2011, showing the relative proportion of different taxonomic groups and their IUCN Red List Status.NT= Near Threatened, DD= Data Deficient, VU= Vulnerable, EN= Endangered, CR=Critically EndangeredĪn alarmingly high number of animals are considered “Data Deficient”, which means we don’t know enough about their populations to make an informed judgment on how endangered they are. It’s unthinkable that the characters in Finding Nemo could become extinct, but this is the reality unless we pay more attention to the diversity of marine life.”įigure 1 from McClenachan et al. “Our research highlights how very little we know about many of these animals. “Putting Nemo in office aquariums, making soup out of Anchor the shark’s fins and selling Sheldon the seahorse as curios has taken a toll,” says Loren McClenachan, the study’s lead author and NSF International Postdoctoral Fellow at Simon Fraser University. Marlin was right when he told Nemo that the ocean is not a safe place for fish. 100% of sea turtles, 80% of lamnid sharks (a group which includes makos and great whites), and 50% of myliobatid rays (Eagle rays like the cleverly-named Mr. When broken down by family, the trends are even worse for many groups. One in six of these species are threatened with extinction. This new research summarized the conservation status of over 1,500 marine species which either appear in Finding Nemo or are in the same family as those who do, and the trends are scary.
Brown pelicans (like Nigel) and their relatives are also in bad shape. 40% of all known seahorses (like Sheldon) are threatened with extinction, earning seahorses the unfortunate honor of being the most threatened group of bony fishes that appear in Finding Nemo. Other characters in the film are threatened as well. Regular readers know that sharks (like Anchor, Bruce, and Chum) and sea turtles (like Squirt and Crush) are threatened globally due to overharvest. The paper, titled “Extinction Risk and Bottlenecks in the Conservation of Charismatic Marine Species”, concluded that many of the stars of Finding Nemo are in deep trouble. According to research published today in Conservation Letters, however, we may soon only be able to see some of these animals in the movies. In addition to a heartwarming story of a father trying to bring his son home to their aneme…anemeneme… amenememe… anemone, the film showcases an enormous variety of beautiful real-life coral reef species. Like most marine biology geeks, I’m a huge fan of Disney/Pixar’s “Finding Nemo”. WhySharksMatter found Nemo at Disney's Living Seas Aquarium
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