JungleDragon passes 30,000 documented species!

With this post I'd like to celebrate a community milestone that was passed earlier this week. Collectively, we now have documented over 30,000 species, all of which can be browsed here:

https://www.jungledragon.com/wildlife/browse

Spread across about 126,000 well curated photos it emphasizes this community's focus on maximizing biodiversity. Our pace in adding new species is about 50-150 per week and has been consistent for several years.

As it stands, Albert Kang has been the largest contributor of new species as the first to have introduced over 2,500 species. As other large contributors can attest to, just the uploading and administration of such a set spans hundred if not thousands of hours of effort.

Albert Kang

Whilst we owe a lot to our "super contributors", the congratulations apply to the entire community. I want to emphasize the many ways in which members can and do contribute beyond just a raw species count:

- Everyone is very much encouraged to keep adding photos to species already "known". Not only is this artistically welcome, it also tends to enrich the species documentation, for example its behavior, male/female differences, lifecycle, etc.

- Some people make massive and important contributions by filling up blind spots on the map, documenting species from territories where we have little coverage. This too is immensely valuable, interesting, and educational.

- Some people take a deep dive into a particular group of species, choosing specialism over generalism. This tends to lead to very deep and high value content that is greatly appreciated.

- Some people take the documentation of a species to a scientific level, covering many angles, documenting identification keys, supplementing posts with rich educational text and even video.

Bottom line, there's many ways to make JungleDragon your own and to contribute in a way that fits you best. They all add up to our community treasure chest, of which I'm most proud of.

Thank you for loving wildlife and thank you for contributing, may it never stop.

(above video is old but reusing it :)