Big Animals Going Extinct
Big mammals reproduced too slowly to withstand, or adapt, to human overhunting.
Big animals going extinct. Populations are kept in check by this process of natural selection. Plants and animals (including humans) depend on each other as well as microorganisms, land, water, and climate to keep our entire system alive and well. It’s sad how animals get extinct.
They lived in the north atlantic from northern spain through canada. Alyce on september 20, 2018: Biologist rodolfo dirzo is one of dozens of researchers from around the world urging action.
In a lecture he gave to the national geographic society upon his return from africa, tr reported: Species on the brink of extinction—the cross river gorilla. It seems strange to worry about the disappearance of animals many people consider pests.
Many species of big cats are critically endangered, including lions, tigers, jaguars, and leopards. But, by default, we became the standard international list for extinctions. below, find 11 animals that have all gone extinct in the past two centuries thanks to humans. Four of them (28 percent) are already extinct in the region.
But humans, at the top of the chain, now dominate every aspect of the natural world and are changing the equation governing ecosystems by wholesale destroying ecosystems and severely compromising others. So we’re vulnerable, but there are reasons to think humans are resistant to extinction, maybe uniquely so. Isaac on october 10, 2018:
Wwf is committed to saving endangered species. 20 animals you didn't know are going extinct. 35 animals that are going extinct (critically endangered species) author: