My Life: Animals

Sunday 24 April 2011

Animals

You've asked for it so now you have it. Animals. Who doesn't love them? I bet there isn't anyone in the world that dislikes animals. There has to be one animal that everyone likes! But.. some animals are going extinct due to us! Humans! Before greenhouse gases and global warming species were able to survive in their natural habitat, however the rapid increase of climate change has put animals at risk of becoming extinct! There are a lot of reasons why animals are going exctinct but a lot have pointed to climate change as the main source. Species are no longer able to survive and their kind starts to decline. These are a list of animals that are exctinct all together:
Javan Tiger, Thylacine, Dodo, Passenger Pigeon, Carribean Monk Seal, Steller's Sea Crow, Aurochs, Elephant Bird, Woolly Mammoth, Dusky Seaside Sparrow.
*Notice how some of these you may have not heard of!*

This is a list of endangered species in the wild, there may be some in captivity but not in the wild:

Hawiian Crow, Whyoming Toad, Soccoro Dove, Red-tailed Black Shark, Scimitar Oryx, Catarina Pupfish

*I've never heard of any of these, have you?*

List of critically endangered species:

Mountain Gorilla, Bactrian Camel, Ethiopian Wolf, Saiga, Takhi, Kakapo, Arakan Forest Turtle, Sumatran Rhinoceros, Javan Rhino, Brazilian Merganser, Axolotl, Leatherback Sea Turtle, Nothern White Rhinoceros, Gharial, Vaquita, Phillippine Eagle, Brown Spider Monkey, California Condor, Island Fox, Black Rhinoceros, Chinese Alligator

*Look how many there are! D:*

Endangered Species:

Dhole, Blue Whale, Asian Elephant, Giant Panda, Snow Leopard, African Wild Dog, Green Sea Turtle, Malayan Tapir, Tiger, Steller's Sea Lion, Phillippine Eagle, Markhor, Bornean Orangutan, Grevy's Zebra, Tasmanian Devil

*No, this is not right..these animals shouldn't be close to exctintion*

Vulnerable Species- animals at a high risk of becoming endangered:

African Elephant, Cheetah, Gaur, Lion, Sloth Bear, Dugong, Polar Bear, Indian Rhinoceros, Komodo Dragon, Great White Shark, Hippopotamus, Mandrill, Fossa

*This is sad, I had no idea there were this many...*

Near threatened species-may be considered threatened in the near future:

Blue-billed Duck, Solitary Eagle, American Bison, Jaguar, Maned Wolf, Tiger Shark, Southern White Rhinoceros, Okapi, African Grey Parrot, Striped Hyena, Narwhal

This is just horrible! The list goes on and on! These are just the highly known! But, Earth Day was just a couple days ago and there are some things, as humans, you can do! Recycle! Don't drive *or get your parents too drive you* to places that you can just walk/bike too! Unplug your electronics when you are done using them! Did you know that a hairdryer plugged into the wall that isn't being used can take up energy? And a toaster takes up more energy than a laptop. A toaster! People the Earth isn't going to keep surviving if you don't take notice. Global Warming! It's happening and you need to understand that you can't just put off everything, animals aswell as people are being harmed by these changes. You can help, so try!