Endangered Species Essay

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi “Run and find out” is the motto of the mongoose. Mongoose are one of very few species that can fight a cobra and win. Cobras are rarely in danger because they are great fighters with their venomous fangs and fast strikes. The story of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is mainly about a mongoose taking on the responsibility to kill 2 deadly black cobras. The book is written by Rudyard Kipling. The book and movie of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi have many similarities, such as the characters, the setting, and…

Why are some lions rogues and others not? Lions are evil harsh creatures according to the article Attack of the Man-Eaters In the other article The lion Whisperer the lions are as friendly as can be. The article Attack of the Man-Eaters is by Lauren Tarshis and is about a man named Colonel Patterson is building a railroad right through lion territory. In the other article The Lion Whisperer is written by Susan Orlean and is about a man named Kevin Richardson who builds a sanctuary for lions.…

Today we are having a meeting about the Ueno zoo decisions. As head zookeeper i think we should do what is best for our animals. We need to keep them safe a protected while Japan and the United states are at war. I have heard many different ideas on what we should do with the animals so we can still take care of them and keep them safe. When the United states drops bombs on japan we worry and consider what will happen if the bombs drop on the zoo. So we have to decide what to do with the…

Today’s Snakes Travel Like FedEx & UPS!! (Fly, Walk, & Deliver) Snakes are found throughout the world except Antarctica, Iceland, Ireland, Greenland and New Zealand. Most snakes are found in tropical regions. Often observed flicking its tongue, snakes use their forked tongue to smell the air. Snakes are ectotherms, meaning they must regulate their body temperature externally by sunning themselves or retreating to cool, shaded areas. Venomous snakes…

ulperines. A few examples of bears would be the brown bear, polar bear, and the giant panda. The three species I choosed for the research are the Giant Panda (Aliuropoda Melanoleuca), the Polar Bear (Ursus Maritimus Maritimus), and the Tibetan Blue Bear (Ursus Arctos Pruinosus). The Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) are one of the rarest in the Ursidae family, as well one of the most peaceful mammals. They are found in the mountains and bamboo forests in western china; there are as…

In the middle of the African Savanna, a frightened zebra clings to an unimpressed giraffe, which stares at river located towards the west. In the expansive landscape, mountains spring up from the earth with a majestic presence that shows their dominance and power in the light grey of the limestone. The jagged curves of the mountains demonstrate the timeless beauty of nature and the earth’s geological past, which slowly transformed the savanna. The sky witnessed these changed over the centuries…

When I looked at the images on the PowerPoint I decided it would be wise to look closely and mentally take notes of who was in each picture and what each character was doing. I found it either easy or hard to find the pictures that closely represented the ones on the PowerPoint when comparing them to the PDF version. Hopefully, my knowledge of Herakles will help and educate me more about the pictures and the relationships each character has. For the first image, I had a hard time deciding what…

100 years ago the number of orangutans were estimated to be around the 230,000, but now that number has dropped drastically. There are only thought to be 54,000 Bornean orangutans left, and 6,600 Sumatran orangutans remaining. Which makes a total of 60,600 orangutans left in existence. With the population suffering from a 75% drop in just 100 years, the rate of decline is unsustainable and the orangutans are in grave danger of ceasing to exist. This is all due to illegal poaching, trading, and…

Trophy hunting should be banned for many of the following reasons. You usually hunt for the oldest male or the one that is the head of the group.That leaves every other animal in the group fighting to restore order in the herd and trying to become the alpha male. Which could quite possibly never happen again. Plus it would also lead to many fights in the herd to go for the leading role. It should also be banned because the money from trophy hunting has no positive effect on conservation efforts…

Did you know that at the present rate of extinction 20% of the world’s animal species could be extinct in the next 30 years. A lot of this is because of changes to living and nonliving things and their habitats affecting the population of an ecosystem. Did you know that oil spills can even affect many worm species causing them to over populate. Also, Wolves aren’t the real bad guys in Yellowstone national park. My last point is about melting glaciers, and how their destruction is causing some of…