Thursday, 2 June 2011

My Favourite Endangered Species

In this article today I am going to talk about some of my favorite animals that I feel like are important to me and the entire world . My favorite animals that are endangered are Wolverine ,  , Beluga Whale , Giant Panda. For  each of these species I am going to talk about their habitat , where they are located , what they eat , predators , and general facts about each one.

Wolverine
This species  comes from the weasels family , it is the largest land-dwelling species of its kind , it has more than one name it also goes by skunk bear , gulan, quickhatch, glutton , and carajou. You can find them in Northen Boreal Forest, subarctic, and the Alpine tundra of the Northen hemisphere.

(Location of Wolverines)


The wolverine is a stocky and muscular carnivore , it has short legs , broad/rounded head ,small eyes , and rounded ears . Some people say that it resembles a  bear rather than the weasel family. The wolverine has no predators that attack  the adults, but the kits are taken on occasion by eagles.

Beluga Whale




(Location Of Beluga Whales)

The Beluga whale species is located mostly in the Arctic and Subarctic regions ,particularly along the coast of  Alaska , Greenland , Canada, and Russia.It is said that there are only at least 100,000 belugas left in the world today.The beluga eats fish , squids ,octopus , crab and shrimp.It main  predator is the polar bear , if a beluga whale is trapped by the ice they will eat them.


 Giant Panda

The Giant Panda is located in the regions of central- western and southern western China. Even though it belongs to the group carnivore , the panda's diet mostly consists of 99% of bamboo. People have estimated that there are currently 1,590 individuals living in the wild , while there are 239 living in captivity outside China.
 
Personal Opinion On Topic
My personal opinion on this topic is that I feel like there are so many animals needing our help and we cant get or receive the resources we need to help them . It makes me upset to see so many animals suffering, I don't see how people can just sit there and watch the number of animals slowly decrease.  For me as a person I love animals and I don't like to see them suffer , so if I could possibly do something to help out then I would totally take full advantage of it. But to me even though there are some people reaching out to help , it seems like all of their efforts to help are just going to waste.  I strongly encourage anyone who is reading this blog or commenting on it to do something to help the animals out.
 

1 comment:

  1. You are right Katy it is very sad to know that animals are suffering . Mostly because, we as humans usually don't think about the impact we have on the lives of these animals. Whether it is because of pollution, or hunting or other reasons, we need to think about the animals too.

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