This time I will tell you about the Iberian Lynx, a former favourite animal of mine which faces a dire near extinction dilemma.
This big cat, reaching one meter in length, is a very distinctive marker of the lynx race. It is the rarest feline in existence, with very few documented animals being alive.
Its feeding habits consist of mostly rabbits, but can involve other rodents and birds.
Its longer and stronger hind legs give it tremendous impulsion power, while its shorter fore legs are used to capture prey.
This extremely rare animal has a very peculiar head, possessing oddly shaped sideburns protruding from the sides of its head.
It lives mostly near forests or woods, but can come out to hunt its most common prey in open plains.
Its main threats are the ever so common habitat destruction and hunting of their prey, both can be attributed to human causes.
The following site is to be thanked for supplying useful info:
http://carnivora.fc.ul.pt/lince.htm
This big cat, reaching one meter in length, is a very distinctive marker of the lynx race. It is the rarest feline in existence, with very few documented animals being alive.
Its feeding habits consist of mostly rabbits, but can involve other rodents and birds.
Its longer and stronger hind legs give it tremendous impulsion power, while its shorter fore legs are used to capture prey.
This extremely rare animal has a very peculiar head, possessing oddly shaped sideburns protruding from the sides of its head.
It lives mostly near forests or woods, but can come out to hunt its most common prey in open plains.
Its main threats are the ever so common habitat destruction and hunting of their prey, both can be attributed to human causes.
The following site is to be thanked for supplying useful info:
http://carnivora.fc.ul.pt/lince.htm
2 comentários:
I think the human being is very stupid because of this acts.
Animals have the right to live and man has not the right to kill them or its habitats.
So I think it is a very good subject to be in the blog to try sensitizing people for this issue, which is very important in my opinion.
Wake up!
Carolina
There has been some effort to control endangered animals, the latest technology is an “Endangered-species tracker “.
What is this? Well… “Conservationists are looking to tag endangered animals like the Amazon's piglike white-lipped peccary with radio frequency ID tags and GPS sensors, and then use Web 2.0 mash up techniques to overlay their locations and map details of their habitats and habits with other landscape features. The plan is to identify and design better wildlife preserves to ensure the survival of species edging toward extinction.” See more: http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/biz2/0701/gallery.8greentechs/7.html
This kind of tracker is the newest technology solution to preserve some animals from extinction, by keeping them tracked.
Sandy Gomes
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