Endangered Species Essay

The Saber-toothed Tiger, or the “Smilodon”, was a prehistoric predator, that lived in the southern part of the Americas. (California, Texas, Florida, etc) The Saber-toothed Tiger is named after their long, canine like teeth, that extend from their upper jaw. Existing during the Pleistocene Epoch (about 56 million - 12,000 years ago), Saber-toothed tigers were elongated, stocky animals, that were ferocious, meat eating hunters. The Smilodon populator, or the Saber-tooth Tiger hunted in packs,…

‘Heritage’ invites us to think of multiculturalism, the 99 animals featured in this artwork are ideal but it is an impossible reality. The range of animals goes from tigers to deer, to pandas and kangaroos. The animals featured in heritage are ideal but are impossible, they are prey and predator. The artwork symbolizes tranquility and peace, the animals have been arranged in a way that there is no hierarchy, there is no leader. The only movement in this world of ideal is a drop of water, it’s…

The author states the theories about the main cause of extinction, and provides three reasons of support. However, the professor explains that these theories were not the cause of Steller’s sea cow population decline, and refutes each of the author’s reasons. The reading posits that the sea cows were overhunted by the native Siberian people. On the other hand, the professor explains this point by saying that the sea cow was a mass creature with nine meters long heavy body. He states that the…

Prey need peripheral vision to survive, they need it to be able to see predators so they won’t get eaten. Peripheral vision is a wide horizontal range of vision found on prey that ranges from 290-310 degrees, leaving them with a 50 degree blind spot, with horses as one of the only exceptions because they have a 350 degree horizontal range. but they do not have the depth perception and focus that predators might have, because of predators tunnel vision. You can tell if they are predators or prey…

Since the beginning of mankind, humans have been in a constant battle for survival. Hunting has been one of the major components to our existence dating back to the beginning of time. Thousands of years ago mankind would be reliant of hunting to be able provide and feed their family and tribe. Without hunting and proving food for your tribe, starvation and death were soon to follow. A Mammoths killed by hunters could provide a tribe meat for months. Killing a mammoth was no easy task though as…

The black bear is the smallest of the North American bears (“Be”, 2012). It has small eyes and ears are well-rounded. The Black Bear has 42 teeth: 12 incisors, 4 canines, 16 premolars and 10 molars. They weigh on average of 300 to 400 pounds (the female considerably less), they stand 27 to 36 inches high at the shoulder. There is an estimated number of 600,000 black bears in North America. How would you properly take care of a black bear in captivity? If you are wanting to own a black bear…

The passage suggests that people will not be able to stop the invasion of the zebra mussel in North America, and the invasion will result in a real threat to freshwater fish. However, the professor in the lecture does not agree with the opinion from the passage. First, the passage suggests the people cannot stop the invasion because the past history showed that ship would help spread out the zebra mussel. However, the professor pointed out that this might be true in the past, but now people…

(name, date). These flightless birds are first level consumers, feeding from over 150 different fallen fruit species, and it is estimated that 70-100 plant species rely entirely upon the Cassowary for seed dispersal over a habitat. As the only native animal adapted to consume most larger rainforest fruits and carry their seeds through their digestive system undamaged, these ‘keystone species’ play a crucial role in the maintenance of the rainforest ecosystem (name, date). After remaining within…

without even mentioning the pet trade and other dramatic reasons. I would be devastated to let an animal leave in a jungle soon to be palm oil plantation since I would care so much about the future and the welfare of the animal, but also the whole species and biodiversity present in these tropical forests. That’s why I want to take part in the conservation movement, but not being a conservationist since I would not be able to handle the different atrocities of the job.…

The Difference Between the Nine Sub-Species of Giraffe The Giraffe is the tallest species of land mammal in the world, a bull giraffe can grow to be over 17 ft. in height and can weigh over 3,000 lb. Giraffes are herbivorous even toed ungulates, giraffes are one of the last two living species of the Giraffidae Family, and are most closely related to the Okapi. A Giraffe’s body is unusual in comparison to most ungulates, its body sloping down from the shoulders to the rump. However, all four legs…