Endangered Animals Essay

details of the breed such as susceptibility to certain diseases, parasites or fungus infections. It is not recommended that you place several turtles together, as they are known to have aggressive tendencies. Adding other amphibians, reptiles or other animals is also not recommended as they will probably be eaten or eat your turtles. As you gain experience, you will learn to recognise characteristics, genders and behaviour patterns and act accordingly. It is thus essential that you know the…

Whales Whales in captivity is a horrible thing because the whales are separated from their familie, are forced to perform in front of screaming audiences, and they can act out and hurt humans and each other in small spaces. Male orca whales have collapsed dorsal fins. When there in the wild there dorsal fin stays straight up. When there in captivity there dorsal fin collapses. This is most likely because they are cramped up in a tight place so they can’t swim freely. The orca’s also…

Ecology of Desert Fox in a saline Grassland ecosystem of Banni in the Kutch district of Western India 1. Introduction: Foxes belong to genus vulpes, the most widely distributed carnivores, found across the earth apart from Antarctica. Three species of foxes occurs in the different habitats of Indian sub-continent. Indian fox (Vulpes bengalensis) found throughout the Deccan peninsula, arid and semi-arid bio-geographic region of India, Tibetan fox (Vulpes ferrilata) found in Tibetan plateau of…

Human Threats: For both of these species the common habitat is the Marram grass and fresh water regions within the Nature Reserve. As there are many contributing factors to the loss and damage of both of these habitats, it is difficult to pinpoint which factor causes the most destruction. Habitat loss and fragmentation, an overall decline in groundwater quality, water pollution incidents, water shortages and predation from feral populations such as ducks and competition from introduced exotics…

The issue of invasive species first came to my attention by the creature in the photo on top. The creature is the cane toad (Rhinella marina), which I first got to know from a documentary from National Geographic, Killer Cane Toad. Much has been forgotten from the documentary, hence I looked up the internet to refresh my memory on the issue again. Here is what I found. Cane toad was first introduced into Australia in 1935 by Reginald Mungomery to tackle the issue of canegrubs damaging the cane…

“A” reaches 100%, fixed, while the allele “a” is down to 0%, and never drift up. “This is why very small population tends to lose genetic variation over time”(33 lab). This finding also “explain[s] why zoos go to so much trouble to exchange rare animals such as tiger or…

Hunting is the practice of killing or trapping animals. There are all kinds of hunting around the whole world. The hunting I prefer is duck hunting, deer hunting, and turkey hunting. All of these include one main thing and that is patience. There is so much more hunting around the world than just those three. There is boar, elk, coyote and even squirrel hunting. A lot of the times people go hunting so they can mount it or eat the meat of that animal for me I like to eat it because when you try…

Lionfish Invasive Introduction Non-native species have be released and introduced all over the world, but nothing quite compares to the invasion of the Lionfish. Species invasions, such as the Lionfish, can serve as a major threat to native ecosystems by causing ecological damage (Côté, 2013). Finding out what these ecological damages might be and how to slow down the process is Pterois volitans & Pterois miles The fish commonly known as the Lionfish has two species, Pterois volians and…

Both the passage and the lecture are concerned with the decrease in sea otter population in areas of the Alaskan coast. The author of the passage claims that the decrease is due to pollution of the otters' environment. The professor refutes this point. He avers that the population decline originated in increased predator activity in these areas. First of all, the author points out that there are notable sources of pollution in Alaska, such as oil rigs. Tests conducted on water samples from these…

believe that SeaWorld should not be allowed to keep these majestic animals for entertainment purpose because it is unnatural for these animals to live in such confined spaces and dangerous for the trainers, the public, and the whales. First and Foremost, using wild orcas for entertaining purposes in unnatural and cruel. In the article About PETA’S Campaign Against Seaworld the author states, “It’s not surprising that these captive animals do not live as long as their wild cousins. While wild…