Need An Interesting Species
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<div class="IPBDescription">To do my ISU on</div> In my Grade 12 World Issues course, the ISU (big project of the semester) is to do a large essay/report on any one World Issue. I chose to do mine on the endangerment and extinction of animals.
For my thesis of the essay I have as follows:
<!--c1--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>CODE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='CODE'><!--ec1-->The endangerment and extinction of Bald Eagles is due to habitat loss, resulting from human expansion, pollution, poaching, and enivornmental factors beyond human control.<!--c2--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--ec2-->
My teacher suggested rather than picking a variety of different species to research endangerment and extinction, I should pick one and become an expert on it. Currently I have selected the Bald Eagel and I have a handfull of resources on it. But the plain and simple fact is that Bald Eagles just don't interest me that greatly.
I need suggestions from anyone here who can think of it, an interesting and endangered species of today. Any information and links you have to go along with it is great too. (Specific breed of wolf perhaps?)
For my thesis of the essay I have as follows:
<!--c1--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>CODE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='CODE'><!--ec1-->The endangerment and extinction of Bald Eagles is due to habitat loss, resulting from human expansion, pollution, poaching, and enivornmental factors beyond human control.<!--c2--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--ec2-->
My teacher suggested rather than picking a variety of different species to research endangerment and extinction, I should pick one and become an expert on it. Currently I have selected the Bald Eagel and I have a handfull of resources on it. But the plain and simple fact is that Bald Eagles just don't interest me that greatly.
I need suggestions from anyone here who can think of it, an interesting and endangered species of today. Any information and links you have to go along with it is great too. (Specific breed of wolf perhaps?)
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Other then that go to <a href='http://www.worldwildlife.org/' target='_blank'>http://www.worldwildlife.org/</a> and look
well what does intrest you then: lizards? cats? tiny little microbes? condors? theres plenty of near extinct or endangered animals, y not search for the official list.
White tiger/bengal tiger?
edit: Wolf? The Red Wolf (<i>Canis Rufus</i>) is one specific wolf I can remember as being classified as endangered.
<a href='http://www.animalinfo.org/rarest.htm' target='_blank'>http://www.animalinfo.org/rarest.htm</a> for some others.
If you want to actually talk about a recent extinction, you could go for the Thylacine, AKA the Tazmanian Wolf.
Yes, yes it is. For once I agree with legion, it is an awesome animal.
oh oh the kiwi.. thats a sweet bird.. and last i checked theyre going extinct...
Animals are boring.
Each one has like one or two nifty things about them. And after that they are all the same.
The only (sorta) less boring animals are those with more intelegence.
You could try elephants or dolphins... (well, elephants are endangered I know)
How 'bout pandas or tigers? Always a good choice, if perhaps a little (or even a lot) unimaginative. If anything, this would be the only reason why I'd wish mantises were an endangered race: So I could write about them! Hmm...
Will you paper cover only human-induced extinction, or natural extinction as well? I mean, extinction is gonna occur with or without our help, it's a part of the process of natural selection and evolution. Survival of the fittest 'n all that.
I love you quetzal. Please don't leave us.
Edit: A close second is the Red Panda (totally not a panda. Lika a racoon). Not sure if it's endangered but I think it is.
Or Lake Victoria ciclids...
<img src='http://depts.washington.edu/wrccrf/gallery/trillium.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
Zing!
Do your essay on something cool and unexpected. Do it on the proof that the lochness(sp?) monster exists! Hah! Nobody would see it coming. You would have to make it really scientific though, make it completely serious.
It'd be unexpected, at least...and it's still technically endangered <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> .