"Brazen Killing of Rhinos Reignites Fears of Poaching" An act of cowardice and pure malice was displayed when four black rhino’s were recently slaughtered at a national park in Nairobi‚ Kenya. A thirteen-year-old calf and its mother were among two of the fifty-one black rhinos at Tsavo East National Park to have been murdered. The slaying of black rhino’s by poachers has been an epidemic that has increased within the recent years. The population of the black rhino’s had been decreasing in
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Black Rhino Extinction The black rhino species is being killed off by poachers; having the rhino species go extinct is taking a toll on the rest of the African environment. The black rhino is an umbrella species(Gandhi). If we don’t take a stand now while the black rhino goes extinct then it will cause a certain sort of ripple effect in the African lands making it so many other species will be harmed‚ affected and or go extinct.This is important because species affect the land and we don’t want
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Black Rhino * Smaller than white rhino * Weighs up to 1400kg * Small hooked jaw for feeding on trees and bushes * Keeps head level with body as it is easier to feed of trees * Its natural habitat is in dense vegetation * Female walks in front of calf * Short tempered and aggressive * Very solitary hardly ever joins up with other rhino’s * Grey skin White Rhino * Bigger than black rhino * Weighs up to 3630 kg * Square jaw * Keeps head lower
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The western black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis longipes) has officially become the next sub- species of Rhino to become extinct. The Rhino‚ one of four sub-species of black Rhino‚ was declared extinct this week by the IUCN‚ five years after the last survey of its habitat in Cameroon turned up no evidence of surviving Black Rhinos. The western black Rhino was once widespread across the savannas of central-west Africa but it has decreased due to hunting in the early 20th century. The population rose
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Introduce this section with the food chain discussion card called ‘Under the sea’. Food chains are a flow of energy Food webs exist in a delicate balance. If one animal’s source of food disappears‚ perhaps from a natural cause such as a drought or a killer disease‚ many other animals in the food chain are affected. Some populations may decline‚ and some explode. Humans are usually at the top of the chain and are often responsible for disrupting food webs. All living things depend
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* A food chain shows how each living thing gets food‚ and how nutrients and energy are passed from creature to creature. Food chains begin with a plant-life‚ and ends with an animal-life Parts of the Food Chain * Producers These include all green plants. Plants are called producers. This is because they produce their own food! They do this by using light energy from the Sun‚ carbon dioxide from the air and water from the soil to produce food - in the form of glucose/sugar. These are also
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a) The difference between black and white rhinos Rhinos are grey in colour‚ not black or white as their names suggest. However‚ the major difference is the shape of their mouths. (Thomson Safaris‚ 2010) Black rhinos are browsers‚ using their pointed upper lips to twist off low-growing branches of trees and shrubs. Black rhinos are the fastest kind of rhino with a top speed of 55km/hour‚ they can also grow up to 1‚6m tall and weigh up to 1 400kg. Black rhinos are more likely to be solitary and are
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called food. Food contains energy. The food (or energy) can be transferred from one organism to the other through food chains. The starting point of a food chain is a category of organisms called producers. Producers are‚ in fact‚ plants. So‚ we can say that all the food chains begin with a green plant (or grass) which is the original source of all food. Let us take an example to understand the meaning of food chain. Suppose there is a field having a lot of green plants (or producers of food). Now
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observed heterozygosity of the black rhino and white rhino This study was undertaken in order to understand the heterozygosity trends of the white and black rhinos. Genotypes of five microsatellite loci were collected and assessed with the intention of producing data for a sixth locus from the black and white rhino autoradiograph. This method was a means of analyzing the heterozygosity of the two species of rhino. It was established that black rhinos possess significantly
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“SAVE THE RHINO” Student Number : 47701501 Name : Ayesha Bibi Abdulkader Step 2: What was your original answer and why? My original answer was E – We must save the rhino because it is the right thing to do. In terms of morals and etiquettes – killing is wrong‚ not only of people but also of animals. This was based on an intrinsic value‚ since god created us all. The extinction of the rhino would rapidly be followed by the loss of other endangered and threatened wildlife in Africa. What is
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