Hi we are Patch05 and Ona11. In this blog we are going to talk about endangered species. Each week we are going to talk about a different endangerd animals. And how to save them. There are a lot of endangered animals animals all over the world. Thanks to human that kill them for their hair or they destroy their habitats. And people have to stop this or soon lots of animals like whales and narwhals pandas silver backs the bengal tiger and lots more will be extinct. For example the wolf in Spain has already extincted. But there are a lot of associations that help and protect the endangered animals in order for you helping the animals you only need to make a small donation.Some of this asociations are Green Peace and WWF.

THE BELUGA

• .Belugas are a type of whale
• .Belugas are very similar to dolphins
• .This endangered animals are easily recognised by their white skin.
•  .They feed on salmon, eulachon, tomcod, smelt, char, rainbow sole, whitefish, saffron and arctic cod, herring, shrimp, mussels, octopus, crabs, clams, mussels, snails and sandworms.
• They live in the artic waters they live in the coasts of Russia Norway and Greenland and Alaska
• When belugas are young they are a greyish colour when they grow up their skin turns a whiteish colour.

INTERESTING FACTS

• This incredible animal can reach to 1000 feets deep in the water swimming in the antartic ocean
• The aquarium of Valencia is the only aquarium in Europe that has a Beluga!!!!!!

THE WOMBAT

• This peculiar animal has evolved from the wallaby, kangaroo ,opossums , tasmanian devils and finally the koalas.
• its weight can be from 15kg to 36kg
•  its height is an  average of 79 to 119 cm long
•  the wombat is normally found in  woodlands and grasslands
• this animal could live from  20 to 25
•  the wombats alimentation is   roots and grass
• this animals  have very strong claws  and  teeth to brake the roots
• it is a herbivore
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The numbat


the Numbat lives in the southern and western parts of Australia. This animals name was Banded Anteater.It eats termites and ants. He uses the claws to hunt for his preys. In 1970 the population of Numbats of Australia declined to abaout 1000 Numbats.A Numabt is about the size of a small cat. It lives in the forest. it has a sticky and long tounge to eat the ants and termites. The Numbat is a marsupial such as Kangaroo.


      

• Numbats body is covered with a red brownish fur with white stripes on their back. They
• They can eat up to 20 000 termites per day, which equals 10% of its own weight
• An avereg life span of a Numbat is of 4 to 8 years
• Now a days it has been estimated  there are only 1500 numbats  left in the wild.
• its tounge is longer than its own body
• the cause of the numbats dying is becase ots predetors and because of humans that are normally not respectful to the nature.

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 We are going to talk about the Hair Eared Dwarf Lemur


This is the rarest Lemur of all. People thought it was extinct until they rediscovered in 1989 was discovered in the Mananara River in northearsten Madagascar the average lenghth of adults is of 5.31 inches and they can weigh up to 100 grams.Their fur is of a brownish grey colour and its tail is a redish ccolour. The ears are short and have hairs inside them like cats. This specie lives on trees to protect them from predators they are also nocturne which means they live in the night. They sleep in  holes of large trees. They hibernate underground or in trees they hibernate from May to September. These lemurs live in pairs or in groups of three. Males and females stay together for life they can give birth only to one child. This curious lemur enjoys eating nectar. This poor lemur are almost extinct thanks to deforestation and people capturing them to eat them. But  asociations like the WWF help them and you can sponsor them.