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~12000 BC Sabre Tooth Tiger ~ 1650 BC Mammoth 1681 Dodo ~ 1890 Falkland Islands Wolf 1918 Carolina Parakeet 1938 Schomburgk's Deer ~ 1960 Javan Tiger 1973 Tecopa Pupfish 1975 Round Island Burrowing Boa 1979 Dutch Alcon Blue Butterfly 1994 Golden Toad 2000 Pyrenean Ibex 2002 Baiji White Dolphin 2004 Black-faced Honeycreeper 2006 West African Black Rhino 2015 Pinta Island Tortoise 20?? *****Sapiens

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Ilene Bauer

Date: 4/17/2020 3:40:00 PM

well done, terry! i hope the powers-that-be didn't censor that last word...

Terry O'Leary
Date: 8/10/2021 1:33:00 PM

Well Ilene, it looks like they did censor the last line. For readers that get this far, the last line is supposed to be " 20?? H-o-m-o Sapiens " without the dashes, which I believe is the scientific name of humans...

Terry O'Leary
Date: 4/18/2020 6:27:00 PM

LOL! Yeah, I'm sure they would if they could... Thanks, Irene!!

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 4/17/2020 11:16:00 AM

This is the best! It somehow struck me as wonderful.

Terry O'Leary
Date: 4/18/2020 6:25:00 PM

Thank you... much appreciated!!!