1. |
I Rainforest
07:30
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… AND
THEN
THE
TREES
WERE
GONE.
Rewind.
imagine
looking down on
a huge swath of lush forest
but before you can pull out your phone
and take a picture,
it’s gone.
260,000,000,000 m2
CLEARED EVERY YEAR
8,244 m2
CLEARED EVERY SECOND
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2. |
II Bees
10:02
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pots of pollen and paintbrushes
in the fruit orchards
of southwest china
pots of pollen and paintbrushes
farmers and their children
are armed with
pots of pollen and paintbrushes
they
climb
climb into
climb into the branches
to individually pollinate each blossom
-
230 short and choppy
wing-beats per second
like tiny helicopters
the wings flop over
and reverse direction
tiny helicopters
tumbling down
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3. |
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HIS SENSE OF SMELL
WAS
WHAT HE DEPENDED ON
MOST OF ALL
HIS OLFACTORY PASSAGES
WERE
LARGER THAN
HIS ENTIRE BRAIN
GOLD
HIS NOSE
GOLD
THE HORN
ON HIS NOSE
GOLD
THE HORN
ON HIS NOSE
IN WEIGHT
IS WORTH MORE THAN
GOLD
On the 19th of march 2018
the last male northern white rhinoceros died
this is him:
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4. |
IV The Blue Whale
08:54
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HER TONGUE
WEIGHS 2.7 TONNES
HER HEART
180 KILOGRAMS
SHE SINGS FAR DEEPER THAN HUMAN HEARING
BUT AS LOUD AS A ROCKET LAUNCH
SHE IS THE LARGEST ANIMAL
TO HAVE EVER EXISTED
THE BLUE WHALE.
99%
DURING THE 20TH CENTURY
99%
WERE WIPED OUT
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5. |
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it’s 1987
a kauai ‘o’o bird
sings his song
CHIRP
TWEEDLE
PEEP
WARBLE
it’s 1987
a kauai ‘o’o bird
sings his song
longing
for a female
to reply
he waits…
SILENCE.
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Evelien van den Broek Amsterdam, Netherlands
Evelien (a.k.a. Leafsheep) is a composer, performer and producer of adventurous electronic music, based in Amsterdam (NL). On top of releasing her own music, she also writes for film, modern dance, sound walks and installation art.
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