MYP 1 Science
Endangered Species Research
Common name
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Pangolin
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Scientific name
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there are 9 types of Pangolin separated into 3 genera most are endangered but some are vulnerable and 1 is extinct.
Phataginus
Manis
Smutsia
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Picture
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Caption
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Pangolins are one of the most trafficked animal in the world
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Source
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Why choose this?
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Because this animal is different because you never hear about this animal if you look at the news you won't ever see them and plus they are critically endangered they are also the most trafficked animal and this is interesting that a animal that i almost completely anone to humans that don't go to the wild will never see or hear of this animal they will only know if they research.
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Natural habitat
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They can be found in woodlands and savannas across asia and africa
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Endangered because...
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It is endangered because of animal trafficking and because of habitat loss this is because they lose their food .
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This species is important because...
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It is a anteater and not alot oof animals eat ants if it dies in their habitat their will be two much ant it is also eaten by lions and other animals so killing this animal will displace the food web .
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Strategy used to avoid extinction.
Describe.
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Since they are mostly extinct from animal trafficking and the animal is very anone they organizations and agencies are first getting people to learn what is a pangolin they have also made a pangolin day on the 15 of febuary and also they are getting people to not buy pangolin jewelry, medicine etc. some of the organizations helping have also help keep the species alive by helping the captured pangolins in a shelter
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Advantages of this strategy.
Don’t forget to discuss each advantage from a specific point of view. (Moral, social, economic or environmental?)
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1.Bringing global awareness to an animal can help informed police can help them know the size of a pangolin and this can help them find people that do animal trafficking.
2.Bringing animals to shelters and bringing down organizations that sell pangolins help the species continue reproducing so it can stop being endangered.
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Disadvantages of this strategy.
Don’t forget to discuss each disadvantage from a specific point of view. (Moral, social, economic or environmental?)
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1.Bringing Global awareness might make people want to buy more pangolin jewelry and medicine because they may think it is cool and nice to have since they are endangered
2.Bringing animals to shelter might make the animals unable to survive in the wild which may lead to it going endangered again.
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Evaluation: strategy successful or not? why?
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The strategy is successful for now because if the population of pangolins continue getting lower they will have to start contributing more and helping in other ways.
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All sources
(MLA format)
(min. 2)
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"The World's Most Trafficked Mammal Is One You May Never Have Heard Of." NPR. NPR, n.d. Web. 30 Oct. 2015.
Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 30 Oct. 2015.
"Pangolin." African Wildlife Foundation. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Oct. 2015.
"What Is A Pangolin?" Save Pangolins. N.p., 04 Jan. 2011. Web. 30 Oct. 2015.
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Extra picture 1 + captions + source
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area of where pangolins live
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Extra picture 2 + captions + source
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Pangolins are anteaters they eat the ants with their super long tongue their tongue is like a chameleon's one.They also carry there babies on their back.
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