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Endangered species of animals
1. Endangered species of animals
AustralianKoalas
2.
• Australian koalas made in animallist, threatened with extinction. In
Australia, there are only 80,000
koalas.
• These creatures are dying due to
changes in the environment and
because of the disease.
3.
• Koalas - an ancient family of bearsmarsupial found only in Australia
living in eucalyptus trees and eating
their leaves.
• But their number has decreased:
them to only a few tens of thousands
left the continent.
• Now the population of koalas - only
80 thousand individuals.
4.
• Koala lives on a diet of eucalyptus plants. Many of these trees arecleared every year. Thus, AKF relies on donations, sponsorship and
fundraising to finance its ongoing work.
5. Sifaka
6.
• Sifaka is a medium-sized primatein one of the lemur families.
• They can jump up to 10
meters from one tree to the
next tree.
7.
• When sifakas are not in thetrees, they move on two legs in
small jumps. It looks strange, like
dancing.
• Sifakas make noises like
speaking. In the past,
people thought that they
were ghosts, not animals.
8.
• The loss of habitat due to activecutting down and burning of
forests in the region and the
continued hunting of lemurs – the
main threats to the existence of
this amazing animal.
• But conservation centers
suggest that the population
was not in danger of
extinction.