endangered species & extinction
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Presentation for Environmental Science 110 @ Indiana State University. By Zach Pearson, Sloan Jones, Logan Seger, Rachel Trench & Charlie Emmons. No copyright intended.TRANSCRIPT
- 1. Endangered Species & ExtinctionZach Pearson, Sloan Jones, Logan Seger, Rachel Trench & Charlie Emmons
- 2. Human beings are currentlycausing the greatestmassextinction of species since the extinction ofthedinosaurs 65 million years ago.
- 3. Addax
- 4. African Wild Dog
- 5. Asian Elephant
- 6. Bairds Tapir
- 7. Black RhinoCritically Endangered
- 8. Blue Duck
- 9. Bonobo
- 10. Of the 40,168 species found, one in fourmammals, one in eightbirds and one in three
- 11. Crested IbisCritically Endangered
- 12. Florida PantherCritically Endangered
- 13. Giant Panda
- 14. Green Sea TurtleCritically Endangered
- 15. Grizzly Bear
- 16. Iberian LynxCritically Endangered
- 17. Island FoxCritically Endangered
- 18. Javan RhinoCritically Endangered
- 19. Kakapo ParrottCritically Endangered
- 20. Lemur Leaf Frog
- 21. Hyacinth Macaw
- 22. A majority of the nations biologists are convincedthat a "mass extinction" of plants and animals is underway that poses amajor threat to humans inthe next century, yet most
- 23. Malaysian Sun BearCritically Endangered
- 24. Markhor
- 25. Monk SealCritically Endangered
- 26. Mountain GorillaCritically Endangered
- 27. Orangutan
- 28. Philippine EagleCritically Endangered
- 29. Pygmy HippoCritically Endangered
- 30. Red Panda
- 31. Defend .Advocate. Protect.
- 32. Sea Otter
- 33. Snow LeopardCritically Endangered
- 34. Sumatran TigerCritically Endangered
- 35. Amur LeopardCritically Endangered
- 36. Tibetan Antelope
- 37. For some species, its too late
- 38. Bali TigerExtinct 1937 due to hunting and destruction of habitat
- 39. Island TortoiseExtinct 2012 due to hunting and introduction of competing species.
- 40. Blue BuckExtinct 1800 due to Hunting and Destruction of Habitat
- 41. Hawaiian Crow Extinct 2002 due tohunting, destruction of Habitat and Disease
- 42. QuaggaExtinct 1883 due to hunting
- 43. Socorro DoveExtinct 1972 due to hunting & destruction of Habitat
- 44. ThylacineExtinct 1986 due to Hunting andCompetition with other animals
- 45. WarrahExtinct 1876 due to Hunting and Poisoning