08/19/2022
Kissing Loach
The Kissing Loach or Aymodoki in Japanese, that can only be found in three small and isolated areas in Japan. Currently, the only reason that the Kissing Loach has not gone extinct is because of extensive human intervention and conservation efforts. According the to IUCN Red List, the Kissing Loach is on the cusp of being considered extinct in the wild, but for now is classified as a critically endangered species.
The IUCN Red List also believes that if the conservation efforts ever stopped, all of the remaining populations of Kissing Loach would die. It is estimated that there are fewer than 800 Kissing Loaches left. There are plans to build a conservation area in a park planned for Kameoka City, where the largest population of Kissing Loaches live. Volunteers in Okayama City continu