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The Extinction of Cheetahs As of 2016, there are only 7,100 Cheetahs remaining in the Wild (Varma). This number is a 90% decline from the last century (Varma). Not only does this make these animals endangered, but it also makes them dangerously close to extinction. Predators like cheetahs are vital in a healthy ecosystem. Despite their importance, people in the last century have been very reckless and harmful to these animals that have caused a big plummet in their population. The three main…

Algonquian-speaking groups. Those groups were the Kaskaskia, Maroa, Chinkoa, Tapouaro, Coiracoentanon, Moingwena, Espeminkia, Tamaroa, Che Possa, Cahokia, Michigamme, Wea, Piankashaw, Peoria, Mascouten, and Miami. In the 1830’s when the Indian Removal Act came about, the Illinois Indians were moved from Illinois to Ottawa County, Oklahoma. When the Indians were living in Illinois, the land differed greatly from now. Illinois was full of prairies, marshes, forests, and swamps. The Indians…

A vector was loose in Madagascar, Africa with a pathogen and a zoonotic disease. Later people found out that the zoonotic disease was known as malaria. The vector that carried the pathogen was a fly. People began to use DDT to help stop this epidemic and the results were startling. Five years after Africa stopped using DDT, the number of cases had risen to 500,000. In the late 1980s Madagascar stopped using DDT and the resulting death drop to fell too 100,000. I strongly believe DDT…

How many African wild dogs exist in the world? As reported in Animal Planet, there are about 3,000 to 5,500 African wild dog’s left in the wild. Their scientific name is “Lycaon pictus”. Size wise, the African wild dog is roughly the same size as a 6ft tall man. To identify the African wild dog look for fur that is mottled with brown, yellow, black, and white patches. They have large ears that look like Mickey mouse ears. Their eyes have large dark circles around them and the average African…

Farquhar drops through the railroad tracks of the bridge and manages to keeps himself out of the ropes. Now he just has to avoid getting killed by getting shot or drowning. Farquhar swam to the shore as the Union soldiers fired on him. Just as they are about to use deadly shot against him, Farquhar gets caught in a vortex that brings him to the opposite shore. Farquhar makes his way through the forest toward his homeland. The landscape is bizarre and premonition. Though he has amazingly survived…

continue to, receive based solely on tourism. If the number of elephants throughout the continent continue to decrease at the present rate, tourism numbers will decrease as well and the country, as a whole, will be greatly negatively affected. Supporting Argument #3: As of 2013, 1.1 billion human beings lived on the continent of Africa (World Population Review, 2015). That is a relatively large number, in comparison to the other continents, with Asia being the exception. While not all of Africa…

Loxogiraffa Cameloserpentes The Loxogiraffa Cameloserpentes, also known as the Giellephantes is a new breed made up of an elephant, a giraffe, and a snake. Created in a lab by Dr. Henry Wu, who created the Indominus Rex, the Loxogiraffa Cameloserpentes breeds and grows in captivity. One of the first Loxogiraffa Cameloserpentes, Ella, was released into the wild after one year of captivity. With her snake tusks, Ella was able to defend herself in the wild. Without elephants’ famous Ivory tusks,…

When you think of a Temperate biome what do you think? A temperate biome is a woodland which contains a large variety of trees and plants but is not as dense as a tropical rain forest. The climate of a temperate forest is mainly humid and receives heavy rainfall year round. The temperate forest is a combination of abiotic and biotic . This type of forest has lakes and streams which make part of the ecosystem,a biological community, abiotic or non-living natural made substances . However, most…

One of the most interesting and intriguing organisms that exists in the Los Angeles area is the owl. Southern California is home to several different species of owls. The three main species are the western screech owl, the great horned owl, and the North American barn owl. They dwell in various types of landscapes, including mountain and valley areas, the desert, as well as city areas populated mainly by humans. The owl that I want to concentrate on is the great horned owl. The owl is…

goal of the prospective Koala Protection Act (National Geographic). The home of Koala bears, being the Eucalyptus Forest, are being destroyed to make more room for roads, houses, and farms (National Geographic). These forests are everything for the Koala, the trees provide and and shelter just to name a few (National Geographic; “Koala Protection Act”). For this reason the forest must be protected so the Koala can continue to survive. The Koala protection act, a piece of national…