Thursday, February 2, 2012

One of the websites we went to

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/red-panda/

Red Panda


The red panda is dwarfed by the black-and-white giant that shares its name. These pandas typically grow to the size of a house cat, though their big, bushy tails add an additional 18 inches (46 centimeters). The pandas use their ringed tails as wraparound blankets in the chilly mountain heights.
The red panda shares the giant panda's rainy, high-altitude forest habitat, but has a wider range. Red pandas live in the mountains of Nepal and northern Myanmar (Burma), as well as in central China.
These animals spend most of their lives in trees and even sleep aloft. When foraging, they are most active at night as well as in the gloaming hours of dusk and dawn.
Red pandas have a taste for bamboo but, unlike their larger relatives, they eat many other foods as well—fruit, acorns, roots, and eggs. Like giant pandas, they have an extended wrist bone that functions almost like a thumb and greatly aids their grip.


 It is estimated that there are about 2,500 Red Pandas left in the wild.


Red pandas are endangered because or their habitats being destroyed.

Wandering Albatross

        One of the endangered bird species is the Wandering Albatross. They live in Australia and South America. They eat squid and octopus. These birds have the longest wing span of all the animals in the world! They are becoming extinct because animals are being brought to their habitat and eating their eggs! Here is what it looks like:

Amsterdam Albatross

        One of the endangered birds species is the Amsterdam Albatross. They are located on Amsterdam Island. They eat fish and squid. They are endangered because cattle and cats are eating a lot of the eggs and chicks. their body is brown and their heads are white with a pink beak. They look like this; 

Endangered Birds

        There are a lot of endangered animals in the world. Here is a list of some of the endangered bird species:
Amsterdam Albatross, Wandering Albatross, Bonin Flying Fox, Mariana Flying Fox, Kagu, Red-crowned Crane, Great Bustard, Andean Flamingo, California Condor, Mauritius Kestrel, Philippine Eagle, Stellar's Sea-Eagle, Black-faced Spoonbill, Northern Bald Ibis, Baikal Teal, Hawaiian Goose, Swan Goose, White-headed Duck, Blue-throated Macaw, Hyacinth Macaw, Lear's Macaw, Uvea Parakeet, Yellow-crested Cockatoo, St.Vincent Amazon, Edward's Pheasant, Southern Crowned Pigeon, Victoria Crowned Pigeon, Blakiston's Fishbowl, Bali Starling, Blue Bird-of-paradise, Gouldian Finch, Red Siskin, Greater Adjutant, Oriental Stork, Shoebill, Okinawa Woodpecker, Red-cocaded Woodpecker, and the Visayan Hornbill.

Website

Here is one of the websites we use to look up information; Endangered Animals Website. If you know any more about one of the animals, please comment! Here are some more:
national geographic