#endangered animal

[have-you-seen-this-animal]

hi! can you do Emydoidea blandingii (blanding's turtle)

Absolutely!

Photos taken by Jessica Fliginger & Matt Serafini respectively.

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Snowy Owl

The snowy owl also known as the polar owl, the white owl and the Arctic owl. They are a large, white owl of the true owl family.

Snowy owls are native to the Arctic regions of both North America and the Palearctic, breeding mostly on the tundra.

It has a number of unique adaptations to its habitat and lifestyle, which are quite distinct from other extant owls.

One of the largest species of owl, it is the only owl with largely white plumage. Males tend to be a purer white overall while females tend to more have more extensive flecks of dark brown. Juvenile male snowy owls have dark markings that may appear similar to females until maturity, at which point they typically turn whiter. The composition of brown markings about the wing, although not foolproof, is the most reliable technique to age and sex individual snowy owls.

Most owls sleep during the day and hunt at night, but the snowy owl is often active during the day, especially in the summertime.

The snowy owl is a nomadic bird, rarely breeding at the same locations or with the same mates on an annual basis and often not breeding at all if prey is unavailable

Snowy Owl

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One of the last refuges for mountain gorillas is Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park, where nearby Singita Kwitonda Lodge is helping to protect the endangered animals through habitat restoration.

PHOTOGRAPH BY CHRIS WHITTIER

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jaguar!

Oo, fun.

Jaguars are actually the cat with the strongest bite relative to their size, strong enough to crush the animal's skull that they're hunting without much effort. Even scarier, they choose to just kill and eat caiman because they're abundant in their ecosystem. You know, this thing.

Because they like to snack on caiman, it would be obvious that they're not adverted to water. In fact, they love it and use it often to cool off. They like it more than tigers, who are often known to also hang out in water sources.

'Black panthers' are actually just a jaguar with melanism. They're not a separate species of big cat, though it's commonly mistaken. Leopards with melanism are also called a black panther. Again, it's still just a different coat pattern mutation.

Jaguars are one of the 4 cats that can truly roar. Others, like cheetahs cannot do this because the hyoid bone is completely ossified. With jaguars, leopards, lions and tigers, their epihyoideum is stretchy and allows them to roar, though it revokes their ability to purr. (whereas it's the other way around in other cats) They're also near threatened, very close to being on the endangered species list because of habitat destruction and poaching. Hope this was as fun for you as it is for me! Images have links to their sources.

[theanimalkingdom]

Animal of the Day:

Mountain Tapir

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Eastern Quoll

📸Aussie Ark

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conservation for little white boys

Little white boys are becoming an endangered species in this trying time. We need to raise money for little white boys before they die out as a species

[why-animals-do-the-thing]

You’ve seen those photos of dogs snapped through catching a treat, with just the silliest faces? I see those and raise you: a tiger catching meatballs.

This is Kali, a Sumatran tigress at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma.

[doyouknowthemossinman]

NEW BONGO CALF AT DENVER ZOO!!!!!!

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European Hedgehog (Character AI)

I created an European Hedgehog Character Ai, who is friendly and energetic for a hedgehog, it loves to meet new people and spend time with them!

🦔Hedgehogs are one of my favourite animals. They are have a rather introverted lifestyle. So I created a personality more friendly and playful than the real ones, based on my impression of my IKEA toy hedgehog! They are so cute! Have fun! Do enjoy playing with my little cutie!

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This animal was requested!

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"In one of Africa’s last great wildernesses, a remarkable thing has happened—the scimitar-horned oryx, once declared extinct in the wild, is now classified only as endangered.

It’s the first time the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the world’s largest conservation organization, has ever moved a species on its Red List from ‘Extinct in the Wild’ to ‘Endangered.’

The recovery was down to the conservation work of zoos around the world, but also from game breeders in the Texas hill country, who kept the oryx alive while the governments of Abu Dhabi and Chad worked together on a reintroduction program.

