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SpiderMilkshake — Totoaba and Vaquita--Shared Struggle
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Published: 2017-03-16 17:08:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 827; Favourites: 41; Downloads: 0
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^u^; Two beautiful but critically endangered animals whose plight is directly linked--the nets catching the totoaba in illegal fishing (for just the bladder, of all things
) are the same nets slaughtering the vaquita as unintentional by-catch. To save one, we must aim to save both, but most people tend to ignore the totoaba since it's "just a fish" and the vaquita is a visually-charming, "cuddly" mammal. But both are equally great, valuable, and beautiful--neither should be ignored or counted as "lesser".Article on the subject: fav.me/dayiwoa
^u^ Since it's fitting, I decided to draw the two beasties together. The largest drum fish, and the smallest cetacean.
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They don't really "need" it so much as want it--it has a role in folk medicine (which means to say it does nothing for them and it's only local belief and superstition that drives the illegal fishing... ). Similar to the situation with poaching to get rhino horn, or tiger penis, or any random body part from an endangered animal for a dumb reason. :/
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I love what you created, and thank you for the shout-out to my article
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It's not everyday when you see somebody draw the Vaquita, and even more rarely the Totoaba. Nice job!
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^^ Thank you!
They are pretty rarely drawn despite both being very handsome creatures!
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