Friday, July 15, 2011

This might very well be my last post.



As many of you know for the past year and a half i have posted information on dangers and endangered animals. Although i have not had very many views, only 180. I am considering shutting down my blog and try to start a real website. If any of you don't want me to shut down my blog please comet. I might very well shut down my blog and not start any type of website. So unless five people comet and i get at least 20 new viewers in the next couple weeks this is my last post ever. Goodbye and thanks to those of you who read monthly.

Friday, July 8, 2011

Caspian Tiger-Extinct

amur tiger to the left caspian tiger below












Tigers can once again inhabit Central Asia with the Kazakhstan governments plan to breed the Amur tigers and place them in Central Asia. Decades after the disappearance of the Caspian tiger in the late 1970s as a result of loss of habituate, scientist have found a similarities in genetics between the Amur tiger and the Caspian tiger.
Tigers numbered at more than 100,000 at the begining of the 20th centrie. Habbit loss and illegal trade has resulted in less than 3,200 tigers living today. They occupy a mere 7 percent of there historic range and are scattered across 13 countries including Russia.

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Cottonmouth


The cottonmouth snake (Agkistrodon piscivorus) is also known under the name water moccasin, or a combination of names such as cottonmouth moccasin, highland water moccasin or North American water moccasin. However, the name cottonmouth snake is more precise as water moccasin can be many different types of snakes. It is a relatively large, thick-, and fat looking snake with wide, dark bands along its body. Cottonmouth darkens with age and at some point the bands become obscured. As copperheads they have a greenish tail-tip. The cottonmouth snake is the most aquatic of the Agkistrodon's, although it can be found as far as one mile away from water1.
Some people fear unprovoked attacks from cottonmouth snakes, and other venomous snakes for that snake, but such fears are unfounded. Studies have shown that cottonmouths are unlikely to bite unless being picked up.

Cottonmouths

Agkistrodon piscivorus is a venomous snake, a species of pit viper, found in the southeastern United States. Adults are large and capable of delivering a painful and potentially fatal bite. When antagonized they will stand their ground by coiling their bodies and displaying their fangs. Although their aggression has been exaggerated , on rare occasions territorial males will approach intruders in an aggressive manner. This is the world's only semi-aquatic viper, usually found in or near water, particularly in slow-moving and shallow lakes, streams, and marshes. The snake is a strong swimmer and will even enter the sea, successfully colonizing islands off both the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. The common names for the species include variants on water moccasin, swamp moccasin or black moccasin; viper, cottonmouth and rattler.Many of the common names refer to the threat display, where this species will often stand its ground and gape at an intruder, exposing the white lining of its mouth.
The diet consists mainly of fish and frogs, but is otherwise highly varied and, uniquely, has even been reported to include
carrion. The specific name is derived from the Latin words piscis and voro, which mean "fish" and "to eat". Three subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.

Sunday, June 27, 2010


The most common cause of death for wolves is conflict with people over livestock losses. While wolf predation on livestock is fairly uncommon, wolves that do prey on them are often killed to protect the livestock. Defenders is working with livestock owners to develop non-lethal methods to reduce the chances of a wolf attacking livestock. These methods include fencing livestock, lighting, alarm systems and removing dead or dying livestock that may attract carnivores like wolves.

Another serious threat is human encroachment into wolf territory, which leads to habitat loss for wolves and their prey species.

As the seas and oceans warm, dolphins are being seen more frequently in colder waters outside their historic ranges. Due to the rapidly rising oceans temperatures, the dolphin’s primary food sources are seeking deeper cooler waters. Scientists are concerned that the dolphins will have difficulty adapting as quickly as necessary to find new feeding grounds to sustain their populations.


Some dolphins that live in areas where rivers and oceans meet, known as brackish waters, are also losing habitat as ocean levels are rising due to global warming.

Saturday, January 2, 2010

BLUE AND GOLD MACAWS


One of the mane reasons that Blue and Gold Macaws are endangered is because their habitat is being destroyed. The thing that kills with no restraint, man and his machines. Slash and burn farmers cut it down, to plant crops. Ranchers cut it down for their cattle to grace. Loggers clear the land just, to extract the timber. If man continues to cut down the trees then humans may become endangered along with it. Most of our oxygen supply is among those trees. If we continue to destroy it we will also become existed.

Thursday, December 31, 2009

THREE TOED SLOTH


Like many animals the Three Toed Sloth is threatened with extinction, this extinction is caused by humans and now it is our job to fix it.Humans carelessly cut down the trees that where there home. They spend nearly all of their time aloft, hanging from branches with a powerful grip aided by their long claws.