Big Animals Going Extinct
Here is the list of top 10 most amazing extinct animals.
Big animals going extinct. The life for the dodo came to an abrupt end in the 1600s when European explorers landed on Mauritius and the Dutch sailors ate the beast to extinction. Many endangered species are Arctic animals. These amazing animals are some of the predators and dangerous prehistoric animals.
Some of the most famous extinct animals of recent times have been birds--but for every Passenger Pigeon or Dodo theres a much bigger and much lesser-known casualties like the Elephant Bird or the Eastern Moa and many other species remain endangered to. Loss of habitat hunting and illegal trapping are causing these macaw varieties the Glaucous Little Blue and Idigo to disappear. 10 Recently Extinct Birds.
One out of four of the worlds mammals and over 40 percent of amphibians are threatened with extinction due to human activity including habitat destruction overexploitation climate change and. They were 50 feet long weighed. The WWF says global animal populations have reduced by almost two-thirds since 1970.
Their greatest threats are habitat loss and diseases. The Earth is currently experiencing its sixth major animal extinction event. The Spixs macaw is a recently extinct animal from near the Rio São Francisco in Bahia Brazil.
Spixs macaw in green tree. Humans have eliminated most large animals from the world over the last 125000 years according to a study by the University of New Mexico. Captive breeding programs have rebounded their.
Macaws can be big or small but they comprise the worlds largest parrots. Also because they could take shelter in water these reptiles. This article lists the top 50 critically endangered animals in the philippines.