Extinct!
And What You Can Do
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Page 1………. Dodo Birds
Page 3………. Simothenerus
Page 2………. Thylacine
Page 4………. Endangered, and What You
Can Do.
Page 5……….See More at…
The Dodo bird was a non-flying bird that is rumored to have become
extinct because it was easy to catch. They were easy to catch
because they were not afraid of humans. Some people say that humans
caught and ate the Dodo Birds.
Even though they are one of the most famous animals ever to
become extinct, nobody
knows quite what the dodo
looked like or
what its habits
were. We do not
know much about
the dodo. All
we really know
is that the
dodo is extinct.
Today I found out.com
An artist’s rendering of a dodo bird
The Thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian tiger (or Tasmanian
wolf), has a tail much like a kangaroo. It also looks a lot
like a dog. It had stripes too. That is how it got the nickname The Tasmanian tiger. One of its stripes would go down its
rear thigh.
The exact open
jaw was
measured to be
120 degrees.
The thylacine had an
extraordinary mouth too. It can open
its mouth almost to 180 degrees. The
Thylacine still has the widest open
mouth of a mammal ever known to man
but when they compared, a snake could
open its mouth wider!
They were hunted to extinction by human settlers.
The last thylacine died in a zoo in 1936.
Epic creature
of the month
The open mouth of
the thylacine
What many people call the short-faced kangaroo (also known
as the Simothenerus), was most unlike many other kangaroos that
we have today. They had long arms and fingers, which they would
use to reach a tree branch down to eat the leaves that not many
other animals had eaten because it was high up. They used their
strong jaws to chew vegetation.
The face of a simothenerus was much like
a koala. But that koala was mixed with the
bottom half of a giant kangaroo
Mega
fauna.com
A drawing of a
simothenerus
Most unlike most other kangaroos the
simothenerus had one toe on each foot!
Some people will do fund raisers to
help endangered animals!
Some animal species are extinct because their habitat was
destroyed by humans. Or, sometimes they become extinct because
they die of water or air pollution caused by humans. Other
times the animals were hunted for food, skins, horns, or other
valuable things that the animals had.
National Geographic.com
The endangered
Galapagos tortoise
Most of these things were caused by
humans. We have to help keep them from
becoming extinct; not try to make them
go extinct. Here are three things you
can do to help today. Number one, try
not to overuse fertilizer. Runoff from
excess fertilizer enters waterways and
poisons wildlife. Second, try to leave
nature how you find it. By not
disturbing animal habitats, the animals
will continue to thrive in their normal
environment. And finally, get to know
more about animals so you can help them.
By making houses for endangered animals
that might even be it your own backyard.
See more at . . .
To find more about endangered animals and what you can do go to:
Endangered and Threatened Species - Fact Monster
http://m.wikihow.com/Help-Endangered-Animals
To find more about the dodo bird go to:
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/06/why-the-dodo-went-extinct/
To find more about the thylacine go to:
http://epiccreature.blogspot.com/2011/04/thylacine-tasmanian-tiger.html
To find more about the simosthenurus go to:
http://www.megafauna.com.au/view/megafauna/simosthenurus-occidentalis
Endangered – threatened with extinction
Extinction – the process of becoming
extinct
Habitat - the place or environment where
a plant or animal naturally or normally lives
and grows
Species - a class of individuals having
some common characteristics or qualities;
distinct sort or kind