Almost Extinct Animals 2019
Humans catch these dolphins and human pollution almost killed off the baiji in years before leading to a high possibility of a second true extinction of the creatures.
Almost extinct animals 2019. According to the WWF this Asian tiger species is almost extinct. All sea turtles are threatened with extinction but the Hawksbill Sea Turtle is the closest to the brink followed by its cousin the Kemps ridley sea turtle. Those animals have gone.
These extinctions have occurred since European settlement. An adult baiji can grow to six feet long and can weigh around 180 pounds. Sudan the last remaining male northern white rhino died at the age of 45 in March 2018.
The Amur leopard and Sumatran elephant are just two of 19 species categorized as critically endangered by the World Wildlife Fund while the white-rumped vulture Philippine crocodile and Chinese pangolin have been given the equivalent classification on the IUCN Red List. While the 2019 update does further cement how great a crisis we are facing it also has a tinge of hope. Despite not officially being declared as extinct there are some species that are extremely close to disappearing in 2019.
10 Animals That Are Close To Going Extinct - YouTube. In the 1940s their populations were nearly extinct due to hunting and poaching threats. Saving one species saves many more.
51 rows African forest elephant. Only 540 Amur tigers are left in the wild. This species can weigh up to 660 pounds and grow up to 10 feet.
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