Innholdsfortegnelse
The New Forest Cicada
The Turtle Dove and The Hedgehog
Why are some species threatened?
How can we preserve the animals?
Utdrag
The New Forest Cicada
In the UK there are a lot of species that are threatened. Some of them are the New Forest Cicada who is a small insect, that lives in danger of being extinct.
It has been searched for the past few years, without being seen, but the area that the cicada could be found is huge, and is the entire New forest, and some other places in the Southern England.
It spends most of its life as a nymph underground in 7-8 years, then emerge and become an adult, and the last step is to reproduce and die after around six weeks.
The Turtle Dove and The Hedgehog
The Turtle Dove is also an animal that is in danger in the UK.
The Turtle Dove is a bird who often is associated with the British summer.
According to “10 of the most endangered animal species in Britain», the turtle dove has increased by 97% since 1970, and it is now only found in scattered locations in southern and eastern England.
The cute hedgehog is also threatened, and in 1950 there were 36 million hedgehogs in the UK, and according to «10 of the most endangered animal species in Britain” this number has increased to just 1 million in 2013.
Why are some species threatened?
Species become endangered for two main reasons, and that’s loss of habitat or loss of genetic variation.
About 65 million years ago the dinosaurs got exterminated, because of loss of habitat.
The climate changed from a hot climate to a cooler climate, so the dinosaurs first became endangered, then extinct. The humans can also affect the habitat, because of industry and development.
Too much development and industry can eliminate habitat and native species directly, which is bad.
For example, the rainforest and the animals that are living there are endangered, and some species are also extinct.
That’s because of industry, and that the humans are taking down the forest which is the animal’s home.
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