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Friday, January 4, 2019

Challenge #4: Appreciation for Creation

Challenge #4: Appreciation for Creation

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This challenge asks students to explore the animal kingdom and create a "Top Ten" list of their favorite animals. At least one animal on their list must be an endangered species.  Students must create a profile of their endangered animal that includes the following:

-One video or large image of the animal either in the wild or in captivity. 
-Five fun facts-habitat, appetite, abilities, etc. 
-Two to three facts about what threatens the animal's extinction and an explanation of what is being done to stop the downward trajectory of their numbers.  
-Each person needs to make one profile for their endangered animal.

The TOP 5 Lists and Profiles!!!

Nick Buendia

Top 5 animals:
Axolotl
Blue Glaucus (endangered)
Poisonous Dart Frog (Yellow,Red,Blue)
Dumbo Octopus
Black Mamba

Facts:

Blue Glaucus: I admire its coloration and overall area. Like it looks like phoenix, hermaphrodites, meaning there bisexual. They can generate poison by eating others .They chill floating upside down trying to catch prey. Can kill prey almost 3x times bigger. It can steal venom.
It is getting endangered by: ocean acidification and diet.


Tyler Dairo
Five Animals I Know and Are My Favorites:

  1. Polar Bear
  2. Whale Shark
  3. Black Rhino
  4. Tiger
  5. Red Panda

The Facts and Appreciation of the Tiger

Fun Facts:
  • Tigers are most of the time unaccompanied and solitary, unless they are with offspring or mother.
  • Because of the amount of meat they eat, tigers are able to keep the healthy ecosystem balanced.
  • Tigers can get as heavy as from 220 to 660 pounds.
  • Their natural habitat is in the rainforest, grasslands, mangrove swamps or on the savannas in Africa.

  • The population of tigers is 3,890.

Endangered Facts:
Tigers today are on the verge of extinction because of
  • Habitats being destroyed for human activities and overpopulation.
  • Habitats being flooded and climate change.
  • Poaching of tigers for their fur and bones.

What is Being Done: The World Wildlife organization is helping with the countries that have tigers by having them come up with cameras or DNA tests in order to stop expanding human activities and poaching. Another thing they are working on is stopping the trade of tiger pelts and making poaching illegal. And finally, they are persuading governments to maintain tigers and taking care of them.

Link:


Andrew Fernandez and Gaeton Panepinto

Top 10 Favorite Animals

  1. Flying Squirrel- They are cute, small and fuzzy, it is pretty much a miniature dog that can fly. They can zip around with their bushy tales, and love for acorns.
  2. Puffer Fish- The are small and cute when their dormant but when they puff up, they make a funny face with their big lips.
  3. Adelie Penguins- Only monsters don’t like penguins, they have their suit like fur, and are small and cuddly and warm looking.
  4. Pugs- They are the best kind of dog by far. People call them ugly, but I think they are the cutest. With their wrinkled face, how can you not love them?
  5. Giant Panda- It is one huge, warm, ball of hair that you can’t resist hugging
    1. Fact
      1. A newborn baby is the size of a stick of butter but can grow to 4 feet and weigh over 220 pounds.
      2. A panda spends 12 hours a day eating.
      3. Surprisingly, pandas are good swimmers and climb up to 13,000 feet.
      4. They can eat a bamboo shoot of 1 ½ inch with one bite.
      5. Bamboo takes up 99% of a panda’s diet, but they will occasionally eat fish and small animals
    2. Endangered Facts
      1. The reason they are endangered was that of habit destruction.
      2. A panda has to eat 15% of its body weight, so it needs whatever they can get their paws on, and if their habit is being destroyed, then they won’t be able to eat.
    3. What is being done to stop it?
      1. People are trying to protect the forests to maintain their habitat and food sources.
    4. Video
  6. Basking Shark: They are mystical and scary which is one of the reasons that I like them. They are also different because normal sharks have teeth while basking sharps have different forms of teeth making them look different. These sharks make me think how different our world can be and how we can discover new things.
  7. Australian Sheperd: They are cute and fun to play with. They are really energetic and they will make your day better if you feel down. They will always be by your side and be there when you need them.
  8. Colossal Squid: A really cool creature that can be really dangerous. This is a mysterious creature deep underwater. This creature makes me wonder how many new creatures can be under deep in the water and what we can discover.
  9. Wolverine: These animals are interesting because they seem like cute creatures but they can really do damage. They are incredible to think about because they can represent how you don’t judge a book by its cover.
  10. Malayan Tiger:

Fun Facts: One of the smallest species of tigers along with the Sumatran tigers they grow to around 2 meters in length. The scientific name of these tigers is the Panthera tigris jacksoni. Malayan tiger has a rough tongue, powerful jaws, large canine teeth, large front paws equipped with sharp, retractable claws, muscular body and a long tail. The Malayan tigers wait for the right moment by stalking its prey and attacking by strangling its prey. Not a lot of the Malayan tiger's cubs survive they have a 50% of cubs manage to survive after the age of 2.

