Extinct Toys

These are very well-designed, handcrafted wooden toys by Josh Finkle. They are very cute, but there’s one problem: they are caricatures of recently extinct animals.

Here’s the link

There are obvious reasons that I think he explains rather well as to why these are chosen. I can’t help but wonder though, about their end result—will they lead me to a higher awareness to the fragility of nature… or will I eagerly await the next set of dead species turned in to cute lovable playthings?