tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73706678368701499492024-03-12T17:48:52.333-07:00Protecting Endangered SpeciesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15763702425421176895noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370667836870149949.post-73430611677311996762012-10-30T01:12:00.003-07:002012-10-30T01:14:07.087-07:00Ways to Prevent the Extinction of Animals and Plants 1. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Humans have responsibility to protect
endangered species and prevent extinction of the species.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">2. We have to put in a lot of effort to
ensure that endangered species are preserved for future generations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">3. There are many ways of preventing
endangered animals and plants from extinction. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The following
are some of the ways.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> (a) Organising campaigns against accessing
logging</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> (b) Educating the public about the
importance of protecting and conserving animals and plants <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> (c) Avoid consuming or buying products
made from endangered species <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> (d) Enforcing the law <o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15763702425421176895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370667836870149949.post-27652525946992861192012-10-30T01:08:00.000-07:002012-10-30T01:08:54.667-07:00Why some species are endangeredHuman activities are the main reason why these species are becoming extinct. Human activities that cause the specie to become extinct include :<br />
a) illegal and excessive logging<br />
b) illegal and excessive hunting<br />
c) excessive development<br />
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Excessive Logging <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Humans
cut down trees to get wood or to clear land for farming. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Logging
activities become a threat to many species when they are carried out on a large
scale.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Some
of the logging activities are illegal. They are carried out by irresponsible
people who want to get quick profit. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Illegal
logging involves logging without licence, logging outside licensed areas and
unauthorised construction of infrastructure and forest roads. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">These
illegal and excessive logging activities cause many habitats to be destroyed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
loss of one plant species can lead to the extinction of many more species. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is because many species depend on the species of plant for their food and shelter. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -14.15pt;">B) Illegal and
Excessive Hunting</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -14.15pt;"> 1.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -14.15pt;">Some
animals are hunted by humans for food or for commercial gains.</span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -14.15pt;">Illegal
hunters always hunt these animals to make profit or just for fun.</span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -14.15pt;">Tigers
are hunted and killed for their skins. The skins are made into coats.</span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -14.15pt;">Deer
are killed by people for their meat.</span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -14.15pt;">Elephants
are hunted for their ivory. Ivory is crafted into beautiful objects.</span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -14.15pt;">The
rhinoceros is killed for its horn. Some people believe that the horn can be
used as medicine. </span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -14.15pt;">Illegal
and excessive hunting causes these animals to become extinct. </span></div>
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Development <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
world's population keeps increasing every day. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Therefore,
people need more resources and more land. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">People
are using more resources such as wood to build houses. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">People
need more land for farming and development. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
increasing demand for land and wood causes many forest areas to be cleared. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
forest is home to a wide variety of wildlife. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">When
an area of forest is developed into a city, farm or residential area, the
wildlife in the forest becomes extinct. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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development is not properly planned.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15763702425421176895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370667836870149949.post-47923571804336589042012-10-21T02:38:00.003-07:002012-10-21T02:40:37.656-07:00Top 10 Endangered Trees<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">When
you think of something being endangered, you probably automatically think of
animals. In the entire world, there are about 5,000 endangered species of
animals, and despite the importance of protecting these endangered animals;
there is also an importance in protecting endangered trees all over the world.<span style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">If you’ve ever been to the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-gourmet-cities.php" target="_self">Hawaiian Islands</a>, you’ve
possibly seen one of these trees during your visit. The 25 different variations
of this tree are found on each island, some growing as large as 60 feet tall.
