Book of the Dead – 2022 Edition
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The tiny mountain mist frog from Australia
The even tinier sharp snouted day frog, also from Australia
The Coote’s tree snail from French Polynesia
The giant atlas barbel found in the rivers of Morocco
Poecilobothrus majesticus, a long-legged fly from the UK
The Chinese paddlefish, who could reach up to 23 feet in length
The 30 million-year-old Yangtze sturgeon
These are just some of the species we have identified. There might be thousands more, gone before we knew them. How do you grieve something that hasn’t even been named?
RIP my friends. You will be missed.
And I’m sorry.