12 portraits of animals that are on the verge of extinction, made by Tim Flatch

Photographer Tim Flach is known for his emotional photographs of animals. His pictures wonderfully convey the mood and feelings of various representatives of the fauna and make people rethink their attitude to the wild.

Flach’s new book, entitled "Endangered," was created to make readers aware of the influence they have on these animals and to think about what their extinction will mean. Along with the animals themselves, the photographer captured their habitat - amazing natural landscapes.

He spent several days in snow and cold to remove a rare antelope. He swam with sharks and hippos, and also visited zoos to understand what awaits wildlife if it gradually passes into human hands.

The ecosystems in which many of the heroes of the new Flach’s book live are already destroyed - so people made way for cities and farms. Humanity does not realize that, eliminating such habitats, it eliminates the only places in which the most unique creatures on Earth can live.

Here are the most memorable photos from Endangered.

Pangolins are most often the victims of illegal wildlife trade.

Hippos are at risk from hunting for their meat and teeth.

Yellow-eyed forest frogs suffer from climate change; for them, the fungus that spreads in forests is dangerous.

Angonoks are the rarest turtles in the world.

In the 20th century, it was believed that the monkeys of Yunnan died out before one was spotted in 1962. Now their populations are considered very small and isolated.

Fireflies help us learn how bioluminescence works. They are threatened by pollution and deforestation.

Rare Filipino eagles become victims of poaching.

Scavengers suppress the spread of infections. Now they are actively destroyed by poachers.

Snow leopards are one of the most elusive cats in the world. Their habitat disappears as the slopes of the warmer Himalayas are overgrown with forests.

Saiga is a species that has remained with us since the ice age. But due to poaching today they are in a critical situation.

Once upon a time in the Black and Caspian Seas one could meet 5-meter beluga. Today, such giants have disappeared altogether, and small individuals are in danger due to the hunt for their valuable caviar.

Sudan is the last male of the northern white rhino on the planet.

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