Chad... ranks second-lowest on the UN Development Index. Nevertheless, it is within this North African country that can be found the Ouadi Rimé-Ouadi Achim Faunal Reserve, a piece of protected desert and savannah the size of Scotland—around 30,000 square miles, or 10 times the size of Yellowstone.

At a workshop in Chad’s capital of N’Djamena, in 2012, Environment Abu Dhabi, the government of Chad, the Sahara Conservation Fund, and the Zoological Society of London, all secured the support of local landowners and nomadic herders for the reintroduction of the scimitar-horned oryx to the reserve.

Environment Abu Dhabi started the project, assembling captive animals from zoos and private collections the world over to ensure genetic diversity. In March 2016, the first 21 animals from this “world herd” were released over time into a fenced-off part of the reserve where they could acclimatize. Ranging over 30 miles, one female gave birth—the first oryx born into its once-native habitat in over three decades.

In late January 2017, 14 more animals were flown to the reserve in Chad from Abu Dhabi.

In 2022, the rewilded species was officially assessed by the IUCN’s Red List, and determined them to be just ‘Endangered,’ and not ‘Critically Endangered,’ with a population of between 140 and 160 individuals that was increasing, not decreasing.

It’s a tremendous achievement of international scientific and governmental collaboration and a sign that zoological efforts to breed endangered and even extinct animals in captivity can truly work if suitable habitat remains for them to return to."

-via Good News Network, December 13, 2023

[alexanderpearce]

whag if i want to (macquarie harbour july 23)

eta the maugean skate is extremely endangered and facing immediate extinction and the government is the damn fucking liberals and they will not do anything about it. idk what any random people from across the world can do about it but im screaming crying sobbing begging for help

[typhlonectes]

BREAKING: New Jaguar Just Dropped!

A Center for Biological Diversity analysis of a trail camera detection by wildlife enthusiast Jason Miller confirms we have a new jaguar in Arizona, making it the 8th jaguar documented in the U.S. Southwest in the past 3 decades. The rosette pattern on each jaguar is unique, like a human fingerprint, and it enables identification of specific animals. The pattern shows this jaguar is not Sombra or El Jefe, two jaguars who have roamed Arizona in recent years. Jaguars once lived throughout the American Southwest, with historical records on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, the mountains of Southern California and as far east as Louisiana. But they virtually disappeared from this part of their range over the past 150 years, primarily due to habitat loss and historic government predator control programs intended to protect the livestock industry.

Read more: https://biodiv.us/3RORtQp

[rebeccathenaturalist]

A study that just came out demonstrates that outdoor cats are known to prey on over two thousands species of wild animal, from mammals to birds to insects. That includes 347 species that are endangered, threatened or otherwise of concern, and they've been a key factor of the permanent extinction of over 60 species. And while cats may not always bring home what they catch, chances are if your cat is allowed to roam unsupervised outside, they're killing your local wildlife.

Why is this so important? Worldwide, wild animal populations have decreased in number by 69% in the past fifty years; that means that in my lifetime (born in 1978), the sheer number of wild animals in the world has been decreased by over half. Even "common" wild species are less numerous than before. While habitat population is the single biggest cause of species endangerment and extinction overall, outdoor and indoor/outdoor cats are a significant cause as well. In fact, they are the single biggest cause of human-caused mortality in wild birds.

Most importantly, it's very, very simple to fix this problem: keep your cats indoors, and spay and neuter them. If your cat is bored, they need more enrichment, and there are plenty of ways to make your home more exciting for them, from bringing home cardboard boxes for them to explore, to playing with them more often. If you want your cat to get some outdoor enrichment, leash train them (yes, it can be done!) If you have the space and resources, build them a catio where they can be safe from outdoor dangers like predators and cars, while also keeping local wildlife safe from them.

If you just give into their whining and pawing at the door, then they know that that's what they have to do to get their way; I know it's a tough transition, but it's worth it in the end for everyone involved. Cats are domesticated, which means they are not native anywhere in the world; there are exactly zero ecosystems in which they belong, save for the safety of your home. It is your responsibility to give them an enriching environment without taking the shortcut of letting them go wreak havoc outside.

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