Nature is Dead

Digital illustration of a rhinoceros in the Patagonian forest of Tierra del Fuego

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A human holding a sleeping papion monkey

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The Martin scale is an eye colour chart that was developed by the influential anthropologist Rudolf Martin and used by scientists and researchers in anthropological classifications. This chart is on display at the La Plata Museum in Argentina

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A digitally created mountain landscape

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Embalmed zebra head. In the basement of Fauna Nación Argentina, objects seized from the illegal trafficking of animals are kept

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The Bay of Fossils is located on the Santa Cruz River in Argentina. A few years ago, an agreement was signed with China to build two mega-dams on this glacial river despite the great environmental impact they would cause. This bay is an inhospitable and little studied place, but of great scientific importance due to the amount of fossilised bone remains it contains, which will be submerged in one of the water mirrors of the second dam

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LEFT: Snakes and lizards are usually trafficked hidden inside hollowed out books.
RIGHT: A python in a small fish tank

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On a page from Genesis, there is a drawing of a Pira-ñu, a fish with a horse's head from Guarani mythology that attacks boats and preys on the crew

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The Iguazu Falls are located on the border of Argentina and Brazil and are recognized as the most spectacular in the world. This year due to the closure of reservoirs on the Brazilian side and the lack of rain the falls ran out of water

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Chromatic scale of hair. This instrument used in the SXIX and early SXX was created to standardise the classification of hair colour in humans. It was created by a German geneticist and anthropologist named Eugen Fischer

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Natalia is one of the eighty felines from the Lujan Zoo in Argentina, where the director believes that wild animals can become domesticated. Natalia walks through his house with absolute freedom

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