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POPULATION OF DIFFERENT SPECIES ILLUSTRATED BY THE AMOUNT OF PIXELS

Published: 2024-07-21 21:15:39 Last Updated: 2024-07-22 13:53:56

Did you know that the number of Amur leopards remaining in the wild is only about sixty? In his series of grainy animal photos on Imgur, user JJSmooth44 illustrates a number of startling statistics, this being just one. The number of pixels for each endangered species visually corresponds to the number of animals that are still alive. The artist says, "The more pixelated the image, the closer it is to extinction."
A comparable series called WWF Japan - Population by Pixel, created for the World Wildlife Fund in 2008, served as the model for JJSmooth44. The original concept was created by creative directors Nami Hoshino, Yoshiyuki Mikami, and designer Kazuhiro Mochizuki (of Hakuhodo C&D / Tokyo agency), but JJSmooth44's rendition is equally moving. "I did it as a programming challenge," the author writes.
It's shocking to see how near extinction some species are when you scroll through the series. Certain images barely have enough pixels to produce a discernible image, with each animal represented by a coloured square.

The Indochinese tiger is depicted as an illegible grid of orange and brown pixels because there are currently only 600–650 of the species remaining in the wild. The Asian elephant, which has an estimated population of 40,000–50,000, is one of the more distinct images. The species is thought to have decreased by at least 50% over the last three generations, despite the Asian elephant appearing to be doing better than the other animals in the series.

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