Scientists recently launched a bid to save some of the world's rarest and most neglected creatures from extinction. With an initial list of just ten, including a venomous shrew-like creature, an egg-laying mammal and the world's smallest bat the programme will give last ditch conservation aid where till date there has been little or none.
These are one of a kind species. If they are lost there is nothing similar to them left on the planet. It would be a bit like the art world losing the Mona Lisa, they are simply irreplaceable.
Not only are the target species unique, the project itself is breaking new ground by using the internet to highlight threatened creatures and encourage the public to sponsor conservation.
(The New Indian Express
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