Final Post

This is my final post so I have decided to answer some questions that were sent to me. So it's my time to sit back and answer some questions. Firstly I'll tell you some of my overall feelings about blogging. I loved blogging,even though sometimes I have trouble putting the information together. The reason I enjoyed blogging was because I got to explore all different kinds of extinct and endangered species. It was very interesting and fun to gather all the information together. It was also very surprising for me to find some animals that were so small but so vicious.

Secondly, I'm going to tell you a little bit about my favourite post and the reason why. So, my favourite post would have to be "The Vaquita". It is my favourite post because I find it very interesting to study about aquatic animals and such. Also it was very fascinating to get to know about them, like they rises to breathe with a slow, forward-rolling movement that barely disturbs the surface of the water.

Third up, a person asked that do I think I improved writing for blogging over the few weeks. Well, my answer is yes. I think I improved alot of my writing because I learned new powerful and cool words and also learned how to make better sentences.

Lastly, I would really want to continue blogging because it's fun to look for information and post about them.

Golden Lion Tamarin Monkey

The Golden Lion Tamarind Monkey is one of the most endangered of all rain forest animals. It is nearly extinct primarily because of its magnificent fur, which can bring up to $20,000 on the black market.The Golden Lion Tamarin Monkey is reddish orange to golden brown in colour. Its hair is longer and darker around the face, forming a mane on top of the head and on the cheeks and throat. Its limbs are slender with sharp claws.The Golden Lion Tamarin is able to breed at 18 months of age. The breeding season is from September to March.Lion Tamarin Monkeys weigh up to 900 grams and are about 30 centimetres long, with tails about 45 centimetres long.These omnivorous monkeys rely on rainwater and insects for their diet. Fruit is also eaten.
For more information, visit http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/golden_lion_tamarin.htm
Before you leave, here's a video of the Golden Lion Tamarind:

The Vaquita

The Vaquita, a small porpoise endemic to Mexico's Gulf of California, is the world's smallest and most endangered small marine cetacean. With fewer than 150 left, high levels of entanglement in fishing gear threaten imminent extinction if current trends continue.

The vaquita lives in shallow lagoons along the shoreline. It is usually found in waters 10 - 28 m deep within 25 km from shore, although it can survive in lagoons so shallow that its back protrudes above the water. Other of its habitat are strong tidal mixing and high productivity of the aquatic plant and animal communities.
The vaquita appears to swim and feed in a leisurely manner, but it is elusive and will avoid boats of any kind. It rises to breathe with a slow, forward-rolling movement that barely disturbs the surface of the water, and then disappears quickly, often for a long time. The vaquita uses high-frequency clicks for echolocation. Vaquita's are generally solitary animals unless accompanied by a calf.
For more information visit http://endangered-species.suite101.com/
Hope you enjoyed reading about the Vaquita!

Vicuña

The Vicuña is the smallest members of the camel family.These social animals live in family groups of up to twenty-five individuals,which usually has one male and a harem of females and their young. The male is extremely protective of his harem. He has a specialized call to warn predators and he fights with other males.They are now rare, having been heavily exploited to obtain their coat, which is said to make the best wool in the world.
For more information visit www.bonnydoonalpacas.org

Southern Marsupial Mole

The southern marsupial mole is an endangered species that lives in Southern Australia and the Northern Territory. This species is also known as the “blind sand burrower”. Southern marsupial moles are endangered due to predators such as the fox, the dingo, and cats.Average southern marsupial moles measure 130mm including the head and body. Their tail is only about 20mm long.The head is pointed to assist in burrowing. Strong limbs are present with paws that are more like scoops. Their eyes are very tiny and hidden.
Hope you enjoyed reading about the southern marsupial mole!
For more infromation visit www.alicespringsdesertpark.com.au

Ethiopian Wolves & Mole Rats

Here's a little more information about the Ethiopian Wolf:
it lives in packs that share and defend an exclusive territory. This differs from most larger social carnivores that live in groups for the purpose of hunting cooperatively. In areas with little human interference, packs may average 6 adults, 1–6 yearlings, and 1–7 pups.
I hope you enjoyed this video, those Mole Rats are just adorable.
Help save these Ethiopian Wolves and Mole Rats!

Steller's Sea Cow

Steller's Sea Cow is an extinct mammal from the order Sirenia in the animal kingdom, which also includes the manatee and dugong. It got its name from the man who discovered it, Georg Steller. The Steller's Sea Cow was hunted to extinction in the 18th century, only 30 years after its discovery. It was killed for its meat and leather. It could way up to 11,000 kilograms. The Steller'sThe meat of the sea cow, which was most often referred to as being similar to veal, remained fresh for much longer than any other available meat source, making it extremely valuable to the Russian sailors and hunters.Although Bering's crew only killed their first sea cow six weeks before their escape in August 1742, the meat was crucial in restoring their strength during the final stages of building a new boat from the wreckage of the St. Peter. When they left, they took a supply of meat and fat, and stories of the incredible riches of the islands for fur hunters. Those hunters flocked to the area, and in 1768, explorer Martin Sauer entered in his journal an account of the death of the last known sea cow.
(Extinct since 1754)

Endangred Animal Video

Here's a video of Endangered Species. I hope this video helps people realize that animals are a big part of nature!

Hope you enjoyed this video!

