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ENDANGERED ANIMALS

Do you know what a Hump-head wrasse is? Or what endangered animals exactly are? Its time you knew! Let alone the basics, learn the difcult facts and stats. Endangered animals are animals that are nearly extinct. Why is this bad? Endangered animals may become extinct which ecosystem. The Hump-head wrasse is type of sh which lives in the coral. Why are they

will result to the fall of that endangered animals

important? You can know this in paragraph 2! Sadly though, endangered animals,

animals near to extinction, will die out eventually no matter what we do to save them. How can we help endangered animals? Well its simple! You could adopt an animal (if

you are willing to have a wild and maybe destructive animal in your house) or you

could spread the word to other people who maybe dont know anything about the endangered animal you are working on. You could even join a wildlife preservation Use a bicycle or be green since pollution also affects endangered animals. Plant group and I would also advise to not buy anything that comes illegally from animals. native plants in case they die out or maybe become overrun by invasive species. How have endangered animals effected the ecosystem? If one animal dies out in

any ecosystem, the whole ecosystem will fall. Every animal and plant plays an important role in the ecosystem. The extinction of large numbers of species

threatens the survival of other living things including humans. As more species

become endangered, ecosystems become more unstable and collapse. This in the end will make more species extinct and more and more. The hump-head wrasse is also important to the coral because it helps maintain the population of crown of die out.

thorns starsh which destroy coral. Without the hump-head wrasse, the coral would

hump-head wrasse is losing its habitat quickly and there has been a 50% loss. Another reason is also loss of biodiversity and Warm
Dilip Devadass Monday, 27 January, 2014 8:49:29 AM Hong Kong Standard Time

What caused the hump-head wrasse to be endangered? The

oceans cause the coral in which it lives to die out. The hump-head wrasse, rather

unluckily, has a slow breeding rate and it is considered a luxury have been not yet delivered. In reality, the hump-head wrasse is native to France not Hong Kong. Then why protect it? It of its widespread region. does not live in France anymore and it is very rarely seen in all

food which results in shermen catching females with eggs that

More of endangered animals. There are endangered animals all over the world.

These animals are being protected by organizations. However, they are still dying

out in the wild. Why? Most of the reason is us. We hunt a lot of animals. In fact, there are still poachers illegally killing elephants for their ivory tusks. Many people hunt This is decreasing the population of animals a lot. Another reason is still though, including us. Animals are losing their habitat quickly because we are taking more the poles to melt. Polar bears are highly effected by this. lions and rhinos and tigers to look brave and to take the animals head as a trophy.

land for ourselves. There are loads of other reasons too. Global warming is causing

More of the hump-head wrasse. The hump-head wrasse is a sh that lives in Hong Kong. It can grow to 2.3 meters and weigh a whopping 400 pounds. Its easily distinguished by its thick lips and bump on its forehead. It has colours that range from a sea-like blue-green, to beautiful shades of green, to a deep purplish blue. Amazingly, the hump-head wrasse can be both sexes. They start all as females but but are quickly dying out. They were classied as endangered in early 2013. They also live in Ocean Park.

as they grow older some become males. They live in a very widespread region in Asia

just follow the wildlife code and not take anything that comes from animals illegally.

In conclusion, if you want to help but you dont want to do anything big, you can

The best thing to do is only take things from animals that are far from being extinct.

Dilip Devadass

Monday, 27 January, 2014 8:49:29 AM Hong Kong Standard Time

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