Rare species

The hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin), also known as the stinkbird, or Canje pheasant, is a species of tropical bird found in swamps, riparian forests, and mangroves of the Amazon and the Orinoco Delta in South America. It is notable for having chicks that possess claws on two of their wing digits. It is the only member of the genus Opisthocomus (Ancient Greek: "wearing long hair behind", referring to its large crest) which in turn is the only extant genus in the family Opisthocomidae. The taxonomic…

Seahorses are exceptional and majestic marine fish from Kingdom Animalia. The scientific name for sea horses is Hippocampus, for hippo means horse and kampos means sea monster. Ever since I watched Finding Nemo as a child, I wanted a pet seahorse. However, prior to buying a seahorse I wanted to learn the classification, diet, breeding, behavior, habitat, and locomotion and anatomy of seahorses, so I may properly care for one. Seahorses, also known as Hippocampus, which also happens to be…

There are hundreds or thousands of endangered species in this world, but there is one specie that is incredibly rare and that is the yellow eyed penguin. Yellow eyed penguins are species that have been endangered for decades now and they are so rare that they can be only found in the southeastern coast of New Zealand’s South Island and the isles of Campbell, Steward and Codfish (Platt, 2012). They have had a rough count in population as well, as their presence has slowly been decreasing due to…

considered endangered or threatened species whether those species be plants or animals. The Endangered Species Act of 1973 was signed by Richard Nixon on December 28, 1973 and put in place legislation that would enable two organizations to administer the act in order to protect endangered and threatened species as well as species that could be considered candidates for either one of those lists in the near future. The two organizations which oversee the Endangered Species Act consist of the…

Endangered species should not be killed they are rare, most become extinct people kill them for games. One reason that animals are becoming endangered is because humans are trying to get timber and find new places to settle or sell and destroying their homes. Other reason are because people hunt and fish for food. Tigers are hunted because of games and medicine and people use they fur. Some are killed because of bad behavior and are hazards to human life. Also,because of climate changes and…

or different human-caused factors (Endangered Species Act). Subspecies and clear population segments are given protection if it is proven that the organisms are crucial to an ecosystem (Matsumoto). The law requires that the listing of a species is based solely on biological status. It is illegal to list or delist an organism when there is insufficient scientific data to support the conclusion. It usually takes less than a year to add or remove a species from one of the lists. During an…

Natural selection is when a species or individual with unfavorable traits is killed off. When this occurs, it is sometimes unfavorable to the world’s ecosystem, so humans are trying to save all of the species they can. One of the methods that they have employed is making a list of all of the animals that they deem “endangered” and ranking them based on how many individuals in a certain species are left in the wild and in captivity. Another method that humans have developed is imposing limits on…

Generally speaking, this is where the root of Chinese culture influenced an epidemic of rare animals becoming nearly extinct (Shen-Nong). For this reason, it is crucial to pave way to more laws in regard to wealthy Chinese people who are increasingly causing an environmental disaster to millions of rare and endangered animals due to poaching for traditional Chinese medicine. Traditionally, the Chinese utilized rare animals as an important part of their culture. They did so through the use of…

My endangered species is called the Bog Turtle. The Latin name for the bog turtle is the Glyptemys Muhlenberg. The bog turtle is the smallest turtle species in North America, growing to only 3 to 4 inches and weighing less than 4 ounces. They are mostly found in the northeast U.S region. My species is going to go extinct because bog turtles are not needed much in the food chain and the animals that do consume it, the turtle isn’t their primary source of food intake, there aren’t many left and…

population evolve to become a new species over time. Charles Darwin believed that eventually a single species will split off into two different populations, becoming two new species. Some of the speciation modes are allopatric and sympatric, and polyploidy is a mechanism of speciation. Allopatric Speciation Allopatric speciation is a common mode of speciation in which a population of a single species becomes divided, geographically isolating part of that species from the other part. This can…