Pixelated Picture Series Will Let You Know How Close To Extinction These Animals Are

“The more pixelated the image, the closer it is to extinction.”

Ansa

• Published in Animal Stories
• October 3, 2021

Imgur user named JJSmooth44 has made a very inspirational series of photographs depicting the number of animals of that species that are left in the world. He has taken inspiration for these photographs from the World Wildlife Fund series made in 2008 on a similar concept.

The focus of the series is on the animals that are going extinct. Therefore the distinguishing factor of these photographs is the number of pixels used in each photograph that depicts the number of animals in that picture that is now found in the world.

As JJSmooth44 himself explains it, “The more pixelated the image, the closer it is to extinction.” Talking about his photograph series, he says, “I did it as a programming challenge.”

1. Amur Leopard

2. Javan rhino

3. Asian elephant

4. Green sea turtle

5. Amur tiger

6. Bornean orangutan

7. Chimpanzee

8. Eastern lowland gorilla

9. Fin whale

10. African wild dog

11. Indochinese tiger

12. Galapagos penguin

13. Blue whale

14. Black footed ferret

15. Indian elephant

16. Bonobo

17. Hectors dolphin

18. Black rhino

19. Indus river dolphin

20. Borneo pygmy elephant

21. Giant panda

22. Bengal Tiger

Ansa