DEF of animals

welcome to ABC of animals today's letters d,e and f


                                        D is for dog whelk

Also called the dogwinkle this creature feeds by boring though the shells of prey then sucking out the tissue.This creature is no bigger than your fingertip!!      


                   
                                                          E is for emperor nautilus

The nautilus and its now extinct relative ammonite ,were once one of the most successful groups of animals found in the world's ocean.they have been on earth for 500 years!


                                             F is for forest shield bug

This common species occurs in natural forests.it is associated with oak trees but can become a pest in orchards. they eat plant juice and smaller insects.

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ABC of animals

Welcome to the start of ABC of animals today's letters a,b and c the animals chosen are unusual animals you may not of heard of before.


                                                     A is for African spoonbill

The African spoonbill goes fishing by sweeping its bill from side to side in the water.Its food includes insects as well as fish.The bird traps its prey between the tips of its bill.


                                                      B is for Boulenger's Asian tree toad

Unusual for a toad this ones a great climber.It likes to hang out in the branches of trees.The female lays a string of toadspawn in rivers the tadpoles have sucker like mouths to cling to rocks

C is for carpenter bee 

These wood-working bees use their powerful jaws to bore tunnels in wood to make their nests.They don't eat the wood they discard it.The male bees stay outside guarding the nest buzzing loudly and charging at anything that comes close.But it is all for show the males don't have stingers only the females do.

                                             

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endangered animals

How many endangered animals do you know?one,two,five.Well, there are way more!Here are 12 of them.

here is a panda with its cub, it is estimated that as few as 1,600 pandas remain in the wild today.

here are three polar bears they depend on arctic ice to hunt and raise their cubs.But the ice is shrinking so they are losing their habit.e
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here are two orangutans their numbers have fallen by 30%and 50% over the last decade due to loss of their forest habit.

here we have a bottle-nose dolphin and calf every year thousands of dolphins get caught in fishing nets and drown.
  
here is a Bengal tiger the tiger's numbers have plummeted by 95% to as little as 3,200.

here are some Asian elephants they are threatened to extinction.As our population grows there habit shrinks.

here is a black rhinoceros they are hunted for their horns and their habit is being destroyed.

here is an Amur leopard the most endangered species fewer than 35 remain in the wild today.

here is a Hawksbill turtle every year 250,000 get caught in fishing lines and nets and choke to death from them.
 
here is an Adiele penguin they depend on ice for their food but the oceans are warming up rapidly affecting this.

here is a jaguar the rainforest is being destroyed and now they are seriously under threat.

lastly we have a snow leopard and cub they are vulnerable to poaching,loss of prey and conflict with people.

if you want adopt one of the above visit www.wwf.org.uk for details or just click my link on the side of the page