Extinction events

Sierra Shively Mr. Bombaci Spanish I Dec. 06, 2016 South American Birds In South America there are hundreds of birds flying all over the region. Although some of these birds are endangered. The four main birds that are endangered everyday are the Blue Billed Curassow, Brown Banded Antpitta, Cauca Guanand Gorgeted Wood Quail and one Ecuadorian hummingbird species, The Esmeraldas Woodstar. The Blue Billed Curassow are about the size of a wild turkey, and eats fruits and greens, that

Cloning is a controversial topic has been the in the spotlight of discussion these days, so it is no surprise that you have written a piece regarding it and explaining its pros and cons. Cloning is something that may change the way of living for the many years to come. Though many people are for it, I am against it for multiple reasons. Yes, cloning does have it’s benefits, but this means it also comes with its consequences. Scientists estimate that 150-200 species of plants, insects, birds and

.The first scenario that is given is that climate lead to the extinction of the megafaunas. The article claims that throughout the period in which megafaunas were in risk of extinction a climate change took place. Therefore making it more dier which resulted in a lack of greenery for megafaunas to survive off of. The second scenario given was that due to human hunting megafauna became extinct. Despite the low population of people hunting it is claimed that it still hugely impacted the megafaunas

Morality of Zoos Feeling trapped, in a cubicle with bars on all four sides, being taken away from your home, and not knowing where you are. That's what animals that are enclosed in the zoo feel when they are taken away from their natural habitat. Some animals start to act out and do what they do best, by being the exotic and wild animal they were born to be. That is until there is human interactions involved with the animal. Such as the gorilla Harambe, he was in his enclosure when a little boy fell

When you hear the about the occupation of Zoology, what do you first think of? Maybe you think of a zookeeper or a heroic adventurer fighting to save animals all around the world. That was always my dream. There are so many opportunities available for zoologists and so many important things to discover. Jack Hodgkin once said “The zoologist is delighted by the differences between animals, whereas the physiologist would like all animals to work in fundamentally the same way.” This quote helped me

75 big cats, including Tatiana, have been killed because of such incidents. The solution? PETA and other say get rid of zoos.” Zoos not only hurts human but it also hurts animals. This quotes emphasizes that many zoo animals are victims of death.

I watched the Ted Talk entitled “Life Lessons from Big Cats” by Beverly and Dereck Joubert. The Joubert’s spend their time filming and photographing lions and leopards in their natural habitat. In this talk, they discuss their personal relationships with these magnificent animals as well as their mission to save them from human threats. I sincerely admire what these people do in their lives. They push human limits so far that we have the opportunity to see such beautiful videos and pictures, and

Plants are found everywhere on earth, up high on the ridge and down low in caves and caverns. The types of plants that live in these places depends on many factors. These factors are separated into two different categories, the biotic factors and the abiotic factors. Some of the biotic factors include, predation, competition, and habitat destruction. Plants with limited competition and large amounts of resources will be in a higher abundance than plants with limited resources and higher competition

There are thousands of zoos and circuses around the world that display various animals in them. The zoos are for people to look, learn, and “protect” the animals. The zoo's also breed, sell, and buy animals. Wild animals should not be kept in captivity because while they are in captivity, they suffer from stress, boredom, and confinement, similarly they get separated from their family and environment. The animals are not accustomed to the closed off environment that they are put in and tend to lose

Species often face multiple threats. We considered the relative impact of three major threats on populations of the San Joaquin kit fox. This species was once widely distributed across the southern San Joaquin Valley, but agriculture and development have replaced much of the now endangered subspecies’ habitat. We modeled impacts of climate change, land-use change, and rodenticide exposure on kit fox populations using a spatially explicit, individual-based population model. Our study indicates that