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Cecilia De Jesus
@cecdejesus.bsky.social
Artist & Filmmaker
Lover of Movies, Art, Music, & Animals
Director of “Back to Normal”
WWF Panda Ambassador 💙🌎
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October 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
My sign plus a few of my fav images from #NoKings yesterday
October 19, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Artists for Immigrants is a charity art campaign fundraiser, raising money for @chirla-org.bsky.social. You can put your donation towards commissions from some wonderful artists & there will be a 12-hr charity art stream Sat, Aug 9 from 10am-10pm. For more info, go to @latinxinanimation on IG! 🧡
July 31, 2025 at 1:32 AM
3MILL acres of Public Lands could be for sale bc of the new budget bill in Congress. If this passes, this land could be sold off forever and nearly 100 national parks could be affected.

Please contact your members of Congress and tell them not to sell off our public lands!

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June 24, 2025 at 6:13 AM
June 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 31 - black

It’s a tradition for me to end May with the Giant Panda, a conservation success story. The Chinese government & orgs like WWF work to protect their habitats and populations through reserves, wildlife corridors, & community-based conservation initiatives.
June 1, 2025 at 6:27 AM
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 30 - ocean

If the Hawaiian monk seal were to go extinct, the Hawaiian ecosystem would be devastated. Monk seals are apex predators and have an important role in the food chain keeping crustacean, fish and squid populations under control.
May 31, 2025 at 7:45 PM
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 29 - primate

The Bamboo Lemur is a medium-sized primate that lives exclusively on Madagascar. They have brown, woolly fur and scent glands they use to communicate their territory to other lemurs.

⭐️ Status - Critically Endangered
May 30, 2025 at 6:27 PM
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 28 - North America

The Devils Hole pupfish is a critically endangered species that lives in a single limestone cave in Nevada's Mojave Desert. They are one of the world's rarest fish and have some of the lowest genetic diversity of any known vertebrate.
May 29, 2025 at 5:33 AM
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 27 - wing

The Ivory-billed Woodpecker was thought to be extinct for decades, but disputed sightings have been reported in Arkansas, Louisiana, and FL in recent years.

⭐️ Threats: Loss of mature forest habitat & widespread collection of the species for its feathers & parts
May 29, 2025 at 5:30 AM
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 26 - stripes

Striped hyenas are known for the black stripes on their bodies & legs, making them very recognizable. They have a shaggy mane that can raise, making them appear larger & more intimidating

⭐️ Endangered
⭐️ Threats: climate change, reduced food sources & hunting.
May 28, 2025 at 5:38 AM
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 25 - swim

The Hairy-nosed Otter is a semiaquatic mammal native to SE Asia and one of the rarest, least known otter species.

⭐️ Status - Critically Endangered
⭐️ Threats: habitat loss and fragmentation, hunting for fur and meat, and accidental entanglement in fishing gear
May 28, 2025 at 5:35 AM
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 24 - Feather

Decades of conservation efforts have helped the California Condor avoid extinction, but they continue to suffer from lead poisoning from feeding on contaminated carcasses.

⭐️ Status - Critically Endangered
⭐️ Threats: habitat loss, lead poisoning, and poaching
May 28, 2025 at 2:32 AM
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 23 - Green

Green sea turtles are the only sea turtle species that primarily eats plants, like seagrass and algae.

Green Sea Turtle
⭐️ Status - Endangered
⭐️ Threats: overharvesting of eggs, hunting, and habitat loss
May 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 22 - climb

Northern Idaho Ground Squirrel
⭐️ Status - Endangered
⭐️ Threats: loss of their native meadow habitat as a result of fire suppression. Important travel corridors have become fragmented, leaving the ground squirrels to survive in isolated, non-connected habitat.
May 26, 2025 at 7:09 AM
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 21 - horn

Staghorn coral is a branching, stony coral found from Boca Raton, Florida, south to Venezuela. It plays an important role by providing a complex habitat for marine life, safeguarding the biodiversity of marine ecosystems in the region.
May 26, 2025 at 12:47 AM
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 20 - desert

Mojave Desert Tortoise
⭐️ Status - Endangered
⭐️ Threats: habitat loss from development, military base expansion, off-highway vehicle use, livestock grazing; disease, utility maintenance projects; invasive species, extended droughts due to climate change
May 21, 2025 at 7:11 PM
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 19 - red

With less than 20 Red Wolves in the US, they are close to extinction due to car collisions, killings, & habitat loss. Critical funding to retrofit highways in NC with wildlife crossing tunnels has been frozen recently, which will lead to more wildlife deaths.
May 21, 2025 at 5:23 AM
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 18 - ice

Penguins are one of the most threatened groups of seabirds, with half of the 18 species listed by Birdlife as either Vulnerable or Endangered.

⭐️ Threats: habitat loss, pollution, disease, reduced food availability due to commercial fishing, climate change
May 21, 2025 at 4:51 AM
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 17 - scaly

Dunes Sagebrush Lizards are listed as endangered under the ESA after facing decades of habitat loss at alarming levels due to fossil fuel development & sand mining for fracking purposes.
May 20, 2025 at 5:48 AM
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 16 - spots

Ocelots were once found across much of Texas, but now only exist in deep, south Texas.

Ocelot
⭐️ Status: Endangered
⭐️ Threats: habitat loss, road collisions, and potential inbreeding due to limited gene flow
May 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 15 - lake

Laysan Duck
⭐️ Status: Critically Endangered
⭐️ They are primarily nocturnal, with most of their foraging activities occurring from dusk to dawn.
⭐️ Threats: habitat degradation (introduced rabbits and vegetation changes), disease, and natural disasters
May 18, 2025 at 3:44 AM
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 14 - small

If Giant Kangaroo Rats were removed from the food chain, the number of cactus plants would increase due and additionally, predator populations would decrease due to lack of food source. This change could lead to broader ecological impacts within the ecosystem.
May 16, 2025 at 6:45 AM
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 13 - mountains

The Little Brown Bat, common on the East Coast of the U.S., is facing extinction primarily due to a white fungus growing in their habitats, infecting them with a disease called White-Nose Syndrome.
May 14, 2025 at 6:13 AM
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 12 - South America

Glass Frogs
⭐️ 11 species critically endangered, 39 endangered
⭐️ Can become see-through by hiding their red blood cells in their livers
⭐️ ~ size of a human fingernail
⭐️ Threats: habitat fragmentation, climate change, exploitation by the pet trade
May 14, 2025 at 1:37 AM