Each island has its own species and every species is distinct, not only in size
but where they grow and the color palm it provides. The trees only have one
trunk and have various branches that grow palms on the end. There are young
Loulu trees in many<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-hard-to-kill-house-plants.php" target="_self">home
gardens</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">–
you can grow one of these trees in a pot until they start to mature;
however, there are only about 300 Loulu trees in the wild.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">9. Hinton’s Oak (Encino of Hinton)</span></strong></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">You’ll find this tree in Mexico, mainly the southeast corner where
there are three known species that thrive in the dry desert areas. The neat
thing about the Hinton’s Oak tree is that the spring foliage is a bright red
color that eventually turns to a dark green before they fall off. The bark of
the tree is extremely dark, which sets a contrast to the red leaves. The trees
can grow as large as 49 feet and are extremely important to many in<a href="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-black-sand-beaches.php" target="_self">Mexico</a></span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">, as the
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The St. Helena gumwood is definitely unique. In fact, it’s so
unique that<a href="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-most-remote-places-on-planet-earth.php" target="_self"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></span>St. Helena Island</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">chose it to be their national tree. The tree grows with a crooked
trunk, but despite this it is able to support an umbrella-like canopy with an
endless amount of branches. During the winter and into the end of the spring
months, each branch produces white dangling flowers. Accompanied by the flowers
are leaves that can be up to 5 inches long. Not only are these leaves somewhat
large, but they are also hairy and can be a green color while others have more
of a grey tone to them. In St. Helena, the population of this tree was once so
large that is covered tropical forests all over.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">In Swahili, the population of the African Blackwood continues to
diminish. The name comes from the color of its heartwood which is a color
closely resembling black. The tree is said to grow in areas where most other
trees or plants couldn’t, as it prefers infertile and rocky soil. The Mpingo is
also very slow growing, taking between 70-200 years to grow to a mature size
and many only grow to be able 9 feet. tall. It is the national tree of Tanzania
even though the tree can be found in about 26 different African countries,
including Ethiopia, Angola, Senegal, and many others. This tree is great for
those who do agricultural work as it is known to improve the fertility of the
soil as well as the soil’s stability. The Blackwood is a great source of food
for various herbivores as well as livestock as these animals will eat its<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-greenest-countries.php" target="_self">leaves</a></span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">. Despite
being a very hardy tree (most of the mature trees are even able to survive a
fire), the population of the African Blackwood has been on the decline.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Just by the name, you can probably tell that this is a pretty
unique type of tree. Represented as the national tree of Chile, the Monkey
Puzzle can be seen all over Europe, especially in botanical gardens. Sometimes
called the living fossil, the Monkey Puzzle can live thousands of years. In
Chile, the tree is known as Pehuén to the Pehuenche people. These people have a
large history with the tree and often need it to provide a great part of their
diet. The Monkey Puzzle tree provides<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-unhealthy-fad-diets.php" target="_self">nuts</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>that people as well as animals often eat and are said to be very
similar to pine nuts. The tree grows to about 131 feet tall but has a very
slender trunk. The branches are often described as being thick and reptilian
and the tree as a whole prefers to grow somewhere with a lot of rain, and cold
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">You can find the Honduras rosewood in Belize, Southern Mexico, and
Guatemala. They are on the endangered list due to the heavy use of its lumber
for various products. The timber produced with this wood is said to be some of
the best but surprisingly, there isn’t too much information known about the tree.
The wood that is taken from the tree is often of very high quality and the
color is what really attracts people. The wood is usually a red purple color
with streaks of black. The wood is so unique that people from all over vie to
own some of it.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Often characterized as a majestic tree, the clanwilliam cedar can
be found throughout the Western Cape Province of South Africa, especially in
the Cederberg Mountains. The trees are extremely tall, growing up to 82 feet in
height and they like to take things slow: some of these trees can live to be up
to 1,000 years old, and it takes almost 30 years for a tree to produce seeds.
