Sorry about how long it is, I just thought it was cute, touching and relevant.

come now, that's the universal language for belly rub time

That went from "d'awww that's so cute" to "holy fuck that's sad" in about 2.5 seconds.

You lose one species, and the next thing you know you have other species that depended on it going extinct. Sad thing.

But not more than three.

Had it been me I would have finished by explaining that after taking the picture I then rose from a puddle of my own urine.

That it is, OP, that it is. Great post.