Endangered animals of The Amazon

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Problem

• One reason many animals in the Amazon are going extinct is because of the amount of trees being cut down.

Problem

• Another reason animals in the Amazon Rainforest are going extinct is because the lack of food.

Problem

• Another reason is that people are poaching animals for their fur so they can use them in clothes, shoes, bed sheets, & etc.

Problem

• Some of them are being hunted down for food.
• Others just for fun and the hunters don't know they are endangered

Problem

• Most of these animals you are going to see are at the houston zoo.
• Many of these animals are in captivity for a zoo, scientific research, or for pets.

7 of the Most Endangered Animals in the Amazon Rainforest

Macaws

• Their Scientific Name is Psittacidae
• Some wild Macaws Are Known to be toxic from the food that they eat
• Some Mimic Human Speech
• The most endangered types of Macaws are: Hyacinth macaws, Red Fronted Macaws, & Blue Throat Macaws

Jaguars

• The Scientific name for the Jaguar is Panthera Onca
• They live 12 to 15 years in the wild
• They are mostly confused with leopards by their fur, but unlike leopards, they have dots in the circle markings in the fur.
• They weigh 72 through 211 pounds

Poison Dart Frog

• The Scientific name for it is Dendrobatidae
• They are Carnivores
• They are one of the most Poisonous species in the world
• Their only predator that they have is a snake called Leimadophis Epinephelus or the Fire bellied Snake which is immune to all toxins formed by the frog.

Black Spider Monkey

• Their Scientific name is Ateles Fusciceps
• They depend on their mothers untill they are about ten week
• They are omnivore

Three Toed Sloth

• Their Scientific name is Bradypu
• They are herbivores
• Sloths are the slowest mamals
• They are so slow that they grow algae on their backs, which helps them camoflauge.

Western Lowland Gorilla

• Their Scientific name is Gorilla Beringer Graueri
• They are onof the mosty intellegent animals in the world
• They are omnivores
• They live an average of 35 years in the wild.

Orangutan

• Their scientific name is Pongo Pygmaeu
• They are omnivore
• They live from 30 to 40 years in the wild.
• When they stand, their arms touch the ground because their arms are so long

Yah!!

Adopt an Animal

• If we adopt an animal then we are saving it.
• We can send money to any animal Charity helping the animals

If we recycle than we will be saving the trees from being cut down.

Keep ecotourism to go through the Amazon Rain Forest

With these solution these endangered animals will live without the worry of becoming extinct.

From: Carlos & Tamia