The tree has foliage that is needle-shaped and is close together. The foliage
often produces small cones at the end of each small twig during the autumn
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">If you’ve ever seen<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em>The Lion King</em>, you’ve seen
a Baobab Tree. It’s the one Rafiki makes his home. The African Baobab tree is
another on the list that has a long history. It is said that some of the trees
in existence today have been around for at least 1,000 years. You will find
these massive trees, often growing up to 82 feet in height, in the Blue Nile as
well as Kordofan and Darfur. Not only is the African Baobab tall, its trunk is
also pretty large, measuring in at an average of 32ft. in diameter but others
can be as wide as 91 feet. The tree also has<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-wine-myths.php" target="_self">fruit</a></span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">, which is
also seen in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em>The Lion King,</em><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>ranging from 3-17 inches that has a
dry powdery pulp inside of it. The tree’s fruit is used for various things such
as medicine and food.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">This tree probably has the coolest history on the list, but you’ll
only find the Dragon Tree in Morocco, Madeira, the Cape Verde Islands, and on
five of the seven Canary<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-most-famous-micronations.php" target="_self">Islands</a></span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">. Tall and
slender, the tree has prickly leaves with white-green flowers as well as brown
berries that are recovered in a red sweet substance. The history behind this
tree goes back for centuries. It is said that in Ancient Rome, the tree was
used as a colorant that would cover iron tools. Many times the colorant was
used as a varnish. The Dragon Tree also has history in various Greek myths. The
most well known is one that tells the story of Hercules and the Apples of
Hesperides. Landon, the hundred-headed dragon is killed, who was said to
be the guardian of Hesperides so that Hercules could bring back the three
golden apples. When the dragon was killed, it is said that various Dragon Trees
sprung up from Landon’s blood, which then flowed across the land, causing more
trees to grow. Though the tree has so much history, that history may soon be
cut short due to the declining number in population.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The Bois Dentelle is a truly beautiful tree; sadly there are only
two of these trees in existence today (both in Mauritius). This<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-bizarre-road-signs.php" target="_self">tree</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">is not huge like others on this list; instead, the Bois Dentelle
is pretty small, but the flowers that it provides are one of a kind. The
flowers are in the shapes of a bell but the petals are lacy. Imagine a piece of
cloth that is frayed at the end and you’ll see what these flowers look like.
They are extremely distinct and only blossom between January and March. The
white flowers hang off of long branches and are often in clusters.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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No. 10 - Steller's Sea Cow</h1>
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Land cows eat grass, but these "sea cows" once grazed on kelp in the Bering Sea.<div style="padding: 0px 0px 10px;">
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A relative of the smaller, much-beleaguered manatee, the gentle sea cows were over 25 feet long and may have weighed as much as 10 tons.<div style="padding: 0px 0px 10px;">
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By the time German naturalist Georg Steller found and described them in 1741, their population was already threatened, perhaps due to hunting by indigenous peoples.<div style="padding: 0px 0px 10px;">
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Their extermination would quickly continue with the arrival of Alaska-bound European fishermen and seal hunters. The sea cows were rapidly hunted for food, skins (used to make boats) and oil (for lamps), and by 1768, less than 30 years after Steller found them, the Steller's sea cow was extinct.</div>
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No. 9 - The Quagga</h1>
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<span style="line-height: 14.066666603088379px;">Since 1987, the South Africa-based Quagga Project has been using selective breeding among plains zebras to mimic the animal's unique markings -- most notably, its distinctive striping pattern, which starts at the head but extends back only as far as mid-body.</span><div style="line-height: 14.066666603088379px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;">
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The Baiji white dolphin is one of the most recent species to fall victim to human civilization.<div style="padding: 0px 0px 10px;">
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Native to the Yangtze River in China, the freshwater dolphin was nearly blind and quite intelligent. A 2006 expedition searched the Yangtze for six weeks, but didn't find any Baiji, marking an end to a species that had been a part of the river since ancient times.<div style="padding: 0px 0px 10px;">
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The aquatic mammal had fallen prey to hunters and fishermen, as fishing boats, complete with their entangling gear, began to crowd the river in the 1950s and '60s. A reported sighting in 2007 raised hopes, but most scientists argue that if a few of the Baiji do still exist, their numbers are most likely so small as to make them "functionally extinct," meaning they're beyond a comeback.</div>