The Spectacled Bear

The diminutive spectacled bear makes its home in the dense Andean jungles of South America, and it has the distinction of being the continent’s only bear.
Spectacled bears wear shaggy fur that is black, brown, or sometimes reddish. They are so named for the whitish to yellowish rings that encircle their eyes, resembling large eyeglasses. These lines, however, don't always fully encircle the eyes, and some individuals lack the markings altogether.
Spectacled bears, also called Andean bears, are among the smallest members of the family Ursidae. Males, which are significantly larger than females, grow over 5 feet (1.5 meters) in length and weigh up to 340 pounds (154 kilograms). Females rarely weigh more than 180 pounds (82 kilograms).
Intensely shy bears, they prefer the lush, isolated cloud forests on the slopes of the Andes, climbing as high as 14,000 feet (4,300 meters). They will descend to search for food though, and have been seen in widely differing habitats, from rain forests, to steppe lands, to coastal deserts.
Spectacled bears are generally nocturnal and are primarily vegetarian, harvesting fruit, berries, cacti, and honey. Highly agile climbers, they have been known to sit in a tree for days on a platform made of broken branches, waiting for fruit to ripen. They have extremely strong jaws and wide, flat molars to chew tough vegetation such as tree bark and orchid bulbs. Occasionally they will supplement their diet with meat, taking small rodents, birds, insects, and even small cows, making them the largest carnivores in South America.
Help save more of these cute creatures!

A Very Endangered Animal

Tree-kangaroos are macropods adapted for life in trees.Unlike their close cousins, their arms and legs are approximately the same length. Tree kangaroos also have much stronger fore-limbs to help in climbing the trees they inhabit.They are mostly found in the rainforests of New Guinea, the far north east of Queensland and nearby islands, usually in mountainous areas.Although mainly found in mountainous areas, several species also occur in lowlands, such as the aptly named Lowlands Tree-kangaroo.Living in the trees, the tree kangaroo eats mostly leaves and fruit, though they’ll eat out of the trees as well as collecting fruit that has fallen to the ground.The animals will also eat other items such as grains, flowers, sap, eggs,and even bark.The interesting thing about tree kangaroos is that they stuck to their roots.Millions of years ago the early Marcopods (kangaroos) came down from the trees and started to evolve their unique way of living and moving. However, at some point on this evolutionary timescale, the tree kangaroos decided to return to the trees.
Quite fascinating isn't it?

The Giant Moa

Whoa, interesting creature don't you think?
Dinornis, The North and South Island Giant Moa, are the largest of the flightless birds called Moa. Like all Moa they had a small head, a broad flattened beak and small eyes, a long neck and a hefty body, supported by thick legs. They had well-developed nostrils and nasal bones, so they probably had a very good sense of smell. Moa are unique amongst flightless birds because they have lost any trace that they once had wings — not even tiny wing bones or a wishbone are left.
Dinornis giganteus lived in the North Island of New Zealand.The preserved stomach contents of the Giant Moa show that they snipped twigs off plants such as the daisy–bush, Olearia, and ate them. They also ate berries and leaves. Like many birds, they had to swallow stones to grind up the food in the gizzard. Stones polished smooth by being rubbed together in the gizzard are often found with Moa skeletons. They normally browsed on food about 2m off the ground. If they leaned back and stretched out their necks, they could pluck food as high up as 3m.
Moa only laid one or two eggs at a time. Eggshell fragments have been found at many sites, including at prehistoric Maori settlements, where they had been cooked and eaten. Dinornis giganteus eggs measured 240mm long and 178mm wide.
Sadly, I am not sure when this magnificent bird was extinct, however it is known that it was still alive between the year 1831 to 1837.

The Irish Elk

Another extinct species,Enjoy!


The Irish Elk or Giant Deer, was the largest deer that ever lived. It lived in Eurasia, from Ireland to east of Lake Baikal, during the Late Pleistocene and early Holocene. The latest known remains of the species have been carbon dated to about 5,700 BC, or about 7,700 years ago. The Giant Deer is famous for its formidable size (about 2.1 meters or 7 feet tall at the shoulders), and in particular for having the largest antlers of any known curved (a maximum of 3.65 meters/12 feet from tip to tip and weighing up to 90 pounds).
( Extinct about 7,700 years ago )
I wish I could see one in real life!!!

The Thylacine

I was looking on the Internet and I found something quite fascinating!

The Thylacine was the largest known carnivorous marsupial of modern times. Native to Australia and New Guinea, it is thought to have become extinct in the 20th century. It is commonly known as the Tasmanian Tiger ,also known as the Tasmanian Wolf. It was the last extant member of its genus, Thylacinus, although a number of related species have been found in the fossil record dating back to the early Miocene.
(Extinct since 1936)

My Blog Introduction

Hello,
My blog is about extinct and endangered animals. There are number of reasons why I picked this topic. Fist, I picked this topic because I am very fascinated by fossils and extinct animals. Why am I fascinated about fossils??? I am fascinated by fossils because researching about them is very cool and there are lots of different fossils to be discovered. Secondly, I chose this topic because animals are my number 1# favourite things in the whole world. I love animals because they are cute and silly and I hope that people could stop hunting for endangered animals. Lastly, the reason I picked this topic is because there are many fascinating stories about them.
As you can see, I like this topic for many reasons. I hope you enjoy my blog!
Please check out my blog every week!