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ExtinctEndangered RecoveringTebogo Christopher Seshibe

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Animals

QuaggaWild Horse

Parrot Fish Rainbow Fish

American Burying Beetle

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Parrot Fish Rainbow Fish Scarus guacamaiaClassification : Endangered

Tebogo Christopher Seshibe

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Description

Deep green base colour

Technicolour Teeth conjoined

making “beak” Males usually more

elaborate colours than females to attract mate

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General Information Mid Atlantic Ocean Oceanic region Live in coral reefs up to 25m below sea-level Scrapes algae and organic matter from coral Schools up to 40 Supermale leads the school Youth stay in mangroves which protect them from predator and

provide food

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Able to change sex Supermale usually female changed to male

and very dominant Endangered due to loss in mangroves,

overfishing, pollution, coastal development

Quagga - Wild Horse

Equus quaggaClassification : Extinct

Tebogo Christopher Seshibe

Description

• Sub-species of the Zebra• Front half - stripes like that of a Zebra• Mid-Section - stripes becoming larger

and fading• Rump-Section – plain brown• At birth: cream white with faint

stripes• Bright Copper-Gold Eyes• Short Neck• Long Legs• Curved Body

General Information

• Desert area

• South Africa : Cape Town, Orange Free State (Kalahari Desert)

• Hunted for hide, meat, and food for domesticated animals

• Lived in small herds (10-15)

• Older Quaggas protect herd

• Younger Quagga search for food and water

• Ate: grass, mil’no plants, cacti, desert lichens, leaves of nearby trees.

More…

• 18 August 1883 – believed death-date of last existing quagga in the Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam

• First extinct creature to have DNA tested

• Sprinters: Fast runner, low endurance

• Heat occurs once every two months unless pregnant

• Mare chooses stallion

• 1 year gestation period

American Burying American Burying Beetle Nicrophorus Beetle Nicrophorus

AmericanusAmericanusClassification: Recovering

DescriptionInsectOrange and Black in

colourNocturnal ScavengersAdult size : 3cm

General InformationDependant on small quail-size carcasses for

foodMales smell dead animal up to 2 miles awayMales smell dead animal 1 hour after deathParents lay eggs near carcass, carry babies to

carcass and regurgitate the food to them.

More…“one of the most disastrous declines of an insect’s range ever to be

recordedDual parenting insectsDecline unknown, possibly due to disturbances in food websReleasing beetles that have receded from the border Boston Univerity of

back into the wildZoo’s supplied some beetles

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