Extinction is very
important to human life. Extinction is part of natural selection which is the
main part of evolution. If an animal can't survive in the environment that it
is in then it is forced to evolve or die trying, but we humans have a habit of
saving animals that are necessary and some that aren't necessary.
As a human race we pour
billions of dollars into saving the panda which doesn't do that much for the
human race, but the panda is very cute so it has lots of people giving money to
save them. Animals that are less cute then the but are more important than the
panda are becoming extinct.
A list that I created
of five things that an animal would have to have to be reasonable to save the
animal from extinction.
1. The food web/ chain
it is involved in.
If the animal goes extinct it might
have a huge effect on the whole food web.
2. What the animal
eats.
If we were to save an animal we
would need to feed it, so if the food that they eat would have to relatively
cheap.
3. Can the animal be
kept in captivity
If the animal can't be kept in captivity,
then it makes it that much difficult to bring the animal back from the brink of
extinction
4. How big is the
animal.
If the animal is huge (say an
elephant) then it would be much more difficult as well as expensive.
5. If the animal is
aquatic.
If the animal is aquatic, then we
would have to have a tank for the animal to be kept in captivity.
Here is a list of five
endangered animals that would be perfect or horrible to be saved.
- Amur Leopard: The Amur leopard is very import to other
animals in their food web, above and below itself. The animals above would
have less food to eat, and the animals below would expand in numbers
because the Amur Leopard wouldn't be there to eat them. The Amur Leopard
is also adoptable, but having a leopard in my house I don't know if I
would like that.
https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/amur-leopard - Blue Whale: Almost everyone knows what a Blue Whale is.
This animal would be extremely difficult to be kept in captivity, so if we
would try to save this animal then we would do so in the wild. The Blue
Whale is also an aquatic animal meaning that it would be even more likely
to be kept in the wild in a protected area making it much more difficult
to keep track of.
https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/blue-whale - Elephant: The Elephant is import to tree species because trees may require elephants
to help with dispersal and germination They also help many other animals
by crush small bushes making them easier to eat for small animals.
https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/elephant - Polar Bear: the polar bear is at the top of the food
chain and controls a lot of the marine life in the Artic. The polar bear
is also very important to the cultures of people who live in the Artic.
https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/polar-bear - Panda: A Panda is only important to the bamboo forest
in china, eating and spreading the bamboo.
https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/giant-panda
Animals like the elephant and the blue whale would be difficult or
impossible to be kept in captivity but would be the most useful to their environment,
and animals like the panda aren’t really necessary to anything
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