There are many species of plants and animals in Yosemite including 400 species of vertebrates. Yosemite is home to only two species of endangered animals‚ the desert Bighorn Sheep and the Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog. The black bear is the largest mammal in the park‚ but rodents make up the most of the mammals in the park. There are 22 species of reptiles in the park 1 Turtle‚ 1 Skink‚ 7 Lizards‚ and 13 Snakes. The diminutive Pacific Treefrog is Yosemite’s most common frog species. The Sierra
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The ocelot also known as the dwarf leopard‚ is a wild cat. Ocelots live primarily in the rain forests of South America. They also live in Central America‚ Mexico and even some as far north as southern Texas. Ocelots are found in a variety of habitats‚ including tropical forests‚ savannah grasslands‚ mangrove forests and marshes‚ and thorn scrub regions. Their primary habitat requirement is dense vegetative cover. Ocelots are found in open areas only when it’s cloudy or at night when there
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It was late evening and Amy Dickman was walking through the bush to a household she suspected was celebrating a lion kill. "It was dark but I suddenly got the feeling I was being watched‚" Dickman recalls. "I was concerned that a big cat might be lying in wait." For a brief moment the moon appeared from behind the clouds‚ illuminating the landscape. "I realised I was surrounded by young men carrying spears. Then it went dark again. I was terrified‚" she says. This was Dickman’s first encounter
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Mongooses all share similar traits. Mongooses burrow into the ground to keep cool during the hot African weather. Each of the species are also hetertrophs and they eat a variety of small animals and plants. The yellow mongoose‚ white-tailed mongoose‚ and the ring-tailed mongoose are all found in Africa and share many similar adaptations such as burrowing and the ability to mark their territory and protect themselves from predators by using a gland. Yellow mongooses are a species in the herpestidae
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Imagine that you’re in the Sahara Desert in North Africa. Trying to find the animal that you have been studying for years. Then you hear something in the bushes. You look and see its the animal that you have been looking for. A Fennec Fox! First‚ They are the most smallest fox in the world with really big ears. Second‚ The huge ears help spread out heat so it could be cool. Third‚ The most interesting fact is that they could jump two feet high. In conclusion this why the Fennec Fox is so
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Bobcats Beautiful Bobcats are fierce cats that live in mountains‚ forest or jungles‚ deserts‚ swamps‚ and prairie in greatly of North America. Bobcats are normally nocturnal (mostly energetic at night). But bobcats have peaks of action at dawn and sunset. Bobcats use the daytime in their den (a cave‚ empty log otherwise rock crevice). Bobcats are admirable mountaineers and swimmers. Bobcats are preyed upon by wolves‚ people‚ cougars‚ coyotes‚ and owls. Bobcats have a life period of 10-15 years
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The Oryx is a genus consisting of 4 great antelope species. The Oryx is also called the sabre antelope. Oryx is a speedy-running hoofed animal that lives in dry areas of Africa and Asia (plus the Arabian Peninsula). They live in steppes (sparse grasslands)‚ the semi-deserts‚ and the deserts. These antelopes assemble in herds of 8 - 60 Oryx. Newborn calves can run with the group within some minutes of their birth. Oryx has life duration of about twenty years. Several people think that the unicorn
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The Florida Panther (Puma concolor coryi) was placed on the endangered species list in 1973‚ and there are less than one hundred of the Florida Panthers still alive. I chose this bigger cat because they beautiful felines that may be close to extinction. In writing about this animal‚ I hope to bring attention to the fact that they are often killed by cars‚ people shoot them because they eat the animals on their property‚ and they also can die from genetic problems from mating with other cat species
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The Child by Tiger 1. The Child by Tiger by Thomas Wolfe is a short story based around a black man‚ Dick Prosser in the setting of the South. Dick endures racial oppression as a black man in a white community. He was an incredible black man that had many talents most blacks didn’t have and lives as a white man whose skin color marks him as black. Eventually‚ after society turns against him‚ he goes on a killing rampage. Dick desired to be accepted by the whites who were the majority of his society
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INDIAN WILD LIFE PROTECTION ACT BY CAPT TANMOY ROY 127 ETF INTRODUCTION 1 Wildlife includes all non-domesticated plants‚ animals‚ and other organisms. Domesticating wild plant and animal species for human benefit has occurred many times all over the planet‚ and has a major impact on the environment‚ both positive and negative. Wildlife can be found in all ecosystems‚ Deserts‚ rain forests‚ plains‚ and other areas including the most developed urban sites all have distinct forms of wildlife. While
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