Australia’s Megafauna Name extinct species and modern relative: Distinct Specie: Diprodoton optatum Modern Relative: (the common wombat )Vombatus ursinus Morphology difference: The Diprodoton was around the same size of the modern day rhinoceros‚ where as the common day wombat is significantly smaller in size‚ closer to the size of a soccer ball. The limbs of the modern wombat are significantly shorter in proportion than the pillar-like limbs of the Diprotondon. Unlike the modern
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The reason why the earth is warming in modern time and we take the blame is because we release gasses from burning fossil-fuels. They may take a while to affect the atmosphere but slowly they get up in atmosphere and trap more and more heat. Every day more and more creatures are becoming extinct and glaciers are melting sea levels are going up but yet this is not the first time the earth has faced such changes believe it or not. Neanderthals were the first Europeans on the continent. They occupied
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right numbers on the picture for the words below and write numbers and words together. e.g. jungle - 1 Put the correct number from the picture beside each word. board-game vine glass ’eye’ tokens mosquito Jungle hunter monkey rhinoceros tail crocodile handcuffs dice pelican spider lion bat elephant zebra Brantford‚ New Hampshire 1869 Answer this question. 1. What did the two young brothers do? Chapter One: Brantford‚ New Hampshire 1969 a
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Southeast Asian Endangered SpeciesNicole HarrisBIO/280March 10‚ 2014Shameema SarkerSoutheast Asian Endangered Species Endangered species are living things whose population have declined so much that they are on the brink of extinction. The IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) is the world’s oldest and largest conservation organization that is the main authority on the conservation status of species. The status of species on the Red List are indicated by nine different
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Absolutely not. In today’s world‚ zoos are nothing short of essential. Their main function is conservation. Without captive breeding‚ many endangered species would now be extinct - for example‚ the golden lion tamarin‚ red wolf and Przewalski’s horse. I am not for a moment suggesting that we should stop trying to protect animals’ natural habitats‚ but if endangered species were to become extinct in the wild (which sadly seems quite likely in the near future)‚ zoos will have preserved them for future
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Using less paper products is also a way to save trees for the paper industry needs trees to make paper. Using the computer to store data reduces the need to use paper. In all these ways we can help save trees. . Some wildlife species like the rhinoceros‚ cheetah‚ elephant‚ crocodile‚ snake etc. are hunted by the poachers. There are persons of much daring who go into the forest stealthily without the knowledge of the wildlife department authorities and shoot the animals which may be a source of
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efforts in preserving and protecting the Tiger population. Gir National Park in Gujarat is the only existing habitat for the nearly extinct Asiatic Lions in India. The Kaziranga Sanctuary in Assam is a prime example of an effort to save the endangered Rhinoceros. Likewise‚ Periyar in Kerala is doing appreciable work to preserve the wild Elephants while Dachigam National Park is fast at work to save the Hangul or Kashmiri Stag. Project Tiger At the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural
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high chance that they would not survive. Eg. Global warming‚ change in climate-floods‚ droughts. Unable to adapt to the sudden change of environment. -They would also be protected from illegal poachers who hunt animals for their body parts -eg rhinoceros horn used in traditional Chinese medicine Para 3 - People can also learn more about wildlife creatures that cannot be found in their country and gain knowledge about their plight. - People can also learn more about these wildlife creatures
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characters that represent the occupiers of horn Africa‚ where the British occupied the land of the east Africans. The lion that is the king of the Jungle represent the general‚ while the elephant who tricked the protagonist and occupied his hut and the Rhinoceros‚ Buffalo‚ Alligator‚ Fox‚ and Leopard represents the jury‚ that is supposed to fair and repute for their impartiality in justice. “…. For the members of the commission were all men of repute for their impartiality in justice‚ and as they were gentlemen
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After the civil war that followed the death of Qin Shihuangdi in 210 B.C.‚ China was reunited under the rule of the Han dynasty‚ which is divided into two major periods: the Western or Former Han (206 B.C.–9 A.D.) and the Eastern or Later Han (25–220 A.D.). The boundaries established by the Qin and maintained by the Han have more or less defined the nation of China up to the present day. The Western Han capital‚ Chang’an in present-day Shaanxi Province—a monumental urban center laid out on a north-south
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