Big Animals Going Extinct
Their greatest threats are habitat loss and diseases.
Big animals going extinct. 10 extinct animals of the last 100 years. Spixs macaw in green tree. Extinct Animals 1.
Also because they could take shelter in water these reptiles. In 2019 the bird known as the Little Blue Macaw because of its vibrant blue feathers was declared extinct in the wild. Macaws can be big or small but they comprise the worlds largest parrots.
The WWF says global animal populations have reduced by almost two-thirds since 1970. Megafauna are large animals such as elephant mammoth rhinocerous and Australias own diprotodon. That means that we are increasingly destroying the places they live.
Biologist Rodolfo Dirzo is one of dozens of researchers from around the world urging action toward the. The biggest animal on earth to have EVER lived is the amazing giant Blue Whale. These amazing animals are some of the predators and dangerous prehistoric animals.
Along with mammals turtles and crocodiles which can lay hundreds of eggs at a time managed to survive the mass extinction. Loss of habitat hunting and illegal trapping are causing these macaw varieties the Glaucous Little Blue and Idigo to disappear. But the oryx was kept as livestock leaving some individuals there.
The oryx is prized for its long antler. 51 rows African forest elephant. The dodo was a flightless bird that was native to Mauritius in the Indian Ocean.