Chinese paddlefish, one of the world's largest fish, declared extinct

Re:Chinese paddlefish, one of the world's largest fish, decl... by HMH on Monday May 31, 2021 @02:53PM (#27347068)

Interestingly there is a term for the last known member of a species: Endling [1]. Scrolling through that Wikipedia article always gives me an eerie feeling. It looks like the Chinese paddlefish is not listed yet though.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endling

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Re:Chinese paddlefish, one of the world's largest fish, decl... by MawKKe on Monday May 31, 2021 @05:29PM (#27348163)

Last time similar topic came up (either here or reddit), someone posted this recording of a ”Kauaʻi ʻōʻō” bird [1] in which a male, apparently the last of its species, is trying to connect with a female. Reeally eerie.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDRY0CmcYNU

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Re:Chinese paddlefish, one of the world's largest fish, decl... by shakezula on Monday May 31, 2021 @05:43PM (#27348297)

This shit always just makes me so incredibly, deeply sad. It's the loneliest thing I can imagine.

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Re:Chinese paddlefish, one of the world's largest fish, decl... by libraryatnight on Monday May 31, 2021 @08:15PM (#27349491)

Absolutely beautiful and heartbreaking, thank you - I might never have stumbled upon that.

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Re:Chinese paddlefish, one of the world's largest fish, decl... by n00begon on Monday May 31, 2021 @10:16PM (#27350107)

The podcast "Anthropocene Reviewed" has an episode[1] on the Kauaʻi ʻōʻō including the last time it was seen if you would like to know more about it.

[1] https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/anthropocene-reviewed/e...

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Re:Chinese paddlefish, one of the world's largest fish, decl... by libraryatnight on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @12:38AM (#27364900)

Thank you I am going to give this a listen!

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Re:Chinese paddlefish, one of the world's largest fish, decl... by dexwell on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @06:51AM (#27352725)

My gods, this broke me.

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Re:Chinese paddlefish, one of the world's largest fish, decl... by dennis_moore on Monday May 31, 2021 @09:31PM (#27349909)

It seems like a tremendously difficult task to declare that a particular individual is an endling. Do you know how a zoologist would infer such a thing?

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Re:Chinese paddlefish, one of the world's largest fish, decl... by kaba0 on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @10:24AM (#27354963)

Only a guess, but if there is no sighting of it in the wild for a very long time (eg. from the article it was 10 years, but I guess it depends on species, how long does it live, how many offsprings it produces etc) and there is one living in captivity it is not that hard to declare.

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