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Saving Sea Horses

I suppose most everyone is aware of Colombia's position as being one of the richest nations in terms of biodiversity. Here's a story about one piece of that treasure that is threatened.

¡Salvemos el caballito de mar!

Por AGUST�?N IGUAR�?N G.
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Como en los humanos, en los animales vivir en comunidad no es fácil, pues el poder y fuerza de unos subyuga a otros haciéndolos ver indefensos.

Bajo esta premisa, el más grande se sobrepone al chico. Pero tanto en uno como en otro, hay un factor externo y común que altera y de-sestabiliza el orden de las cosas: el hombre, con su inconciencia y maldad.

Estos aspectos atañen a quizás el animal marino más pequeño, hermoso, exótico, frágil y ‘noble’ que existe: el caballito de mar, un sedentario vertebrado del Caribe, hoy en alto riesgo de extinción por la contaminación de su hábitat y por la sobrepesca.

the whole article is here:

http://www.elheraldo.com.co/ELHERALDO/BancoConocimiento/M/mediocaballi...

By bamacellist on Aug 2, 2008, 23:11 in Friendly Talkzone.

papiChulo says on Aug 2, 2008, 23:33:

thanks for the post... seahorses are so cool... I want to build a big ass aquarium eventually

avoid the unhappy and the unlucky

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goin_south says on Aug 3, 2008, 00:06:

I'm not understanding why this post got no press .

I thought it was EVERYONE'S PRIORITY.... 2 sav the C-Horses ;-)

Why Not Colombia?..........Stay Tuned, for more.... utterly worthless, self-indulgent gobbets of nonsense.

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goin_south says on Aug 3, 2008, 00:07:

they're cute! (for about 12.3 seconds, and then.....jeje

Why Not Colombia?..........Stay Tuned, for more.... utterly worthless, self-indulgent gobbets of nonsense.

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bamacellist says on Aug 3, 2008, 00:15:

jajaja. I'm not sure they should be anyone's FIRST priority, but their threatened demise is a symptom of larger problems.

"The future is much like the present, only longer."

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goin_south says on Aug 3, 2008, 00:20:

...if not simply the 'evolutionary' cosas.

Why Not Colombia?..........Stay Tuned, for more.... utterly worthless, self-indulgent gobbets of nonsense.

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Mononoke28 says on Aug 4, 2008, 11:12:

See what happens when males are the ones getting pregnant? =D

Diana

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