Aye-Aye

Aye-Ayes are an endangered species.

Aye-Ayes can be found only on the island of Madagascar. They are under threat because of deforestation, poaching and persecution. Natives of Madagascar believe they are harbingers of bad luck and if an aye-aye points it's long skinny finger at someone, they are marked for death. Others believe that they can creep into homes and use their tapping finger to pluck out the hearts of humans, therefor when they are seen they are killed on sight.

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Bees

 Another endangered species, the bee, the pollinator of plants that we eat to exist

 According to Friends of the Earth - Since 1900, the UK has lost 13 species of bee, and a further 35 are considered under threat of extinction. None are protected by law. Across Europe nearly 1 in 10 wild bee species face extinction.

Causes of bee decline include habitat loss - less forage and shelter, climate change, pesticides, pests and disease, and invasive species.

Giant Otter and Orangutan

 More endangered species

Giant Otter - the main threats to this lovely animal are habitat degradation, river contamination due to mining and agriculture, over harvesting of fish and hunting for it's skin.

Orangutan - numbers have declined rapidly since the middle of the 20th century due to human activities. These include hunting, unsustainable and often illegal logging, mining and conversion of forests to agriculture.

Watercolour and fine liner

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Vaquita

I'd not heard of this animal until I was doing research into endangered species.

They are the most endangered marine animal in the world. 

According to the Marine Mammal Centre 

Vaquitas are only found in the shallow waters of the northern Gulf of California, Mexico. This area is abundant in fish and shrimp, and many people depend on fishing for their livelihood. Most fishers in the area, whether they are legally catching fish and shrimp or illegally fishing for totoaba, use a type of net called a gillnet. Gillnets are the primary reason for the vaquita’s decline.

The Environmental Investigation Agency

The vaquita is not hunted in its own right – it is collateral damage, killed accidentally in the illegal gillnets set primarily for totoaba fish, the dried swim bladders, or maw, of which are highly sought-after in China.

 

They drown because they get tangled in the nets!

Poison Dart Frogs

 I'm continuing with my endangered species book and this time I have chosen frogs. They are very small but can be deadly.

This golden poison frog is only two inches in size but has enough venom to kill ten grown men.

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Slow Loris

The slow loris is on the endangered species list. This is due to a combination of habitat loss and from hunting. Some people like to keep them as pets for which they are not suitable.

Watercolours and liner pen.

 

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Red Panda and Toddler Dress

 Another page from my endangered species, this time red pandas. they are so cute.

Watercolour and fine liner

You can read more about these animals on this page, click to expand.

Oil Pastel and watercolours

I made another dress, this one was for my eldest Granddaughter who is 3. She loves the dress.

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Chinese Alligator and Twitter Art Exhibit Book

Another endangered species.

Top - fine liner

Middle - Pencils

Bottom - Callipen & watercolour

I received my copy of the Twitter Art Exhibit Book for 2022 last month. I don't know if it has pictures of every postcard sent in but there are a lot. My postcard is the hare with sunflowers. It is over and done with for this year but they are advertising for next years event which will be held in Vancouver to support UNYAyouth.{Urban Native Youth association}. Anyone can send in a postcard so why don't you have a go?

 

Banteng Wild Cattle

Another animal on the endangered species list.

Watercolour and fine liner

Watercolour and fine liner

Sharpie

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Asian Elephant

 Another endangered species, read about it by clicking on the image to make it bigger.

fine liner and watercolour

fine liner and watercolour

bamboo pen & ink, watercolour

uni posca pen

fine liner & coloured pencils

faber castell grey artists pen

Nats [god like spirits] seated on elephant drawing of wooden sculpture 1910

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Sun Bears

 This is another animal on the endangered list

Pen and watercolour

This was the first painting I attempted of the sun bear. I used bamboo pens and inks. I didn't like the outcome so I had another go at the same picture but with watercolours and pen. Still not great so I did the one at the top. Guess I need some more practice with sun bears.

These are the bamboo pens and inks I used.

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A little bit of information about the sun bear. They are one of the most endangered species in the world due to habitat destruction, poaching for sun bear bile [used in traditional medicine] and because of over exploitation for their body parts which are used in ceremonial dances. They are found in Indonesia and other South East Asian countries.

Bear Bile Farming - moon bears, sun bears and brown bears are kept in tiny cages also known as crush cages, sometimes so small that the bears cannot turn around or stand up. Some exist in the cages their whole lives. Bear bile is collected by invasive extraction methods resulting in many infections. Most farmed bears are starved and dehydrated as this can encourage bile production. What they do to these bears is evil and heart breaking and totally unnecessary.

Read more about bile farming here

and watch a video on this page here

Musk Deer

 

pen, inktense pencils, water and oil pastels

Musk Deer are on the endangered list. They are often killed by hunters to obtain the musk which is used in perfumes and medicines. Hunting and habitat destruction endanger the present day survival of all musk deer species. The Siberian musk deer is the most threatened.

pen and watercolour

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White Rhino in Ink

 This white rhino was drawn with a bamboo pen and ink.

There are two genetically different subspecies of white rhino - Northern and Southern. As of March 2018 there are only two Northern white rhinos left, both of them female. [Kenya]. The last males died in 2018 but sperm was collected to fertilize eggs. Of the two females left, one has been retired from the breeding program due to age and health.

White Rhino

 I managed to do some new artwork, yeah. 

I thought I would continue in my book of endangered species.

White Rhino of Africa. There are two genetically different sub species - Northern and Southern.

As of March 2018 there are only two rhinos of the Northern [Kenya] species left and both are female.

I used pen, watercolours and oil pastels on watercolour paper.

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