underground and grows lateral shoots and adventitious roots. The Sarracenia Alabamensis (otherwise known as the Alabama cane-brake pitcher-plant) is only found in twelve different sites in the state of Alabama. This plant is listed as Endangered under the US Endangered Species Act. Restrictions have been placed on selling the plant across state lines. It is a tall green plant with visible red veins. It has a large column at the top. This plant may smell like raspberries‚ (Sarracenia). Uniquely‚ the
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The Snow Leopards Are Endangered Did you know that snow leopards are in the endangered species list. The endangered species list is a list of animals‚ plants‚ and other organism that are about to be extinct. In other words there aren’t many of them left. I will be talking about the snow leopard’s and why they‘re going extinct. As you know the snow leopards are in the endangered list because of people selling their skin. The problem is that there are people from Central Asia‚ Eastern Europe and
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The extinction of animals 1. Top ten of extinct animals More than 99% of all species that have ever lived on Earth are now extinct. The vast majority (over 95%) died out. Today is Endangered Species Day. Check out some of the beautiful creatures that the planet has lost. I. The Dodo (Raphus cucullatus): The flightless bird‚ native to the island of Mauritius‚ in the Indian Ocean. II. The Dinosaurs (all of them): They were gone long before the first human graced the planet. III. Passenger
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References: Arnold‚ P. (2009‚ December 4). Endangered Species Tasmanian Devil: Low Genetic Diversity as a Factor of the Tasmanian Devil as an Endangered Species. Retrieved March 8‚ 2015‚ from http://www.brighthub.com/science/genetics/articles/13897.aspx Digest of Federal Resource Laws of Interest to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (n.d.). Retrieved
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Wildlife Conservation is essential to the protection of endangered species and potentially saving humans and the ecosystem because scientists don’t know all of the affects that the extinction of certain species may have on the ecosystem and people. There is an ongoing battle between people who think that they are helpful and people that think that they aren’t doing anything. As the population of humans grows we have to expand so that we can all live comfortably. Unfortunately a lot of people believe
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Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)，it calculated that the percentage of endangered species as 40 percent of all organisms in 2008. Destructive human activities have led to the current rate of species extinction‚ which is at least 100–1‚000 times higher than the expected natural rate. Although almost every country has their own laws and there are many organizations in the world to work toward the protection of endangered species. However，the work is far from done. Many countries have relatively
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The Sixth Mass Extinction The mass extinction of certain animal species and plants that is facing the Earth today has been compared to‚ although some scientists suspect worse than‚ the extinction of the dinosaurs. The annihilation of the dinosaurs was caused by the collision of a large asteroid with the Earth. This current mass extinction‚ however‚ is different than any of the five mass extinctions that have been seen by the earth because this extinction is manmade‚ not natural. With the search
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REPRODUCTION BEHAVIOUR WHY IT IS ENDANGERED CONCLUSION INTRODUCTION The panda bear is one of the most endangered animals with only 800 to 1000 left in the world and is on the verge of extinction. Giant pandas are popular animals that most people have only ever seen on television and in pictures. But teams have been set up around the forests in China to help save the panda. This report will tell you facts about the panda and why it is endangered. PHYSICAL APPEARANCE
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Biology 320 Dr. Nissen 08 November 2012 Limitations of Captive Breeding While the use of captive breeding has grown enormously in the more recent years there has been a complete lack of attention paid to the limitations placed on that endangered species by the captive breeding programs. Limitations such as establishing self-sufficient captive populations‚ poor success in reintroductions‚ high costs‚ domestications‚ preemption of other recover techniques‚ disease outbreaks and maintaining administrative
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critically endangered on The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s red list of endangered species. This is extremely worrying to many government and environmental leaders because there are only about five thousand Eastern Gorillas left in the wild. Furthermore‚ of all of the great ape species- the Eastern Gorilla‚ Western Gorilla‚ Bornean Orangutan‚ Sumatran Orangutan‚ Chimpanzee‚ and Bonobo- only the Chimpanzee and Bonobo are not considered critically endangered; however‚ they
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