But even here‚ where rangers follow shoot-to-kill orders‚ poachers are laying siege to "Fortress Kaziranga"‚ attempting to sheer off the animals’ horns to supply a surge in demand for purported medicine in China that’s pricier than gold. At least 18 rhino fell to poachers in and around the park in 2012‚ compared to 10 in all of India in 2011. Insurgents eager to bolster their war chests here in India’s Assam state are also involved‚ according to police. Authorities are investigating a recent news report
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five species exist today. The African Black and White rhinos‚ and the Sumatran rhinos have two horns‚ but the Indian and Javan rhinos from Asia only have one. Why is it that some rhinoceros have two horns while others only have one? I believe that the second horn certain rhinoceros have first came along as a beneficial mutation‚ and then eventually due to natural selection and allopatric speciation‚ certain rhinoceros now have two horns instead of one. The rhinos that existed about 60 million years
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their large size. We get two types of Rhinos in South Africa‚ namely: Black Rhinoceros - Diceros bicornis White Rhinoceros - Ceratotherium simum. The White Rhino: The white rhino’s name originates from the Dutch "weit‚" which means wide‚ a position to its wide‚ square hush adapted for grazing. The white rhino‚ which is actually grey‚ has a pronounced hump on the neck and a long face. The Black Rhino: The black‚ or hooked-lipped rhino‚ along with all other rhino species‚ is an odd-toed ungulate
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magazine is the author that we chose to criticize based on his great article‚ “Rhino Wars”. The piece of writing from the March issue of the National Geographic Magazine examines the current state of rhinos & rhino poaching in South Africa and other regions. His writing gives the reader an insight of rhino poaching for their horns and how it jeopardizes the species that are facing extinction. SUMMARY “Rhino Wars” is mainly about the poaching of these animals and the risk of extinction
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FOOD CHAINS and FOOD WEBS There are two types of feeding relationships: autotrophic and heterotrophic. Autotrophic organisms make their own food by the process of photosynthesis e.g. plants. Heterotrophic organisms cannot make their own food (i.e. cannot carry out photosynthesis)‚ therefore must eat other organisms to get their nutrients e.g. animals. A food chain is the feeding relationship among organisms or the series of living organisms that eat each other. A food chain shows the transfer
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Research Report: Rhino poaching: 1. Introduction to Rhinos: Rhinos are unique animals. There are 6 different rhino species (The White‚ Black‚ The greater one horned‚ Sumatran and the Javan Rhinos) around the world South Africa is home to two the Black and White Rhinos. Rhinos are more closely related to horses as opposed to elephants. They are massive‚ hoof creatures with extremely thick skin‚ bulky‚ strong bodies and at least one horn that extend from their noses. They are timid herbivores who have
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rhinoceouras.. Rhinos were once abundant throughout Africa and Asia with an approximated worldwide population of 500 000 in the early twentieth century. However‚ despite intensive conservation efforts‚ poaching of this iconic species is dramatically increasing‚ pushing the remaining rhinos closer and closer towards extinction.Three out of five species classified as critically endangered. However rhino poaching has reached a crisis point‚ and if the killing continues at this rate‚ we could see rhino deaths
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Species name: Javan Rhino The historical range (where the species lived and now lives): The population in Ujung Kulon National Park represents the only hope for the survival of a species that is on the brink of extinction. Until the late 19th century and early 20th century‚ Javan rhinos existed from northeast India and the Sunderbans‚ throughout mainland Southeast Asia‚ and on the island of Sumatra. Today‚ there are only as much as 35 individuals surviving in Ujung Kulon National Park in Java
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LEARNING ASSIGNMENT 5 Phytoplankton‚ Zooplankton and the Food Chain By Annie Carman Presented to Mrs. Miller John Abbott College Science and knowledge April 7th 2013 LEARNING ASSIGNMENT #5 GROUP WORK OPEN RESOURCE TAKE HOME 10/100 Marks Due date: the first day you have class in week 11. Days you have class: ____________________ Point-form answers under the questions. Source all information. Do not cut and paste; paraphrase. NAME: __________________________________________________________
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Michella Abel ANTH4113-001 10/16/12 Professor Dowell & Hirschfeld Capstone Anthropology Prison Food Chain The United States has had reform after reform of their prison systems in an attempt to better them and in hopes of making them not only a punishment‚ but a rehabilitating system. The prisons of today are not what these reforms hoped to achieve‚ they are over populated‚ dangerous‚ and under-funded. Gangs have taken over the positions that wardens are supposed to fill and they rule
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