Endangered Animals Essay

of Red-tailed Black-cockatoo (Red-tailed Black cockatoo, 2014-16) and the two southern subspecies are near threatened. These cockatoos are under the Australian Government Act of Endangered (Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999), the (Flora & Fauna Guarantee Act 1988) in Victoria and the Endangered (National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972) in South Australia. The Red-tailed Black-cockatoo is approximately 60cm in length and 615-870g in weight. The males of this species are…

Analysis of Articles to Determine Which is the Stronger Case for the Protection of the Wolf Population By: Trinton Leegan The article by Ed Young called “Scared to Death,” as well as the article by Sharon Levy entitled “Wolf Family Values,” both support the protection of the wolf. Each gave their own ideas about the benefits of protecting the wolf. While both articles touch on wolf conservation tactics, the article that presents the stronger case for the need for wolf protection is the…

On the first day of setting up we chose a farther site away from others deeper in the woods. The first time checking the cups we got two common ground beetles which are know as pterostichus Broad prothorax with denticulate hind angles; crossed elytral epipleural; body length greater than 12 mm; basal fovea of the prothorax bistriata with a more or less pronounced tubercle in center and a strong lateral carinae. Last tarsal segment setose underneath; wings often full; body deep black with dark…

A population is growing rapidly in Valley Forge, PA. It is the deer population and it is getting way out of hand. They are causing a carrying capacity and starting to take over our resources that people and other animals need. They are causing too many car accidents and having drivers take the cars to get repaired all the time. It is spreading very exotic and very dangerous species such as ticks, which will spread diseases like Lyme disease. Deer management will be needed to fix this over…

Escape the hustle and bustle of everyday life to Nature Coast aka “The Original Florida,” where a world of historic and natural wonders are plentiful, from numerous parks, preserves, beautiful, crystal-clear springs, rivers and estuaries, spectacular, freshwater lakes, wildlife refuges, and over 25 nature-based recreational sites. Once regarded as "the lonesome leg" of Florida, this 980,000 acres (4,000 km2) area, stretching along the Big Bend area from Apalachee Bay to Anclote Key, is the…

Leatherback Turtle Migration Animals naturally migrate major and minor distances in the world for different purposes. Interestingly, we have observed various animals to understand about migration more. We will describe about the Atlantic leatherback turtle. Atlantic leatherback turtle, also known scientifically as Dermochelys coriacea, are the largest of all sea turtles, one of the largest reptiles on Earth, four to eight feet long, and weighs between 500 to 2,000 pounds. In the other…

The bald uakari is a small new world monkey, monkeys that live in Central or Latin America. It is known because of its red face and bald head. The bald uakari weighs between 2.75 and 3.45 kg (6.1 and 7.6 lb), with head and body lengths average 45.6 cm (18.0 in) (male) and 44.0 cm (17.3 in) (female)(Wikipedia). It has a long white nor red coat covering its body. The tail of the bald uakari is pretty small.The tail is bob-like and rather short for a New World monkey (about 5.9 inches (15 cm)), at…

food and the poor quality. Hares were not affected by the nutrients added into the soil which led them to over graze food in the winter to get more energy. In the winter the secondary chemicals; tannins and resins would increase in shrub casing the animal to avoid eating it or getting ill if they did (this made them easy prey items). The decline in numbers would hit in winter due to starvation, once winter was over there was little food growing due to them overgrazing which would cause the…

The Pacific walrus, or in scientific terms: Odobenus rosmarus divergens, is a large flippered marine mammal. The walrus is naturally a carnivore, and it is the only living species left in the family Odobenidae and the Genus Odobenus. This species is divided into three subspecies: the Pacific walrus, the Atlantic walrus, and the Laptev walrus. They are all named after where they live, for example the Atlantic walrus lives in the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific walrus lives in the Pacific Ocean and…

epoch that was the establishment of the tertiary period on earth. Due to the extinction of the dinosaurs during the previous period, there was a heap amount of mammals accumulating and evolving from their original size and aspects. Many forms of animals existed big, small, and of many different sizes; rapidly increasing in numbers by reproduction. In this epoch, carnivores were very large in numbers. For example, a bird that was one of the top predators during this time was the Phorusrhacids…