Discoverer Login. Discoverer Login. Discoverer Login. A Campaign To Save The World's Ugliest Endangered Animals. It's well-known that the more adorable and charismatic of the endangered animals get most of the funding.
That doesn't mean the cute animals, like the iconic panda, aren't worth saving, but it leaves a lot of the less photogenic but just as important animals out in the cold. Who's interested in saving the Brazilian bald-faced tamarin, which looks like a cross between a rabid monkey and a bat? Or the Komodo dragon, a 10-foot-long murderous lizard that's the embodiment of just about every childhood nightmare you ever had?
That's where the Ugly Animal Preservation Society comes in. It's an awareness campaign that uses comedy to bring attention to animals like the pig-nosed frog, pictured above, which may otherwise have trouble getting funding. It's led by Simon Watt, a biologist who's best known for public speaking, and has gotten a bit of attention over in the UK, appearing at the Edinburgh International Science Festival. Ugly Animals That Need Saving Too: Photos. UGLYANIMALSOC.COM. Ugly endangered animals. Endangered animals. Endangered, Vulnerable, and Threatened Animals.
The Ugly Animal Preservation Society. Pandas get way too much attention.
At least that's the observation behind The Ugly Animal Preservation Society - a tongue-in-cheek, yet crucially important new initiative to broaden the idea of what we value and which species we care to save. This is a theme that Chris touched on just the other day, exploring how anthropomorphism might help humans to empathize with animals that have so far not made it to the "must save because it's so cute" list. After all, from the mini-beasties in our soils to the weird and wonderful life under the sea, most of the animal kingdom is, at first glance at least, pretty far removed from us humans. Simon Watt, biologist and comedian, is harnessing what has always been a useful tool for the more aesthetically challenged among us—humor. Recruiting a troupe of comedians/scientists and scientists/comedians, Watt and his team are each championing a specific species, and then asking their audience to select a favorite for their region.
Earth - Eight ugly animals we should save anyway. The odd-looking aye-aye is a lemur, a kind of primate only found on Madagascar.
It taps tree trunks in search of hidden insect grubs. When it finds one it chews through the bark, then uses its unusually long middle finger to pull out the grub. Aye-ayes are endangered as a result of the ongoing destruction of their habitat. Hailing from the Philippines, Visayan warty pigs get their name from wart-like growths on their faces. It’s not clear what the “warts” are for. Don’t let its ridiculous appearance fool you: the naked mole rat is a superhero of the animal kingdom. Humphead wrasse live on coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific.
Telmatobius coleus are large frogs that are only found in Lake Titicaca in South America. No prizes for guessing why proboscis monkeys got their name. Endangered Ugly Things. 11 Animals We May Allow To Go Extinct Because They're Not Cute And Fuzzy. In 2012, nearly $1 billion was donated in the name of environmental preservation to just three charities: The Conservation Fund, the World Wildlife Fund and The Nature Conservancy.
Where does this money go? Most, according to National Geographic, goes toward protecting a handful of our favorite animals -- apes, elephants, big cats, black rhinos and giant pandas hold the top five spots. Public opinion of these creatures is highly positive, but also highly biased. Some argue, for example, that giant pandas are a colossal waste of our time.
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