The Giant Panda Endangerment Yu Yin The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is an animal that is loved all over the world. It is also known as the panda bear‚ bamboo bear‚ or‚ in Chinese‚ as Daxiongmao‚ the “large bear cat”. This bear-like animal has black fur on its ears‚ around its eyes and nose‚ on all of its legs‚ and across its shoulders; the rest of its body is white. Due to the distinctive appearance of the giant panda‚ this animal has long been considered a symbol of China. Giant
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------ Considering the fact that the market and most products today are shifting towards healthier eating‚ I do think Indra Nooyi’s vision for PersiCo is headed in the right direction and it would be wise to invest more in the company. Companies that enjoy enduring success have core values and a core purpose that remain fixed while their business strategies and practices endlessly adapt to a changing world. The dynamic of being able to preserve the core while stimulating progress in most companies
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the most endangered rhino species (there are currently fewer than two hundred Sumatran rhinos in the world.) There are some major threats that will cause the Sumatran rhinos to be extinct during our lifetime; habitat loss‚ poaching‚ and genetic loss. The first major threat that will cause Sumatran rhinos to be extinct during our lifetime is habitat loss. Sumatran rhinos are losing their habitat because forests are being cleared in order to convert the land for other uses‚ and because the construction
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ENDANGERED AND MINORITY LANGUAGES Language is one of the most important choices that allows humans to develop their rights as a primary mark of identity. The violation of this right is widespread in countries where the government doesn‟t allow the citizens to express their ethnic identity. Language constitutes an area of potential conflict in Europe‚ Africa and Asia‚ in countries where language rights are subject to ethnic discrimination and where recognition of their identities is demanded from
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Language death refers to the process in which a language is endangered of extinction or more likely to become none spoken anymore with-in its existence environment. Although a specific language is considered died as nobody speaks it anymore; it is likely to keep existing in the form of records and documentation‚ however it is therefore considered to be non alive language when there is a lack of fluent speakers and the loss of its written forms. The death of a language mainly occurs due to the
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Endangered languages: what is to be done‚ and why? The threat to linguistic resources is now recognized as a worldwide crisis. Language death is what happens when the last speaker of a particular language dies‚ or when a language community ceases to exist. It is an extinction that is happening on a massive scale and with astonishing speed. According to Krauss (1992a)‚ as many as half of the estimated 6‚000 languages spoken on earth are "moribund"; spoken only by adults who no longer teach them
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Ailuropoda melanoleuca Description Ailuropoda melanoleuca is a carnivorous bear and Giant Panda species of land mammal. Giant pandas have been on the Earth for at least 8 million years. But now its main habitats are only in Sichuan‚ Shanxi and Gansu province in China. Ailuropoda melanoleuca can live up to 18-20 years in the wild environment; but they can be over 30 years old under captive conditions. They live in 2000 to 3000 meters of deciduous broad-leaved forest and coniferous and board mountain
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Extinct Species: Dodo Bird Joseph Sulaiman Pd.2 The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) was a flightless bird endemic to the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. Related to pigeons and doves‚ it stood about a meter (3.3 feet) tall‚ weighing about 20 kilograms (44 lb)‚ living on fruit‚ and nesting on the ground. The dodo has been extinct since the mid-to-late 17th century. It is commonly used as the archetype of an extinct species because its extinction occurred during recorded human history and was directly attributable
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for all animals to die. What will we do then? Every time a species goes extinct‚ it has a huge impact on the ecosystem. Say a predator goes extinct. Its prey will overpopulate‚ which can also lead to horrible consequences. Or what if a prey goes extinct. Its predator will have find a new food source or go extinct with it. Also‚ in a recent survey‚ nine out of ten people said they would pay tax dollars to save the giant panda. One out of ten people said they would pay to save the Eurasian Hazel Dormouse
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Imagine‚ that you are a panda‚ but a different panda and you stand out a lot and all the other pandas are jealous of you. To begin‚ with there is a panda who everybody loves and she gets all the attention because she is different. More importantly‚ she hated all of the attention she got all the boys and girls bullied her because she was different.” Hi ranger how you doing today? Says Angie the panda” “Am doing alright today”. The pandas are all mad at Angie because she get all the attention. “Angie
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