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# The Endangered Song
- URL: https://www.protein.xyz/the-endangered-song/
- Published: 2014-04-28T14:53:00.000Z
- Updated: 2016-06-17T05:31:33.000Z
- Description: A limited edition vinyl gradually deteriorates and must be saved from extinction, reflecting the plight of the Sumatran tiger
- Author: Maks Fus Mickiewicz
- Tags: Seeds, Music, #protein, #Import 2024-06-11 13:25

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With less than 400 Sumatran tigers left in the wild, [Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute](http://endangeredsong.si.edu/?ref=protein.xyz) has decided to visualise the big cat’s plight in an interesting awareness project. Teaming up with Alaskan band Portugal. The Man, they’ve created a record that is equally at risk of extinction.   
  
A limited run of 400 vinyl pressings have been designed to degrade over time unless they are digitally reproduced. As well as presenting a creative way to raise awareness for their cause, the project also - perhaps unassumingly - enters the interesting conversation of tangible versus digital media, offering a covetable analogue object which must be converted to a digital format to survive.   
  
The institute has produced a video, above, that shows people how to digitise their record, while anyone who can’t get their hands on the vinyl can still contribute to the discussion by using the [#EndangeredSong hashtag](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23endangeredsong&src=tyah&ref=protein.xyz).

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fc/71/fc716215-5729-441a-bd07-e2b50bc413b1/content/images/S3/protein/10014/5df4eff3-605e-4f82-b3fb-f16fbedfb179.jpg)