bigger cars‚ less bikes‚ less bus and train rides‚ and in turn‚ the prices of those alternatives to gas will fall as well. It is a pattern. Incentives Matter: Why you might be able to save your face by cutting off your nose (if you are a black rhinoceros) Incentives matter because individuals are driven by it. For example‚ if we are paid based on how well we work‚ then we would work harder. It is based on the individuals’ interests. Many teachers say they are underpaid. All teachers’ wages are
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claim that some military officers in Assam individually shot more than 200 rhinos. By 1908‚ the population in Kaziranga had decreased to around 12 individuals.[3] In the early 1900s‚ the species had declined to near extinction.[2] Poaching for rhinoceros horn became the single most important reason for the decline of the Indian rhino after conservation measures were put in place from the beginning of the 20th century‚ when legal hunting ended. From 1980 to 1993‚ 692 rhinos were poached in India
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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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Wild Animal Profiles African Elephant | Mammal. The largest living land mammal‚ the African elephant weighs 3500 to 7000 kilograms (3.5 to 7 tons) and stands 3.4 meters (11 feet) high. The elephant’s remarkable trunk serves variously as a nose‚ arm‚ hand‚ foot and multi-purpose tool. The trunk is strong enough to uproot a tree and delicate enough to pick berries‚ and it enables the elephant to reach as high as 7 meters (23 feet). Humans can hear only 20% of the vocal sounds an elephant makes;
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A study of rhinoceros and rhinoceros horn artifacts in the ancient China Rhinoceros(xi犀)‚ also named as si (兕)‚ is a rare animal in the ancient China. They were very active in the landscape of China during the prehistoric times. Archaeologists have found the evidence of rhinoceros bones in many Neolithic relics. Various ancient literatures such as “E Ya”‚ “Guo Yu”‚ “Lun Yu”‚ and “Shan
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Black Rhinoceros Hook-lipped rhinoceros known as black rhinoceros are native to eastern and southern Africa. lots people think that this black rhinoceros are called black because of their color but they color vary from brown to grey. same as other rhinoceros‚ they get their foods from plants. unfortunately black rhinoceros are in danger of extinction. around 1900 there were more than thousands of them in Africa how ever according to the International Rhino Foundation in 2008 there were only 4240
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hunting) and global climate change. JAVAN RHINOCEROS The Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus) is the most endangered of the world’s five rhinoceros species‚ with an estimated 40-60 animals remaining on the western tip of the Island of Java (Indonesia) in Ujung Kulon National Park. The last member of another tiny population in Vietnam’s Cat Tien National Park was killed by poachers in 2011. The water- and swamp-loving Javan rhinoceros formerly ranged throughout Southeast Asia and Indonesia
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"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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Save the helpless What reason can one give behind the killing of these magnificent creatures (the Rhinos)? Well in this leaflet the writer has answered most of that question and the rest we all should now. The far most obvious answer will be‚ for their horns. Most poachers cut of their horns and let them go‚ but did you know‚ black rhinos have a very quick to charge attitude‚ they attack anything they feel brings danger to them; they can’t do anything without their horns. They would have no weapon
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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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