On May 11, 1858, Minnesota became the 32nd state to join the United States of America (Minnesota). Early on, the state was filled with vast resources and an abundance of wildlife. Most of the wildlife, such as deer, elk and moose, contributed to the settler’s diet. Natural predators created competition and hardships for the new settlers; one of these animals was the Gray Wolf. The decrease in the amount of large mammals that the settlers consumed left wolves’ preying on cattle.
There are about 10,000 animals on the endangered species list. That is a big number that needs to be brought down in order to maintain biodiversity. However, that number is slowly shrinking thanks to the endangered species act passed in 1973. This act authorizes the listing of species as endangered and threatened, prohibits unauthorized taking, possession, sale, and transport of endangered species, provides authority to acquire land for the conservation of listed species, and authorizes the assessment of civil and criminal penalties for violating the act. One of these endangered animals is the Florida Panther.
They can weigh up to 200 pounds and are native to jungles and grassy marshes. The Burmese is a highly carnivorous species; their diet consists of many different types of animals including mammals, birds, and reptiles of appropriate size to fit into their mouth. These pythons tend not to eat every day; they spend most of the day warming up from the sun, providing them with the necessary energy to hunt. Once food is obtained, depending on the size of the meal they will spend a few days to several weeks absorbing heat to digest there food. The Burmese was introduced by human mediated transport.
The lake is about 20 miles long and 8 miles wide. Lake levels and size vary because of heavy agricultural use, and in years of drought. The border of Utah and Idaho goes right across the center of the lake. The lake is 250,000 years old and is formed by Fault Subsidence, which continues today making the lake deeper on the East side. Visual of Ecosystem Location: Pictures obtained from (USGS) and (Chpc) 5 biotic (living) components of the Ecosystem * Quaking Aspen * Choke Cherry (Tree) * Moose * Raccoons * Bear Lake Cisco (Fish) Unique to bear lake.
It would interfere with millions of migratory birds that feed on its tundra plains. It would kill plants and animals that are native to the Beaufort Sea area and the environment would take two decades to recover. If there were a major oil spill, it would decades for the ecosystem to recover, since so many organisms would be contaminated and eventually die. Remember the 1989 catastrophe when the Exxon Valdez spilled 35 million gallons into Prince William Sound? The
China happens to contain a total of 60% of the habitats compared to those areas. Snow Leopards prefer broken terrain of cliffs, rocky outcrops and ravines. These types of habitats provide good cover and a clear view to find prey. Invasive Species It’s not competing with any other invasive species at this point in time because these animals can eat animals up to two times their own size. However the Snow Leopard does compete with hunters who illegally hunt them for the selling’s of their organs.
They use both of these skills when it comes to catching their prey. These types of animals has the ability and popularity that should make it easy to thrive, but their are only around twelve thousand cheetah’s left in the world today. Cheetah’s are on the endangered species list. Conservationists believe that there are multiple reasons for this. One reason could be that the cheetah’s natural habitat is being destroyed.
Eagles Eagles are some of the mightiest birds in the world. These creatures are some of the world’s largest birds of prey, and an eagle will be sometimes referred to as the “lord of the sky”. Eagles are powerful predators with amazing eyesight, light bodies, and soaring wings. Each has sharp talons and dagger-like beaks. The scientific name for an eagle is Accipitridae.
Impact: The cactus moth can kill most prickly pear cacti, in particular those species that have flat pads. In Florida, the cactus moth has already caused considerable harm to the six species of vulnerable prickly pears, three of which are state listed. In some places, 75% of the prickly pear cacti have been attacked by the moth, with small individuals at greatest risk of death from these attacks. Most of the peninsula from Gainesville south is now infested. The greatest threat is to the deserts of the American Southwest - from Texas to California - and Mexico.
During human’s 200,000 year existence on earth, this species has managed to completely undermine the ecosystem of the marine world by introducing alien species to a certain habitat, destroying marine habitats, over-harvesting fish, and polluting the waters. Often people knowingly, and unknowing introduce new species into an ecosystem in which these animals have no natural enemies. They compete with native wildlife for food, space, shelter, water and threaten the existence of native species. When people began to travel freely around the world, they carried with them other organisms. Some of these transplanted organisms spread rapidly, decimating populations of native species.