THE BELUGA WHALE: AN ENDANGERED SPECIES

 

(Sorry for the mistake in the title below, it wouldn't let us change it.)


The Giant Panda: An endangered species

Population

31/05/2010 12:08
There are 7 main populated areas of the Beluga whale. 2 out of the 7 are considered endangered. We used a graph of one of the more well known populations, the Cook Inlet showing the population in that area since 1994 to 2008. Each year the graph shows a median of the total population in the Cook...

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Consequences of Their Extinction

31/05/2010 12:02
The consequences of the Beluga whale’s extinction is the predators of this whale won’t have anything to eat, thus them dying as well as starting a chain reaction among the species leaving us with less species. People have hunted belugas for hundreds of years, but belugas are now only hunted by a...

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What Can We Do to Protect Them?

07/05/2010 13:53
"Whale biologists have not determined why the population has not rebounded since a federal plan curtailed the beluga hunt by Alaskan native tribes in 1999," said Barbara Mahoney, a fisheries service biologist in Anchorage. "Subsistence hunters have only taken five Cook Inlet whales since 1999 and...

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Why Are They Endangered?

07/05/2010 13:50
 North of us, there are small villages where Eskimos live. The Eskimos hunt Beluga Whales for food and other needs. Lipstick is made out of whale's blubber and shark liver. The Cook Inlet has killed more than 50% of the Beluga whale population. Unfortunately the population still hasn’t...

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The Beluga

06/05/2010 21:02
 This marine mammal is commonly referred to simply as the beluga or sea canary due to its high-pitched twitter. A beluga can weigh up to 1,500 kg, and up to 40 per cent of its body weight is blubber! It is up to 5 meters (16 ft) in length and an unmistakable all-white color with a...

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Other Endangered Species

American Columbo

American columbo may live for many years, but it flowers only once and then dies.

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King Rail

 The king rail is a very secretive and shy bird that is most active at dawn and dusk. It is rarely seen, and is most often located by voice.  

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Dwarf Hackberry

Dwarf hackberry's scientific name, tenuifolia, means “with thin leaves” in Latin, but the leaves are actually quite stiff and leathery.

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The American White Pelican

Unlike many other birds that drop from high in the sky to catch fish, the American white pelican simply floats along the water and scoops up fish with its enormous bill.  Pelicans do not fly with fish in their pouches.

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Drooping Trillium

For a long time, it was thought that the drooping trillium had disappeared from Ontario. It was rediscovered in the early 1990s, but is still considered very rare.

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Wood Turtle

Wood turtles are one of the few kinds of Ontario turtles that do not need to be under water to swallow their food

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