Endangered Facts: The main reason why the Malayan Tigers are endangered because there is human development in the Malayan tiger's habitat. Also, decades of poaching caused the rapid decline in the Malayan Tigers.

Solution: There are many ways to solving this problem such as helping prevent wildlife trade, releasing them back into the wild from captivity, reducing pressure on natural resources and many more. Help these innocent species by spreading the word.

Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIYUga5IO_8

Russ Hugo and Diego Pena
  1. Red Panda-Endangered
  2. Western Gorilla-Endangered
  3. Sloths
  4. Tree Kangaroo
  5. Andean Condor-Endangered
  6. Sumatra tiger-Endangered
  7. Platypus
  8. Zonkey
  9. Bumblebee
  10. Wolverine
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Red Panda
5 Facts
  1. Contrary to popular belief they aren’t related to normal pandas and aren’t bigger than them
  1. They spend most if not all of their life in trees
  2. In the right environment such as a zoo, red pandas can double their lifespan from 7 years old to 14 years old
  3. Red pandas are in their own genetic family the Ailuridae family unlike any other animals they are the only ones to not have any relatives
  4. Red Pandas are native to the Himalayas
What's being done to keep Red pandas from going extinct?

  1. They’re being put in zoos and habitats to have a better way of life
  2. Protecting they’re natural habitats
There are less than 10,000 Red Pandas left in the world and the number is descending every day
Andean Condor
         
  1. The females are bigger than the males.
  2. Have wingspans of up to about 11 feet
  3. From beak to tail is shorter than the Californian Condor
  4. Largest flying bird(raptor) in the world
  5. This raptor can weigh up to only 26lbs
Reason of Endangerment
  1. Pesticide poisoning from creatures they eat
  2. Farmers shooting them for eating livestock

Marek Mickiewicz

  1. Blue Whale: The Blue Whale is my favorite animal because it is the largest animal on the planet, weighing as much as 200 tons.
  2. Eagle:  The eagle is used as a symbol in many national flags.
  3. Glass lizards: Their common name comes from the fact that they are easily broken.
  4. Grizzly Bear: The grizzly bear is known to be aggressive and very territorial.
  5. Great White Shark: They are the largest predatory fish species in the world
Lucas Rianche

  1. Ocelot - it's in minecraft and it's a pretty cool animal
  2. Crocodile- It has a lot of teeth
  3. Blobfish - It’s really blobby and awesome
  4. Raccoon - Sneaky and fast
  5. Penguin - They're wobbling and walk
  6. Opah - they are pretty and shiny
  7. Orangutan - They are smart and
  8. Sea Otter - They cute AF
  9. Donkey - It’s in Shrek and Shrek is really cool and stuff.
  10. Bluefin Tuna- they are really big and tasty
Bluefin Tuna

Fun facts: One Bluefin Tuna can sell for as much as 500 thousand dollars to 1.7 million dollars, They are the largest species of Tuna, there are 3 types of Bluefin Tuna: Southern, Pacific, and Atlantic. They have the ability to keep their bodies warm, They can live up to 50 years!

Extinction Facts: The Bluefin Tuna is very popular among the sushi world. As the population decreases the demand for it increases which makes the price for it increase and as a result it is hunted a lot. There was also an oil spill in the gulf of mexico which killed a bunch of them
What is being done: The ICCAT regulates the selling and hunting of the tunas and that also counts for the Bluefin tuna. There was also an agreement between a bunch of countries limiting the trade of  Bluefin Tuna

Sea otter

1. Sea otters sleep on their backs while floating in the water. To prevent drifting away, they often wrap themselves in kelp or hold hands while resting.

2. Sea otters are very social animals that can live in groups made up of hundreds of individuals. Rather fittingly, these groups of sea otters are called rafts.

3. They are one of the few animals that use tools! Sea otters use rocks to crack open shellfish and clams to eat. When they find a really good rock, they will keep it around by storing it in little bags under their arm.

4. This may seem a little gross, but not when you learn they are meticulously clean. One reason for this is their lack of a blubber layer. Without this, they rely on their two fur layers to keep them warm.

5. Although they are capable of surviving on land, sea otters often spend their whole lives in the water. Which is quite impressive considering they can live up to 23 years!

Threats
Oil spills from offshore drilling or shipping are an immense threat to sea otter populations.
When sea otters come into contact with oil, it causes their fur to mat, which prevents it from insulating their bodies. Without this natural protection from the frigid water, sea otters can quickly die from hypothermia.

How we can help
People are cleaning the water when oil spills occur and are taking care of the otters.