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Message: <blockquote data-quote="crazybuddy" data-source="post: 11808606" data-attributes="member: 326070">Nile Perch in Lake: <img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_MsZb8mYFoCs/Sl9STdWvUQI/AAAAAAAAIJU/_nApL7gphvw/s800/Nile_Perch_in_Lake.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> One   of the 100 most invasive species in the world the Nile perch was   introduced to East Africa’s Lake Victoria in the 1950s, and has wreaked   environmental havoc ever since. It’s illegal to possess or sell in some   parts of the world, and is thought to have caused the extinction or   endangering of hundreds of native species in Lake Victoria. After   the fish eliminated much of the algae-eating population, the lake   became choked with algae. The perch has also increased local demand for   firewood, because their higher fat content drives people to smoke them   rather than dry them. Adult perch can grow to weigh more than 440   pounds, and are fierce predators that feed on insects, crustaceans, and   other fish-even those of its own species. Pictured here are dead Nile perch on a butcher table waiting for transport to local markets. Nilgunyalcin Child Vulture: <img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_MsZb8mYFoCs/Sl9STxU1cRI/AAAAAAAAIJY/Kx7UxLs1sdE/s800/nilgunyalcin_child_vulture.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Sudanese   child being stalked by a vulture nearby. It is quite obvious that the   child was starving to death, while the vulture was patiently waiting  for  the toddler to die so he can have a good meal. Nobody   knows what happened to the child, who crawled his way to a United   Nations food camp. Photographer Kevin Carter won a Pulitzer Prize for   this shocking picture, but he eventually committed suicide three months   after he took the shot. Palestine Father Saving Son: <img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_MsZb8mYFoCs/Sl9SUxrOhmI/AAAAAAAAIJc/2O3cy1qis50/s800/palestine_father_saving_son.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Images   from the video footage of 12-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah being shot   dead in the Gaza Strip. The scene was filmed by a France 2 cameraman. Palestinian Refugees: <img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_MsZb8mYFoCs/Sl9SVmEkotI/AAAAAAAAIJg/UJ_BS7vRyAo/s800/palestinian_refugees.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> World   Press Photo of the Year: 1976 Françoise Demulder, France, Gamma.   Beirut, Lebanon, January 1976. Palestinian refugees in the district La   Quarantaine. About the image She was the first woman to win the World   Press Photo, and did so on the 20th anniversary of the award. Demulder   stated at the time that she hated war, but felt compelled to document   how it’s always the innocent who suffer, while the powerful get richer   and richer. Palm Oil Deforestation: <img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_MsZb8mYFoCs/Sl9SWTrEP0I/AAAAAAAAIJk/L7fkDyZC7wE/s800/Palm_Oil_Deforestation.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Indonesia   is home to the world’s third largest tropical forest, but it’s   disappearing quickly. Though often illegal, the forests are cut down   both for a booming pulp and paper industry as well as to clear land for   oil palm plantations, which supply diverse industries from biofuel to   soap to cosmetics. Because  of  deforestation, Indonesia is also the world’s third largest  greenhouse  gas contributor, behind only the U.S. and China; after the  forest is cut  down, the carbon normally sequestered in the peatland  soil is no longer  shielded from being released into the atmosphere. Pollution and Power Lines: <img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_MsZb8mYFoCs/Sl9SW7Zs7FI/AAAAAAAAIJo/J_-sSzDuMEw/s800/Pollution_and_Power_Lines.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> China’s   economy has exploded in recent years; so has its pollution problem,   leaving no aspect of the country’s environment unaffected. Solid waste   often lacks proper disposal, waterways have been polluted, and the air   quality has plummeted, largely due to the coal-fired power plants that   serve as the country’s primary source of energy. Environmental   degradation has gotten so bad that the Chinese government, which   doesn’t easily take-or allow-criticism, has admitted that birth defects   in the country have increased as a direct result of it, particularly in   coal-producing regions like the north, where this picture was taken. Second Largest Oil Spill Ever: <img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_MsZb8mYFoCs/Sl9SXZbHc4I/AAAAAAAAIJs/WC2dgj_Hb5A/s800/Second_Largest_Oil_Spill_Ever.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> The   Ixtoc I exploratory well suffered a blowout on June 3, 1979, in   Mexico’s Bay of Campeche, 600 miles south of Texas. The well was not   brought under control until the next year, by which time 140 million   gallons had spilled into the bay. The only larger spill occurred during   the 1991 Gulf War, when Iraq dumped-deliberately-up to 462 million   gallons of oil into the Persian Gulf. Segregated water Fountains: <img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_MsZb8mYFoCs/Sl9SYLtJL0I/AAAAAAAAIJw/VFsFd-9JsYI/s800/segregated_water_fountains.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> A segregated water fountain with a vastly larger and more desirable fountain for whites, and a small fountain for minorities. Sludge Kingston Tennessee: <img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_MsZb8mYFoCs/Sl9SYgCIgoI/AAAAAAAAIJ0/vV-5tFhef1o/s800/Sludge_Kingston_Tennessee.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> More   than 1 billion gallons of toxic sludge were released into a Tennessee   community when a dam collapsed last December, causing a massive  coal-ash  spill at the Kingston Fossil Plant, a coal-burning power plant  owned by  the Tennessee Valley Authority. Coal   ash is known to contain dangerous elements including arsenic, lead,  and  selenium, yet the TVA refused at first to issue any health warnings   about contamination from the spill. The agency, which weeks later   admitted prior leak problems at the plant, also refused initially to   declare as uninhabitable the houses in the area, like the one pictured   here, that were physically relocated by all the sludge. Starving Boy: <img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_MsZb8mYFoCs/Sl9SZPItLhI/AAAAAAAAIJ8/flnF2c--M50/s800/staving_boy.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> World   Press Photo of the Year: 1980 Mike Wells, United Kingdom. Karamoja   district, Uganda, April 1980. Starving boy and a missionary. About the   image Wells felt indignant that the same publication that sat on his   picture for five months without publishing it, while people were dying,   entered it into a competition. He was embarrassed to win as he never   entered the competition himself, and was against winning prizes with   pictures of people starving to death. The American Bison: <img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_MsZb8mYFoCs/Sl9SaUwKvWI/AAAAAAAAIKA/tmch5NbWu18/s800/The_American_Bison.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> A   product of U.S. Army-sanctioned mass slaughter of American bison in  the  1800s, these bison skulls are waiting to be ground for fertilizer,  most  likely in the American midwest. The slaughter was so “effective”  that  the population of bison in the U.S. is estimated to have dropped  from  around 60 million in 1800 to as few as 750 in 1890. Tsunami Dead Bodies: <img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_MsZb8mYFoCs/Sl9SbetAtwI/AAAAAAAAIKE/YUC_wXQxt18/s800/tsunami_dead_bodies.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> The Boxing Day Tsunami that struck Thailand in 2004 caused approximately 350,000 deaths and many more injuries. View of Floods: <img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_MsZb8mYFoCs/Sl9ScLcJBVI/AAAAAAAAIKI/rnyqMMUCwfw/s800/view_of_floods.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> An   aerial view of floods caused by Tropical Storm Hanna is seen in   Gonaives, Haiti on September 3, 2008. Haiti’s civil protection office   said 37 of the 90 Hanna-related deaths had occurred in the port city of   Gonaives. BUMP එකක්වත් දාලා යන්න..ජය..!</blockquote>

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