The smallest rail in North America‚ the Black Rail is perhaps the most secretive too "Kick-ee-doo" call is heard primarily at night.The black rail may be the most endangered bird species along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America.Today I am going to tell you about an animal called the Black Rail the scientific name is Laterallus jamaicensis. Over the past 10-20 years‚ some reports indicate that populations have declined 75% or greater and have become dangerously low.The bird also lays
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During the past 30 years the population of giraffes has staggered‚ with numbers decreasing so significantly that these animals are on the verge of extinction. Records from the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) show in 1985 there were approximately 155‚000 giraffes. In 2015‚ it was discovered that there were only 97‚000 left. Some of the major causes of the species population decline are poaching‚ political strife‚ and loss of habitat in Africa. Prior to 2015‚ giraffes were
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Imagine this‚ you’re walking through the South African savanna and you notice some drips of blood that get bigger and bigger as you follow them. Then suddenly you stumble across a rhino‚ this is no ordinary rhino‚ it’s a rhino without a horn‚ bleeding from where the horn was once at. One of the “modern dinosaurs” that is present today is the Rhinoceros‚ which is becoming extinct (“Learn Important Rhino Poaching Facts with Pictures”). In the world‚ mainly in South Africa‚ rhino poaching is becoming
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How long can a Anaconda get? The average length of a Green Anaconda is about 20-30ft. Which is almost the length of a school bus! It weighs about 550 lbs or 249 kg. Which is the weight of a piano. The heaviest and one of the biggest snakes extent snake species in South America. The Green Anaconda’s classification would be a reptile‚ but higher up a anaconda. The green anaconda’s physical traits‚ environment‚ and other interesting facts distinguish the from other snakes. A Green Anaconda is kinda
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On Wednesday September 16th of 2015‚ I will be going to the Smithsonian National Zoo with a group of my friends. The Zoo was founded in 1889. It is one of the oldest zoos in the world. There are 1800 animals that live in the zoo. One of the most famous spots in the zoo for tourists to see is the Giant Panda exhibit. The giant pandas recently just gave birth to baby pandas. I have only been to the Smithsonian National Zoo once. I went in eighth grade for a school wide field trip. I love seeing animals
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How does poaching affect the population of rhinos and elephants? Ivory is a rather beautiful item seeing that it holds many qualities. Amongst those many qualities are its durability‚ its smoothness‚ and its value to the market. How would you feel to know that it is also the tusks and horns that you see on rhinos and elephants? Both elephants and rhinos are poached for their horns and tusks every day to the point of becoming an endangered species‚ like the black rhino and the Asian elephant. Many
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Trophy hunting of lions is a sensitive topic with controversial undertones due to the players involved. Most of the world’s lions can be found in Africa‚ and it is here that these hunting safaris take place. Large portions of the people that participate in these expeditions are American citizens‚ and the trophies are exported back to their home country. The African lion has not yet been placed on the endangered list on the US Fish and Wildlife Services (Flocken). There are various schools of thought
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I think that people should not be able to have excotic animals and just release them out into the wild‚ like Burmese Pythons. A little background on them they can grow up to 20 feet long‚ can eat an alligator‚ and has really good camouflage Burmese pythons are very powerful and high on the food chain and can make animals endangered or extinct. People can get hurt very bad by these big creatures. Burmese pythons are powerful invasive species that could change the United States forever. Burmese pythons
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Red pandas resemble raccoons and because of that‚ red pandas are about 42 inches long‚ including the long‚ bushy tail.The red panda has soft thick fur that’s a rich reddish brown above the black fur underneath. The face is white‚ with a stripe of reddish brown from each eye to the corners of the mouth‚ and the bushy tail is red with a little white at the end. The tail 30 to 50 cm long. They weigh between seven and 14 pounds. Their soft‚ dense fur covers their entire body‚even the bottom of their
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Did you know that white lions aren’t albino? It’s true‚ It’s another subspecies of lions altogether. There’s no difference between a lion or a white lion except for the white fur. Their gorgeous‚ white fur is why they’re famous in hunting. The white lion is easily spotted in the wild‚ live in Timbavati‚ and is endangered. Seeing a white lion is a sight to behold. “These rare beasts can weigh up to 270 - 530 pounds. They can also be as tall as 4 feet” (The Cincinnati Zoo). The color of their fur
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