affects me. Who doesn’t like penguins? And seals are nice, but penguins are so likeable. We’ve really ruined everything.

Re: Emperor penguin and Antarctic fur seal now endangered

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Post by nbbaier » Thu, Apr 09, 2026, 4:23 PM UTC

alsetmusic wrote: post #2

It’s surprising how much this headline affects me. Who doesn’t like penguins? And seals are nice, but penguins are so likeable. We’ve really ruined everything.

This is the exact same reaction I had

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Post by threethirtytwo » Thu, Apr 09, 2026, 4:26 PM UTC

alsetmusic wrote: post #2

It’s surprising how much this headline affects me. Who doesn’t like penguins? And seals are nice, but penguins are so likeable. We’ve really ruined everything.

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Post by timdiggerm » Thu, Apr 09, 2026, 4:26 PM UTC

alsetmusic wrote: post #2

It’s surprising how much this headline affects me. Who doesn’t like penguins? And seals are nice, but penguins are so likeable. We’ve really ruined everything.

It's not as though people intentionally made these endangered because they have insufficient love for penguins. We have unintentionally done it because we have insufficient love (care) for them and many, many other things, creatures, people, etc.

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Post by milkytron » Thu, Apr 09, 2026, 4:27 PM UTC

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Post by popol12 » Thu, Apr 09, 2026, 4:27 PM UTC

Quick, book a cruise to take some picture of them before they're all dead! \s

Re: Emperor penguin and Antarctic fur seal now endangered

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Post by metabagel » Thu, Apr 09, 2026, 4:29 PM UTC

alsetmusic wrote: post #2

It’s surprising how much this headline affects me. Who doesn’t like penguins? And seals are nice, but penguins are so likeable. We’ve really ruined everything.

Also this...

"Trump Administration Seals Extinction Fate for Rice’s Whale in Offshore Drilling Decision"

https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2026/03/trump-admi...

Re: Emperor penguin and Antarctic fur seal now endangered

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Post by oopsiremembered » Thu, Apr 09, 2026, 4:32 PM UTC

Ice breaking up before the chicks can swim isn't even a threat to the penguin population I had considered, and now I am horrified and saddened.

Re: Emperor penguin and Antarctic fur seal now endangered

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Post by Qem » Thu, Apr 09, 2026, 4:33 PM UTC

alsetmusic wrote: post #2

It’s surprising how much this headline affects me. Who doesn’t like penguins? And seals are nice, but penguins are so likeable. We’ve really ruined everything.

I get a bit of this looming feeling every time there is discussion about the Awk programming language, because it reminds me we already got the closest thing to a penguin in the nothern hemisphere extinct by the XIX century: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_auk

Hope this time around we do a better job of avoiding complete doom for these species.