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No. 7 - The Saber-toothed Tiger (Smilodon)</h1>
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<span style="line-height: 14.066666603088379px;">He's the cat you see in picture books about prehistoric times, the one that got trapped (and preserved) in the La Brea tar pits while hunting mammoths. He's been gone from the Earth for over 10,000 years now, but those huge canine teeth, now believed to be used primarily for (eek) ripping open prey, still inspire awe.</span><div style="line-height: 14.066666603088379px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;">
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<span style="line-height: 14.066666603088379px;">The cat itself was about the size of a modern-day lion (if not a bit shorter), but far more robust. Since the fierce predator once roamed freely in the grasslands and forests of North and South America, we should probably just be happy we're not living in the Ice Age.</span><div style="line-height: 14.066666603088379px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;">
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No. 6 - Large Rodents (Josephoartigasia mones)</h1>
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<span style="line-height: 14.066666603088379px;">The rodent that lived in South America between 2 and 4 million years ago was closer in relation to a guinea pig than a rat; however, fossilized remains discovered in 1987 indicate that Josephoartigasia monesi was 10 feet long and likely weighed over 1,000 pounds.</span><div style="line-height: 14.066666603088379px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;">
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The thylacine looked like something of a cross between a tiger (due to its stripes) and a dog (in terms of its build). However, it was in fact a carnivorous marsupial, complete with pouch.<div style="padding: 0px 0px 10px;">
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Their heavy-handed hunting, prompted in part by farmers' protection of their livestock, brought the animal to minimalist numbers by the early 20th century. By then, efforts to protect it were too late.<div style="padding: 0px 0px 10px;">
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At nearly 3 feet tall, the great auk was a large bird, indeed, but a story involving one of the last living auks was perhaps more unusual than its size.<div style="padding: 0px 0px 10px;">
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The last known auk in Scotland was executed in 1840, after local villagers thought that it was a witch. Really.<div style="padding: 0px 0px 10px;">
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While the auk was unlikely actually a witch, the penguin-like species was the last flightless bird in the Northern Hemisphere and once inhabited islands off the coast of northern Europe and northeastern North America.<div style="padding: 0px 0px 10px;">
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While passenger pigeons were hunted as a crop nuisance for years, it wasn't until pigeon meat got popular that things took a turn for the worst. It also sure didn't help that westward-bound settlers were chopping down the birds' habitat at an alarming pace.<div style="padding: 0px 0px 10px;">
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They were gone long before the first human graced the planet, yet they've still managed to capture the hearts of school kids across the globe, thanks to the toys, cartoons and museums full of skeletons extolling their prior existence.<div style="padding: 0px 0px 10px;">
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And wouldn't it be nice if the dinosaurs all lived together like they do in the movies, playing, fighting and hunting? Think more The Land Before Time and less Jurassic Park, more plant-eaters and fewer Velociraptors. The reality is that many of the more famous dinosaur species never even crossed paths.<div style="padding: 0px 0px 10px;">
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Stegosaurus lived way before Triceratops showed up; Tyrannosaurus wasn't feasting on Apatosaurus (he had been extinct for millions of years by that time); and they were all gone by the time human beings came around. But never mind that.<div style="padding: 0px 0px 10px;">
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No. 1 - The Dodo (Raphus cucullatus)</h1>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15763702425421176895noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370667836870149949.post-26544550966882317082012-10-14T01:09:00.003-07:002012-10-14T01:09:47.816-07:00Protecting Endangered Species<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Animals and plants are natural resources that are very important to us. A lot of our food is obtained from animals and plants. We get raw materials such as wool, wood and rottan from animals and plants. Many of the ingredients for medicines are obtained from animals and plants. This shows that animals and plants are very important to humans. However, many species of animals and plants are extinction because of human activities. Therefore it is our responsibility to protect endangered species.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Haiwan dan tumbuh-tumbuhan adalah sumber semulajadi yang sangat penting kepada kita. Banyak makanan kita diperolehi dari haiwan dan tumbuhan. Kami mendapatkan bahan mentah seperti kayu, bulu, dan rottan daripada haiwan dan tumbuhan. Banyak bahan-bahan untuk ubat-ubatan yang diperolehi daripada haiwan dan tumbuhan. Ini menunjukkan bahawa haiwan dan tumbuh-tumbuhan adalah sangat penting untuk manusia. Walau bagaimanapun, banyak spesis haiwan dan tumbuhan pupus kerana aktiviti manusia. Oleh itu adalah menjadi tanggungjawab kami untuk melindungi spesies terancam.</span><br />
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