Biodiversity Species

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Coconut Palm Tree Uses of the Palm Tree: – uses.html#.VEgTlFIU-1s

White Rhino A study published October 21, 2014 has the count of white rhinos in the wild at 6. There is only 1 adult male among them

Zombie Ants!

Hawaiian Monk Seal

Lion Fish – Invaders of the Gulf Coast

Solutions – Getting rid of the Lionfish

Kudzu Invasivespeciesinfo.gov

Facts about the Kudzu Vine Introduced from Asia in the 1800’s as an ornamental plant What is Kudzu? Quick Facts from kudzuworld.com: Kudzu grows more than 7 feet (more than 2 meters) meters a week. Almost nothing stops it. It takes 10 to 15 years to control a Kudzu patch – even with chemicals. Effective herbicides (such as napalm and agent orange) often destroy the soil. Of 12 known herbicides, 10 have no effect, and 2 make it grow better. Its covers more than 2.8 million square km of the American South. If it were not for winter, there would only be 40 American states. Patches often are 6+ miles (10+ kilometers) long. Its even been called "The vegetable form of cancer".

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Burmese Pythons

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Case Study: The Whooping Crane

Habitat loss and unregulated hunted led to a severe decrease in the species In 1941 there were an estimated 14 whooping cranes left in the wild The decline in this species was a major factor leading up to the creation of the Endangered Species Act

Saving the Whooping Crane Ex-situ conservation: Conservation outside of the natural habitat In-situ conservation: Conservation in the natural habitat A combination of techniques was used to save the Whooping Crane

Teaching migration

California Condor

Detrivore – scavenges on dead animals In the 1970s-1980s many condors were dying due to lead poisoning injested from eating animals that were shot In 1987 only 22 animals were left Condors are K-strategists and only have one egg per year after they are 6 years old Wildlife conservationist captured all remaining birds, and bred them ex-situ

Condor Chicks Wildlife biologists incubated any new eggs and planned on hand feeding the chicks, but the chicks would not eat from people. Here is the solution:

Condors today Update from the Peregrine Fund: Since 1996, The Peregrine Fund has released 149 condors, documented 22 wild-hatched young, 92 fatalities (54 diagnosed, 38 missing or unknown), and returned 10 individuals to captivity. Captive breeding, release, radio- tracking, and adaptive management has brought the total world population to more than 400. More information