It may not be a dodo bird or a Tasmanian tiger, but a rare species of animal found only in Georgia has gone extinct.  The beaverpond marstonia, a small snail that lived in fresh water in central and south Georgia, was declared extinct recently by the Department of the Interior.  Though a tiny and relatively unknown creature, the extinction of any native species is cause for worry due to environmental concerns.  Snails don’t get the love of endangered rhinos or pandas, but nonetheless this event has the state’s local freshwater ecosystem SINKING…

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