Lonesome George, a century-old Pinta Island tortoise from the Galápagos Islands, was nicknamed in part for being the last of his kind—or an"endling." His status won the tortoise international fame—but didn't save the subspecies from extinction.“Endling.” It's a word that twinkles with mystery and enchantment, as if plucked from a long-lost fairy tale.
about a group of children and their extraterrestrial friend who are on a mission to save creatures that are the last of their kind. “When you have to confront something so final, it also challenges us to take action on behalf of the other species that are still here.” “There's a certain mythos and appeal of that ‘last’ story of fighting against inevitable defeat,” says Dolly Jørgensen, professor of history at University of Stavanger, Norway, who has. “That is the narrative that can be told about all of these animals as well because by the time they're the last one, it's over.
“I think the power of this paradigm can be leveraged to save other species before it is too late,” he adds. “We need to harness this outpouring of ecological grief and use it to motivate people to care about ending endlings—by bending the curve of biodiversity loss.” Though famous endlings like George can signal-boost broader struggles, it is also important to be aware of the favoritism we place on charismatic species—a category that doesn’t necessarily overlap with the species that are most in need of our empathy.
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